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A Second Look
LSA Magazine delves into stories that reexamine, rethink, reconsider. We’re taking a look underneath an important historical site with non-invasive archaeological techniques rather than a backhoe or bulldozer. We are discovering what a dumpling can tell us about the history of the nation and the world, examining whether Michigan will become a climate haven, and learning why some people are powering down during the digital age in favor of simple pleasures.
A Second Look
LSA Magazine delves into stories that reexamine, rethink, reconsider. We’re taking a look underneath an important historical site with non-invasive archaeological techniques rather than a backhoe or bulldozer. We are discovering what a dumpling can tell us about the history of the nation and the world, examining whether Michigan will become a climate haven, and learning why some people are powering down during the digital age in favor of simple pleasures.
Feature Stories
What Can the Dumpling Tell Us About the History of the World?
Miranda Brown takes her “Asian Foodways” students on a journey through the past and present of popular dishes, from boba tea to vindaloo curry.
Notes from Underground
A team of anthropologists conducts the largest geophysical survey of an archaeological site in the Americas—and finds more than just artifacts with its non-invasive look underground.
Will Michigan Be a Climate Haven?
Michigan is being touted as a climate haven—a place where people can move when the heat gets too hot, the wildfires too frequent, the droughts too long. But is it really a sanctuary?
Back to Basics
In a world full of screens, a search for connection leads to acts of creation that are inspired by the makers’ academic work—from growing one’s own fiber for knitting to creating a helium-inspired beer.
More Stories from the Magazine
Solving Real-World Problems in Real Time
Dean Ceballo writes about the LSA way: bringing together brilliant minds and new approaches to research.
Dating App for Science, Not for Profit
A new dating app, developed by two LSA professors, brings together sociology, psychology, and maybe—just maybe—love.
The Last Darkroom
In LSA’s Residential College photography program, students develop new perspectives, different approaches to academic inquiry, problem-solving skills—and, of course, powerful images.
5 Questions …
… with Bryan Ramson, LSA alum and physicist at Fermilab, about neutrinos—the most elusive particle in the universe.
There Is Joy in the Woods
Students transform the Arb into an art exhibit, guiding visitors with poetry and connection, and reminding us that “the earth is a living thing.”
A Perennial Educator
June Rose Colby, the first woman to earn a doctorate at U-M, learned and later taught with a singular zeal.
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