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, …
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Happy Thanksgiving!
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December 2024 video message
November 20, 2024[President Ono] Hello colleagues and friends across the U of M community! We’re approaching the beginning of the holiday season, and all that we’ve achieved together is truly a reason for celebration and thanksgiving. This is a time for us to reflect on all we have accomplished and look with clear eyes to what we …
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November 2024 video message
November 12, 2024Hello colleagues and friends across the U of M community! It’s such a busy season – and it can be a truly challenging one – with end-of-semester projects and anticipated travel and upcoming exams. Yet each of us still has so much for which we can be thankful. At the University of Michigan, we are …
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Honoring Our Veterans
November 11, 2024I’m so honored to join with you this Veterans Day as we celebrate our students, faculty and staff who are veterans or who are serving in the military. You are so important to me personally – you are such a valued and vital part of our community. You exemplify our tradition, our ethos, our mission …
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Election Day 2024 – A Great Opportunity, A Profound Responsibility
October 28, 2024Dear colleagues and friends, students, staff and faculty: The strength and vitality of our democracy begins with a choice. A choice to be informed, to be engaged, and above all, to vote. Early voting has officially launched in the State of Michigan, giving us nine days for voters to cast their ballots. Voting opened this …
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Announcing U-M’s most ambitious fundraising campaign ever: Look to Michigan
October 25, 2024Dear students, faculty, and staff of the University of Michigan, As we swiftly move through the fall semester, the University of Michigan is preparing for a new era of impact. Today, I’m proud to announce the Look to Michigan campaign, our most ambitious fundraising campaign to date. With a goal of $7 billion, the Look …
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Statement at October 2024 Board of Regents
October 17, 2024I’d again like to express our gratitude to Chancellor Laurence Alexander and his team for hosting us today. I’d also like to again congratulate him on U of M Flint achieving an increase in fall enrollment for the second year in a row. Coupled to our gains at U of M Dearborn and increases in …
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October 2024 video message
October 14, 2024Hello, colleagues and friends across the University of Michigan community. A healthy, vibrant democracy begins with a choice. A choice to listen respectfully, to speak constructively, to think, to act, to engage. It’s a choice we can make each day. And through our choices, we can change our nation, we can transform our world, we …
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Incident in Southfield
October 3, 2024Students, faculty and staff: This past year, there have been innumerable events locally and globally that have felt overwhelming and unsettling to many in our community. As tensions in the Middle East have escalated in recent days, it is more important than ever that we work collectively to offer solace and safety to one another. …
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Safety on Campus
September 27, 2024To the campus community: The University of Michigan administration received reports this past weekend, Sept. 21 and 22, related to the safety of Jewish community members. Then, on Wednesday, Sept. 25, racist graffiti targeting our Black community was found in a residence hall. As the academic year begins, I want to make absolutely clear that …