Dear students, faculty and staff: At the close of our first week of classes, we must take a moment to pause and reflect on the mission and values of our great university and all we aspire to achieve in the coming year. Our community has returned to campus, united in renewed ambition and energy, and …

(Remarks as prepared for delivery) I’m so grateful to the members of the leadership team who have joined us today – I simply could not ask for better partners in guiding this extraordinary university. Most of all, I’d like to thank and congratulate all of you, our incoming and our transfer students – thank you …

The passing of U-M President Emeritus James Duderstadt is an inestimable loss to the University of Michigan, and I extend my deepest sympathies to his wife Anne and their family during this time of mourning and memory.  Dr. Duderstadt was a visionary, but even more, a trained engineer with the inspiration and energy to shape …

University of Michigan President Emeritus James J. Duderstadt, who devoted his academic career to an institution he shaped with his zeal for technology, innovation and equality, died Aug. 21 at age 81.

Dear students, staff and faculty, Beginnings are such important times – times to remember our traditions, to reaffirm our values, and to renew our aspirations. So let us begin again, in pursuit of our mission as one of the world’s great universities, dedicated to discovery and excellence, and committed to lifting the distinct, ineffable potential …

Hello colleagues and friends across the university! As the summer comes to a close, I look forward to coming back together as a community. It’s important to remember that the University of Michigan is just that: a community; a family; a society in and of itself where students, staff, and faculty join together to take …

President Ono: Hello, friends and colleagues from across the U-M community. With summer at its peak and the Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games rapidly approaching, it’s a great moment to acknowledge the diverse community of individuals living with disabilities who call U-M home. Like a Paralympian competing for gold in representing their country this summer …

I’d like to begin by formally congratulating and welcoming our new Chair, Regent Katherine White, and our new Vice Chair, Regent Mark Bernstein. Regent White was first elected to the board in 1998, and I’m so grateful for her relentless dedication, her unstinting service and her steadfast commitment to the University of Michigan. I’m equally …

Dear colleagues, students and friends, Dr. Marschall Runge, an M.D. and Ph.D. who has served as Executive Vice President for Medical Affairs and CEO of Michigan Medicine since March 2015 and Dean of the Medical School since January 2016, will retire from these leadership roles following the conclusion of his contract on June 30, 2025. …

Hello colleagues and friends across the U-M community! It’s finally summertime, and many of us are eagerly anticipating adventures and vacations. Whether a road-trip or a plane-trip or a vacation stay, we might not realize it, but in many ways, we’ll have the research and innovations from U-M, and our work with the Department of …