The Academics dashboard has received an update to its 'Find Me Now' function. This, at bare minimum, has added functionality to:
1) A scrollbar on the results if you have more than one screen-worth (IE, 'John')

2) The ability to show results with highlighting, based on what you are entering

3) Results based on partial Preferred Names
(IE, in medical, for a user 'John (Johnny) Smith', if you search 'John (Jo' you do not see any results until you finish the full 'John (johnny)'. In Academics, the partial preferred name works just fine.