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 …

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, …

[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 …

Hello 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 …

I’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 …