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Learn more about the Stamps School through the stories of our faculty, students, alumni, and staff.

May 2026

Graduation class of 2026 with diverse student body standing together smiling

UNDERGRADUATE Inside the Creative Practices of the Stamps Class of 2026 This year’s graduating students explored deeply personal and socially urgent topics through…

A student sketches amid plants at the Matthei Botanical Garden Conseratory

UNDERGRADUATE Stamps Students Exhibit Work at Matthaei Botanical Garden Now on display at Matthaei Botanical Gardens: student work that illustrates and informs about…

Expressive students laughing and talking amongst one another in a school hallway, with lockers decorated. Among the students, there is a dark and looming figure-head attached to a snake neck listening into one of the groups of students' conversations. Unlike the students' expressions, the figure-head attached to the snake neck's expression is more serious and intent on eavesdropping into a conversation.

UNDERGRADUATE 2026 Winter Awards The Stamps School is delighted to announce the names of students who are recipients of the 2026…

Yueshan Jiang, wearing a printed shirt and orange jacket, stands next to a display of her typographic work.

UNDERGRADUATE Yueshan Jiang Wins 2026 Big Idea Award A student with a belief in the power of design and a mission to document the diversity of Chinese…

Apr 2026

UNDERGRADUATE Elsa Olander: Solo Exhibition at Duderstadt Gallery Stamps senior Elsa Olander’s work is featured in Becoming: My Journey Through Stamps, a new solo…

UNDERGRADUATE There is Gold in Your Future Stamps Professor Nick Tobier and students in Visualizing and Depicting Ideas transform research…

A collage of expressive oil paintings featuring intimate scenes of people and domestic life, with the words 'Knit Narrative' centered in a white translucent box.

UNDERGRADUATE Knit Narrative: Reese Ford, Hana Ichikawa, and Stella Moore Exhibit at Riverside Arts Center Work by Stamps seniors Reese Ford (BFA ’26), Hana Ichikawa (BFA ’26), and Stella Moore (BA ’26)…

UNDERGRADUATE Stamps Student Organizations Win Accolade Awards Three Stamps Student organizations have been selected to receive 2026 Accolades Achievement in…

Mar 2026

UNDERGRADUATE Greta Leishear: Art, Advocacy, and Healthcare Equity From brainstorming mind maps in the studio to turning research into visual narratives, Greta’s…

UNDERGRADUATE Anna Howell: Finding Beauty in Motion Through Scientific Curiosity Anna Howell Explores Observation, and Scientific Illustration at Stamp Through a Pet Fish

UNDERGRADUATE 64th Annual Ann Arbor Film Festival Features Stamps Student Work Trailers created by Stamps students Adam Hirose, Joyce Liu, Nathan Romero, and Oliver St Cyr have…

Feb 2026

UNDERGRADUATE Sam Weinfield: Shaping Motion in Clay Amanda Kubitz reflects on how ballet, psychology, and expressive oil painting shape her portrait…