News & Stories

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

Feb 2022

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FACULTY Melanie Manos and Sarah Buckius: The ManosBuckius Cooperative in Media City Film Festival Melanie Manos and Sarah Buckius, collaborating as The ManosBuckius Cooperative (The MBC),…

photos of an old map and book are overlaid with text reading: NEH and AHRC Supporting Digital Innovation

FACULTY NEH/AHRC Grant Funds Pilot Study of Inclusive Museum Experiences Audrey G. Bennett was awarded an NEH/AHRC Grant to study inclusive and adaptive experiences at…

FACULTY Roland Graf: University Record Faculty Spotlight Stamps Associate Professor Roland Graf is featured in a University Record faculty spotlight by…

Brian Banks, an African American man wearing glasses, smiles next to an illuminated STAMPS sign

UNDERGRADUATE Brian Banks Staff Excellence Award To honor and recognize the service and dedication of longtime employee Brian Banks to the Stamps…

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UNDERGRADUATE Creating Zines to Create Connection at Stamps During the winter semester, a Stamps class encourages spontaneous creativity and engagement with…

Jan 2022

FACULTY Irina Aristarkhova: Keynote Lecture at In Suspension During Singapore’s Art Week On January 21, 2022, Irina Aristarkhova gave a virtual keynote lecture at In Suspension, a 3‑day…

In the background: a statue of a man on horseback. In the foreground, two hands hold and swipe on a mobile phone screen showing an African-American woman.

FACULTY Melanie Manos Wins Knight Foundation Funding for Visualizing Women's Work Melanie Manos, Janie Paul Collegiate Lecturer at the Stamps School of Art & Design, is the…

FACULTY A Magic Carpet Offers an Experience of Solidarity An international exhibit exploring the concept of solidarity features the work of two professors…

UNDERGRADUATE Stamps Students, Faculty, and Staff Honored at the 2022 MLK Spirit Awards Many Stamps students, faculty, and staff were celebrated for their commitment to the ideals set…

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FACULTY Sophia Brueckner: Joins the Center for Ethics, Society, and Computing program as a co-director Sophia Brueckner joins Christian Sandvig, Patricia Garcia, and Silvia Lindtner as co-director of…

Grid of 6 images of faces from artworks of different media, representing people of varying gender and race. Each face is identified by a bracket like those used in facial recognition software.

FACULTY Fair Representation in Arts and Data Sophia Brueckner and a team of U‑M researchers use face detection algorithms to analyze the…

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FACULTY Allen Samuels: Design for a Conceptual Scale Stamps Dean and Professor Emeritus Allen Samuels has designed a scale for home owners to use that…