News

  1. Precision Health announces enhanced resources for researchers

    June 19, 2019

    Precision Health at the University of Michigan has selected nine recipients for its 2019 Scholars Awards. These grants of up to $80,000 each support the innovative projects of early-career researchers.

  2. Biosciences Initiative announces first faculty hire

    June 17, 2019

    The University of Michigan Biosciences Initiative is proud to announce the onboarding of Roland Kersten, Ph.D., as its first expert faculty hire.

  3. President’s Staff Awards of Distinction honor U-M staff members

    May 13, 2019

    Founding an international professional organization. Doubling student voter turnout. Creating a model of workplace flexibility. Teaching thousands of middle school students how to live healthy lives. These are a few of the remarkable accomplishments of the 2019 University of Michigan Staff Impact Award recipients.

  4. President’s Award recipient Sandra Wiley puts her stamp on international education

    April 18, 2019

    Sandra Wiley is a one-stop shop for all things international education at the Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design. Whether she’s helping students find a safe and enriching international education experience, advising a foreign-born student on structuring an independent study to better understand the culture they came from, or assisting students as they …

  5. Domenico Grasso inaugurated as UM-Dearborn chancellor

    April 15, 2019

    The morning’s cloudy skies and intermittent spring rains didn’t seem to dampen the excitement Friday, as campus celebrated the official installation of Domenico Grasso as the university’s sixth chancellor. Since beginning his tenure in August 2018, Grasso has continually challenged the campus to think big when charting out the vision for the university’s next few …

  6. Record: U-M joins National Academies in collaborative on sexual harassment

    April 10, 2019

    The University of Michigan has joined the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine as founding partners in an action collaborative working to prevent sexual harassment in higher education. The collaborative will facilitate partnerships and joint action to address and prevent sexual harassment. It will deal with the issue of sexual harassment in the context …

  7. Record: U-M to cut emissions through renewable-energy purchase from DTE Energy

    April 9, 2019

    The University of Michigan is on track to reduce greenhouse gas emissions significantly with an agreement to buy renewable energy through DTE Energy that will result in about half of the purchased electricity for the Ann Arbor campus coming from Michigan-sourced renewable resources.

  8. President Schlissel contributes to WCC’s On the Record in celebration of Community College Month

    April 4, 2019

    On behalf of the University of Michigan, I am honored to join our friends, neighbors and colleagues at Washtenaw Community College in celebrating National Community College Month. Our decades-long partnership is providing tremendous opportunities for the people we serve.

  9. DPTV video: President Schlissel introduces Hamilton producer and U-M alumnus Jeffrey Seller and WDIV News Anchor Devin Scillian at the Detroit Economic Club

    March 29, 2019

    A Conversation with Hamilton Producer Jeffrey Seller | Detroit Economic Club

  10. The County Press: U-M president discusses college affordability at Economic Club luncheon

    March 27, 2019

    President Schlissel spoke about the importance of affordability and direct state aid for students during remarks at the Economic Club of Lapeer County on March 20, 2019.