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On any given day, School of Music, Theatre & Dance students, faculty, and alumni are performing and directing, designing and producing. They are winning awards and distinguishing themselves in competitions. They are releasing new recordings and publications. They are engaging in innovative research, scholarship, and collaborations. Read about the latest SMTD happenings and get to know members of the SMTD community.
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SMTD’s EXCEL Lab Announces Winners of 2024 EXCEL Prize and Other Awards
![Photographed through the glass door of the EXCEL Lab, Kuuskoski and others watch a presentation](https://smtd.umich.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Jonathan-Kuuskoski-at-the-EXCEL-Lab-Photo-credit-Chris-Boyes-1024x683.jpg)
Bringing Ideas to Life at the EXCEL Lab: An Interview with Jonathan Kuuskoski
![Four people pose smiling with a giant check for the $5,000 EXCEL Prize](https://smtd.umich.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/EXCEL-Prize-2023-1024x683.jpg)
Cultivating the Leaders of Tomorrow: The EXCEL Lab as a Gateway to Community Impact
![Jay Pension, wearing a green shirt, smiling with a tree in the background](https://smtd.umich.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Jay-Pension-1024x768.jpg)
Jay Pension to Join Departments of Entrepreneurship & Leadership and Theatre & Drama
![University of Michigan ranked Number One Entrepreneurship Program in the Midwest for 2023 by Princeton Review/Entrepreneur Magazine, Number 2 overall for graduate, and number 5 overall for undergraduate](https://smtd.umich.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/EXCEL-ranking-1024x768.png)
SMTD’s EXCEL Lab Joins the Center for Entrepreneurship in Celebrating U-M’s 2023 Top Entrepreneurship Ranking
![Dr. Antonio Cuyler](https://smtd.umich.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/AntonioCuyler_Portraits_Select_01-e1668636051589-1024x717.jpg)
Q&A with Dr. Antonio Cuyler
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EXCEL launches virtual symposium, Disruption. Action. Change.
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EXCEL Among Programs that Helped U-M Secure Top Rankings by Princeton Review
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EXCEL Among U-M’s Transformative Entrepreneurial Offerings
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2020 EXCEL Prize Awarded to the Latin American Music Initiative
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U-M Arts Initiative Seeks Project Proposals, Stakeholder Input *Updated Deadline 3/23*
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