To Walk Again
Rackham mechanical engineering student Alejandro Azocar’s work blends artificial intelligence with high-torque motors to create the next generation of bionic prostheses.
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Student Spotlights
Between Silence and Speech
Rackham English and education student Elizabeth Tacke explores the complex ways people communicate about disabilities and trauma.
To the Ends of the Earth
Through a Rackham International Research Award, biogeochemistry Ph.D. candidate Rebecca Dzombak is looking for insight into the future of Earth’s climate in the ancient soils of Iceland, Scotland, and the Faroe Islands.
Grass-Fed Fossils
2019 Barbour Scholar Bian Wang is uncovering the prehistoric ecology of the Great Plains through an unlikely source—fossilized teeth.
It Takes a Village—and an Engineer
Rackham student Sebastian Ojeda leads a team of Michigan engineers in developing a water-treatment system for earthquake-ravaged Olmedo, Ecuador.
Surveying Her Past
Archeology doctoral student Erina Baci uses her training to explore the history of her family’s homeland.