(As prepared for delivery) Thanks so much for joining us for our first meeting of 2025. I’d especially like to welcome Regent Carl Meyers, for the first meeting of his term. Carl is also our first regent to have graduated from UM-Dearborn, and we were proud to hold your oath of office ceremony there earlier …

Students, faculty and staff: Friday night, the University of Michigan and other institutions of higher learning received a letter from the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights that has important implications for our community and others around the nation. The letter applies the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2023 decision that struck down race-based affirmative action in …

Students, faculty and staff: News out of Washington D.C. – including legal decisions about federal actions and announcements related to the Department of Education – continues to reshape the higher education landscape in ways that could have important implications for the University of Michigan. As a public institution that works in partnership with the federal …

Dear faculty, staff and students, The University of Michigan, like many institutions across the country, is navigating a variety of challenges related to recent U.S. policy developments. Many of you have reached out to share your concerns about potential impacts on scientific research, higher education and vulnerable communities. I hear you, and I appreciate your …

Hello, colleagues and friends across the University of Michigan community. We’re at the beginning of a new new year and new semester with all of the possibilities of 2025. One of the reasons I’m so excited about the new year is that it’s the second anniversary of the launch and growth phase of the Arts …

Dear University of Michigan Community,  Happy New Year! I hope that each of you had a restful and rejuvenating holiday season filled with moments of joy and connection with family and friends. As we begin this new semester, I am thrilled to welcome you back to our beloved campuses. What a way to ring in …

Dear colleagues and friends across the University of Michigan family, I want to wish you a joyous holiday season, full of happiness, light and memories.  We gather together, grateful for these days to share with our loved ones, thankful for all we have achieved over the past months, and guided by the hope that rises …

(As prepared for delivery) Good afternoon! Congratulations graduates! After all the projects, the exams and the hours of study, you have reached this moment of transition, this pinnacle of commencement. We’re so proud of you. We’re so proud of you, and your families and friends and loved ones too. They’ve been with you – lifting, …

(As prepared for delivery) Thanks so much for joining us this afternoon, for our final meeting of 2024. It is thanks to all of you that we’ve had such an accomplished semester, and such a fantastic year together. Since this is his last meeting with us as regent, I’d like to begin by offering my …

Dear friends and colleagues across the U-M family and community, I’d like to wish all of you a Happy Thanksgiving!  Since that first harvest celebration more than 400 years ago, it has been a day of gratitude, of connection, and of reflection. Gratitude is so important. It is good for us in so many different ways, …