News & Communications

  1. 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 …

  2. 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 …

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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

  6. 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.

  7. A message from President Schlissel on March 16 emergency alert

    March 25, 2019

    To All Members of the Campus Community: Over the past week, student leaders and other members of our community, the university’s leadership team, and I have spent a great deal of time examining and discussing the March 16 reports of an active shooter on campus and how the campus responded. While many aspects of our …

  8. Grand Rapids Business Journal story on direct-to-student need-based financial aid

    March 4, 2019
  9. Crain’s Detroit forum: College affordability, attainment and economic prosperity are inseparable

    February 11, 2019

    If we want our state to be among the most prosperous in the nation, we have to be among the most educated. Two numbers illustrate my point: Michigan ranks 30th in the nation in per capita income and 35th in college attainment.

  10. Washington Post: With Bloomberg’s backing, top colleges seek more low-income students

    February 7, 2019