To All Members of the Campus Community: Recent events on our campus have raised important questions around issues of personal beliefs, our responsibilities as educators, and anti-Semitism. Provost Philbert and I, along with the Board of Regents and several academic leaders, have been engaged in discussions about these issues with members of the university and …

https://youtu.be/AS-iILylq_s Dear Colleagues: I am writing to update you on measures we are taking to better prevent sexual misconduct and provide educational and support resources for our community. They align with our overall goals of improving awareness, training, reporting and accountability regarding all forms of sexual misconduct on the Ann Arbor, Dearborn and Flint campuses …

https://youtu.be/vpagVh87qdo TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN COMMUNITY: Welcome to the new academic year at the University of Michigan! I am pleased to share with you a few glimpses of our special academic and campus life in this year’s Welcome Back Video. This fall, we are welcoming thousands of new students, about 350 …

President Schlissel discussed diversity in STEM disciplines and careers during a February 2018 conference convened by the POSSE Foundation in New York.

“The (lawsuit) paints a false caricature by mischaracterizing certain policies and programs, while ignoring policy and practice that clearly reaffirm our deep and longstanding commitment to free speech,” President Schlissel writes in the Detroit News.

Dear Colleagues: I am pleased to announce that the Board of Regents has approved the appointment of Ravi Pendse as vice president for information technology and chief information officer. He will begin August 1 and provide university-wide leadership and strategic direction for information technology. Dr. Pendse has extensive experience as a successful and collaborative university …