News & Stories

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

Jan 2024

UNDERGRADUATE Stamps Students, Faculty, and Staff Honored at the 2024 North Campus Deans’ MLK Spirit Awards Stamps School Faculty, Staff, and Students are honored for their commitment to the ideals of Dr.…

Oct 2023

FACULTY Kate Tremel’s “Breathe” to open at Residential College Art Gallery Stamps instructor Kate Tremel will present a new exhibition, “Breathe,” at the University of…

Sep 2023

ALUMNI Katie Shulman featured in Detroit Jewish News profile Stamps Major Gifts Officer, alum and fiber artist Katie Shulman (BFA ’10) discusses her studio…

STAFF Grace Guevara Receives the 2023 Staff Excellence Award Grace Guevara, the Exhibition, Installation and Special Project Coordinator at the Stamps School…

FACULTY Detroit Month of Design to feature Stamps community members Check out some events featuring Stamps students, faculty, staff, and alumni at the 2023 Detroit…

Mar 2023

STAFF Katie Shulman: Hyperallergic Profile, Detroit Exhibition Stamps Major Gifts Officer and fiber artist Katie Shulman discusses the process, inspiration, and…

Jan 2023

A group of 9 Stamps community members and award recipients pose with two crystal plaques.

FACULTY Three Stamps Community Members Receive the 2023 MLK Spirit Award A faculty member, an administrator, and a student from the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design…

May 2022

L-R: Caitlin Walton, Veronica Falandino, Sarah Weiss, and Brian Banks

STAFF Sarah Weiss Awarded Brian Banks Staff Excellence Award The inaugural recipient of the Brian Banks Staff Award for Excellence is known as a “force of…

Apr 2022

On a white gallery wall, a large print of a strangely disfigured human is shown next to a monitor with dozens of faces displayed on it

STAFF "Stephanie Dinkins: On Love and Data" Featured in The Brooklyn Rail Stephanie Dinkins: On Love and Data, on view through August 14, 2022 at the Queens Museum, was…

Feb 2022

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…

Jan 2022

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…

Nov 2021

A 3D exhibition showing work on a virtual gallery wall.

UNDERGRADUATE Breaking Down Silos, Making Change: 2021 Stamps DEI Team Grants Designed to support projects developed in reaction to a relevant social issue or proactively…