July 22, 2024
Mythbreaking: Adaptive Sports »
Adaptive Sports practice for Track and Field. Photo by Marc-Gregor Campredon Sport can be a unifying language, institutionally, regionally, nationally, and internationally. The epitome of this is the way that the Olympics and Paralympics quite literally bridge the world together in celebration of sport. However, sport is not always equitably accessible to everyone, like in…
July 22, 2024
Q+A with Christopher Friese, Vice Provost for Academic and Faculty Affairs »
Christopher R. Friese, the Elizabeth Tone Hosmer Professor of Nursing and Professor of Health Management and Policy, began his 5-year term as Vice Provost for Academic and Faculty Affairs on June 1, 2024. In partnership with Vice Provost Sara Blair, he is responsible for overseeing core faculty-centered processes, including the promotion and tenure process, as…
July 22, 2024
UMICH Votes and the Year of Democracy and Global and Civic Engagement with Jenna Bednar »
Ford School professor and political scientist Jenna Bednar recently joined the Office of the Provost as the faculty director of UMICH Votes and Democratic Engagement. Her academic work concerns federalism and democratic structures and norms. Her recent focus investigates how to encourage human flourishing within democratic systems. In addition to her position as UMICH Votes…