DAAS Associate Chair Elisha Renne is one of three U-M faculty members to be awarded the prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship for 2012-2013. For her distinguished achievement and exceptional promise for future accomplishment.

Dr. Renne is one of 181 fellowships the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation awarded Thursday to individuals from nearly 3,000 applicants.

Since its establishment in 1925, the foundation has granted more than $298 million in fellowships to more than 17,300 individuals.