University of Michigan Bachelor of Science in Information student Morgan Miller poses for a portrait in the Trotter Multicultural Center on the campus of the University of Michigan on Feb. 18, 2021. Morgan hopes to use user experience and user interface design to create resources to help marginalized communities access their healthcare needs. “My hope is that one day I can go back and work somewhere within my community and show children that look like me, especially little Black girls, that technology can be empowering,” says Miller.

University of Michigan Master of Science in Information student Alexis Herrera poses for a portrait at the University of Michigan Museum of Art on Oct. 18, 2021. Herrera was the University of Michigan Museum of Art’s inaugural guest Instagram curator for the exhibition “Contingent Perimeters: Infrastructure, Technology, and the (Re)Production of the U.S.-Mexico Border”. “I’m looking at the roles of infrastructure and technology in making and remaking the U.S.-Mexico border. Artists attempt to untangle the complicated relationships between technology, infrastructure and the border, investigating the border’s history and its continued dependence on tools, technologies and apparatuses for control and domination” says Herrera.

Duo Senior Product Designer and UMSI alum Sierre Wolfkostin poses for a photo at her desk at Duo in Ann Arbor on Thursday, April 21, 2022.

Master of Science in Information student Shelby Pitts poses for a photo on June 2, 2022. Pitts has a focus in Human Computer Interaction and User Experience. “After graduation, I’d love to work at a research lab in industry studying artificial intelligence with my social science background,” she says. “I’m fascinated by the ethical concerns in AI, such as the ways unconscious biases are built into these systems.”

University of Michigan School of Information Counseling Psychologist Ashley Evearitt poses for a portrait near North Quad on Thursday, May 12, 2022.

University of Michigan School of Information Master of Science in Information student Chloe Preble poses for a portrait while wearing an Oculus virtual reality headset in the Visualization Studio at the James and Anne Dederstadt Center on the campus of the University of Michigan on March 10, 2022. Preble’s master’s thesis work with UMSI clinical associate professor Michelle Aebersold focuses on working with nurses and pharmacists while they use ‘Under the Skin’, a virtual reality simulation that trains nurses and pharmacists in chemotherapy safety. Preble studies how nurses and pharmacists interact with the tool.

University of Michigan School of Information PhD student Shubham Atreja poses for a portrait in the Rackham Graduate School on the campus of the University of Michigan on Nov. 5, 2021. “I want to become an entrepreneur. I hope that through my PhD, I’ll get to develop my own research area and then see it through all the way to the end,” says Atreja.

Jennifer Cullen, Director of the Dental Hygiene Division, poses for a portrait at the University of Michigan School of Dentistry on Friday, Feb. 2, 2024.

Emily Otto poses for a photo in the Kinesiology Building on the campus of the University of Michigan on Monday, April 18, 2022.

University of Michigan School of Information Bachelor of Science student Benjamin Riela poses for a portrait on Elbel Field in Ann Arbor, Michigan on Nov. 2, 2021. “I hope to work in a position that uses analytics to make smarter, more informed decisions,” says Riela.

Duo Product Designer and UMSI alum Alice Shih poses for a photo at Duo in Ann Arbor on Thursday, April 21, 2022.