Dear Colleagues: I am pleased to announce the appointment of Chris Kolb as the vice president for government relations at the University of Michigan. He will begin Jan. 19 and will oversee and provide university-wide leadership and strategic vision for our government relations programs at the local, state and federal levels. Chris has embraced public service throughout …

To All Members of the Campus Community: The year is quickly coming to a close, and I hope all of you will be able to enjoy winter break and connect safely with friends and loved ones. I join you in the optimism that 2021 will include a return towards normalcy in our personal and professional …

To All Members of the U-M Community: With FDA “emergency use authorization” of the COVID-19 vaccine, Michigan Medicine is ready to begin vaccinating health care workers this week. This is great news and, knowing how challenging the last year has been for all of us, we are optimistic about these first steps on our road …

To All Members of the Campus Community: I thank everyone who has helped to protect our communities by wearing face coverings and limiting gatherings and travel. COVID-19 activity remains at high levels throughout our region and state. We continue to exceed one of our Campus Response Metrics – more than 70 new cases of COVID-19 per million …

To All Members of the Campus Community: I hope everyone had a safe and peaceful Thanksgiving recess. COVID-19 activity on the Ann Arbor campus has slowed considerably around the holiday. We are continuing to monitor the coronavirus in our community. We have conducted about 14,000 COVID-19 tests under the departure testing program, with very low …

To All Members of the Campus Community: I want to wish all members of our community a safe Thanksgiving recess and express my appreciation to everyone who is helping to slow the spread of COVID-19 by practicing social distancing, avoiding social gatherings, and being diligent in wearing face coverings. These are not the circumstances any …

To All Members of the Campus Community: The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) has issued a new order that takes effect Wednesday and affects some parts of our campus. The order calls for additional safety measures around certain activities and is designed to address the rapidly increasing number of COVID-19 cases throughout the state. …

To All Members of the Campus Community: Highly concerning increases in the incidence of COVID-19 are happening throughout our surrounding community and state, as we are seeing across much of the nation. Increasing disease activity is placing much greater burdens on county and regional medical resources, including U-M’s hospitals. These challenges are discussed in a video …

To All Members of the Campus Community: Our current semester has been like no other, with our students, faculty and staff exhibiting innovation and resilience as we taught, learned, advanced research, cared for patients and served our communities under the most challenging of circumstances. We studied in tents, wore PPE in our labs, worked from …