To All Members of the Campus Community: Here are the main updates at-a-glance: COVID-19 cases associated with U-M represent about half of the total cases in Washtenaw County, and student cases are rising. The compliance date for our expansion of mandatory COVID-19 testing to graduate and professional students is Feb. 16. The change in the …

To All Members of the Campus Community: Here are the main updates at-a-glance: We’re seeing greater spread of COVID-19 among students and urge all students to continue following the county Stay in Place recommendations through the weekend and get tested each week using U-M resources. Graduate and professional students who live on campus or come …

Dear Graduating Students: We know that many of you have been eagerly waiting for news about Spring Commencement. As we have seen over the past ten months, one of the difficult challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic has been the uncertainty that we have been forced to endure. We do not always know what measures will …

To All Members of the Campus Community: Rising numbers of COVID-19 cases and clusters of students testing positive, including for the more easily transmitted B.1.1.7 variant, reinforce the need for us to urge caution and emphasize safe and healthy behaviors to protect our community. The Washtenaw County Health Department, in partnership with our campus public health …

To All Members of the Campus Community: As we shared in our U-M message Sunday, this is a critical time for preventing spread of COVID-19, including the rapidly emerging B.1.1.7 variant. We are seeing increased cases in the U-M student community, with larger numbers of close contacts from social activities, and have worked closely with the Washtenaw County Health Department …

To All Members of the Campus Community: A more contagious variant of COVID-19 called B.1.1.7 was recently identified in a cluster of U-M students. This weekend, we learned of additional cases that are positive for the B.1.1.7 variant, and this number may continue to rise.  All of these cases have been investigated and the individuals and …

To All Members of the Campus Community: We are monitoring and helping members of the U-M Ann Arbor community who have tested positive for the COVID-19 variant, B.1.1.7. The variant strain was identified as a result of regular university testing followed by additional testing in U-M labs. We know the variant is here and will likely …

To All Members of the Campus Community: All students, faculty and staff coming to the Ann Arbor campus – and U-M students living in the area – can now be tested for COVID-19 weekly through our regular asymptomatic testing program, and I encourage all to do so. The process has been streamlined so that you can …

To All Members of the Campus Community: Welcome, everyone, to another year at the University of Michigan. I hope all of you had the opportunity to connect safely with loved ones over the holidays. Vaccination rollout and planning for the winter term continue at full speed. Michigan Medicine is completing vaccinations of those eligible to …