Dear Students: I am pleased to share that student volunteer opportunities are being planned for the months leading up to this year’s presidential debate on the Ann Arbor campus. We are currently seeking U-M students interested in volunteering in Ann Arbor during the Winter, Spring, and Summer terms. I invite all of you to check Read more

To All Members of the U-M Ann Arbor Community: The University of Michigan has received and acted on allegations of sexual misconduct against Martin A. Philbert, provost and executive vice president for academic affairs. With the endorsement and full support of the U-M Board of Regents, I have placed Dr. Philbert on administrative leave, effective Read more

The National Institute on Drug Abuse reports that 2,033 people in Michigan died of overdose deaths involving opioids in 2017, a rate of 21.2 deaths per 100,000 persons, higher than the national rate of 14.6 deaths per 100,000. Michigan now ranks in the top third nationally for drug-related deaths, with over half due to synthetic Read more

(As prepared for delivery) Congratulations, University of Michigan graduates! I join Acting-Provost Dittmar, and our faculty and staff in offering my utmost congratulations to you, graduates of the University of Michigan, as well as to your families and friends, and everyone else who made this day possible. Class of 2019, today you graduate from a Read more

The President’s Commission on Carbon Neutrality is pushing ahead with efforts on methane leakage, indirect carbon emissions and other initiatives in its ongoing effort to guide the University of Michigan toward carbon neutrality.

While the University of Michigan’s formal mission statement relies on more lofty language, at its core, U-M’s mission is to serve the public through education and research. A few weeks ago, we announced that U-M will serve as the anchor of the Detroit Center for Innovation to be built in downtown Detroit. The goal of Read more