To All Members of the University of Michigan Community: As a great public research university, the University of Michigan has a responsibility to focus our academic strength on the challenges and opportunities that face the public we serve. For an institution with a more than 200-year history of driving growth and opportunity in our state, Read more

To All U-M Ann Arbor Students, Faculty and Staff: I want to update everyone on a few of the ongoing comprehensive actions we are taking to prevent and address sexual and gender-based misconduct and support survivors at the University of Michigan. The actions further our goal of ensuring a safe and respectful community for all, and I Read more

To All Members of the University of Michigan Community: For generations, the University of Michigan has led the way in advancing understanding of our nation’s most pressing issues – and next year our students, faculty, and staff will have a novel opportunity to enhance this essential quality of our mission at the national level. I Read more

Dear Faculty, Postdoctoral Researchers and Graduate Students: During the Q&A that followed the President’s leadership breakfast last week, a community member asked about the challenges we face in the context of recent federal concerns of “foreign influence” on research at U.S. universities. This issue is very front of mind for many of us in leadership Read more

(As prepared for delivery) Good morning, colleagues, students and friends. It’s a pleasure to welcome you to this year’s leadership breakfast. I also thank everyone in our community watching on the live stream. In April, we ushered in a new era of discovery, education and service at the University of Michigan, as we celebrated the Read more

The University of Michigan will launch an initiative that encourages and coordinates research across disciplines to develop new knowledge and data on firearm violence, a public health problem that causes about 100 deaths per day across the United States. U-M researchers in fields such as public health, medicine, social sciences, engineering, public policy and the Read more

Saying it is time for academic innovation at the University of Michigan to take a step forward, President Mark Schlissel has announced a plan to support new models for education and provide learning experiences that are global, engaged and lifelong.

A comprehensive presidential arts initiative designed to “unleash imagination and creativity” at the University of Michigan was announced Oct. 3 by President Mark Schlissel. A working group of arts leaders on campus will collaborate with all parts of the university in creating the initiative. Schlissel said a two-year startup phase will produce a roadmap through Read more