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Virtual Reality Opera Explores Consciousness, Sleep at U-M
September 20, 2019 • Visiting Artist, Research & Leadership, Faculty
Columbia College Chicago Professor Paul Catanese is a 2019-2020 visiting artist at the University of Michigan, where he will further develop his new opera, Century of Progress. An exploration of the mysteries of consciousness and sleep, the opera is written to… Read More >
The In-Between: Suffering, Comfort, and JuYeon Kim
September 17, 2019 • Visiting Artist, Cool Classes & Assignments, Faculty
Each academic year, the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design welcomes a new artist/designer to the school community through the Roman J. Witt Artist in Residence program. Designed to foster the creation of new work, residents of this competitive program… Read More >
A Beacon to Connect: Red Crossing Premieres in Prague
July 18, 2019 • Research & Leadership, Social Engagement, Faculty
In June 2019, Stamps professors Roland Graf and Nick Tobier teamed up with collaborator Jennifer Low (MDes ‘20) at the Prague Quadrennial to launch the world premiere of Red Crossing. Read More >
Stamps Students Take Eyeo
July 9, 2019 • Student Voices, Undergraduate Student
In June 2019, Stamps students Sindhu Giri (BA ‘19 and BS ‘19) and Willa Hua (BFA ‘21 and BSI ‘21) served as volunteers at the Eyeo Festival, an interdisciplinary, four-day conference on art, design, and technology held at the Walker Art Center in… Read More >
“This is Michigan” Campaign Features Anne Mondro’s Memory, Aging & Expressive Arts
June 19, 2019 • Social Engagement, Cool Classes & Assignments, Faculty
Stamps Professor Anne Mondro's work with people living with memory loss is featured as part of U-M's This is Michigan campaign. Read More >
John Marshall Wins DIA Plaza/Midtown Cultural Connections International Design Competition
June 10, 2019 • Research & Leadership, Focus on Faculty, Faculty
Stamps Associate Professor and Founding Director of the MDes Integrative Design Program John Marshall Ph.D. is part of Detroit Square (DSQ), the team that proposed the winning design for the 2019 DIA Plaza/Midtown Cultural Connections international design competition. Read More >
Student Spotlight: Josh Brown Responds to Flint Water Crisis via Video Game
June 7, 2019 • Cool Classes & Assignments, Undergraduate Student
For Josh Brown (BA ‘19), the Flint Water Crisis hit close to home. Growing up just 15-minutes away from Flint in Grand Blanc, Brown began his undergraduate education at U-M Flint before transfering to the Stamps School of Art & Design. Read More >
Stamps Finalists to Present at 2019 Biodesign Challenge Summit in NYC
May 28, 2019 • Research & Leadership, Cool Classes & Assignments, Undergraduate Student
The Stamps School’s project, Gnosis, demonstrates how biodesign can be used to help detect and destigmatize sexually transmitted infections. Read More >
The Heart of the Farm: What’s Next for Trumpey’s Campus Farm Eco-Building
May 21, 2019 • Cool Classes & Assignments, Making a Difference, Faculty
During the summer of 2018, Stamps Professor Joe Trumpey lead volunteers and twenty students from his Green Building course in the building of U-M’s only 100% solar powered, natural, straw-bale insulated building on the Ann Arbor campus. Located on the Campus… Read More >
Designing Decisions: 2019 MDes Public Talks
May 15, 2019 • Research & Leadership, Graduate Student, MDes
Care providers, patients, and policymakers face a near-infinite number of big choices when it comes to managing healthcare. Read More >
