(As prepared for delivery) Good afternoon and welcome to the September meeting of the Board of Regents. Today is our first meeting of the new academic year, and tomorrow is an important anniversary for our institution: the University of Michigan-Flint will mark the 66th anniversary of opening its doors. It became the first of our …

Remarks as prepared for delivery Thank you, Noah. And thank you to all of this afternoon’s talented performers. Well … does it feel great to be a Michigan Wolverine? As you’ve heard, more than 84,000 high school seniors worldwide hoped to attend the University of Michigan this fall, and we wanted you – the most …

Remarks as prepared for delivery Good morning! Thank you, Matt, for your leadership of the Center for Research on Learning and Teaching. And thank you to everyone at CRLT for hosting today’s orientation events. This is a highly significant week at the University of Michigan. First and foremost, we are welcoming you, our newest faculty, …

(As prepared for delivery) Good afternoon and welcome to the July meeting of the University of Michigan Board of Regents. I am so sorry not to be with you in person today. I have tested positive for covid and am isolating at home. But I feel fine, for which I’m grateful. This has been a …

Remarks as prepared for delivery I am thrilled to join in this enthusiastic welcome of Dr. Santa Ono as the 15th president of the University of Michigan. Dr. Ono, you are joining a very special community. I have spent more than 50 years in higher education, and there is no environment that rivals the University …

Santa J. Ono, Ph.D., is president-elect of the University of Michigan. He will begin a five-year term as the university’s 15th president on Oct. 14, 2022. Ono, 59, currently is the 15th president and vice chancellor of the University of British Columbia, where he has served since 2016. He is an experienced vision researcher whose pioneering work …

On Thursday (June 30), the Big Ten Conference unanimously voted to accept the University of California, Los Angeles and the University of Southern California as full members in all sponsored sports effective August, 2024. We are pleased to confirm this decision and extend a warm welcome to our newest members, both of which are renowned …

To All Members of the Campus Community: Today’s Supreme Court ruling on the right to an abortion will affect many on our campus and beyond. I strongly support access to abortion services, and I will do everything in my power as president to ensure we continue to provide this critically important care. Our campus is …

(As prepared for delivery) Good afternoon and welcome to our June meeting. We have a very full agenda today, including the presentation of budgets for all three campuses. Our June meeting also brings a transition in Board leadership. Today is the final meeting with Regent Acker as our chair. I want to thank him for …

I am devastated by Tuesday’s horrific school shooting in Texas. The murders of 19 children and two adults in a place of learning are unthinkable. And yet their deaths are now an agonizing reality for families and friends whose lives will never again be the same. Classrooms should be safe havens where young people feel …