News & Communications

  1. Email to Students on Diversity Summit and Racial Injustice in Higher Education

    November 13, 2015

    Dear Students: I want to express my appreciation to those of you who participated in and shared your experiences during our Diversity Summit this past week, an important part of the process we began several months ago to develop Michigan’s first campus level strategic plan to enhance diversity, equity and inclusion.   I also want to …

  2. Community Assembly on diversity generates suggestions, challenges

    November 11, 2015

  3. Schlissel outlines efforts to enhance U-M excellence in coming years

    October 23, 2015

  4. Francis Medal to be awarded to BRAC founder

    October 23, 2015

    ANN ARBOR—The University of Michigan will award the Thomas Francis Jr. Medal in Global Public Health to Sir Fazle Hasan Abed, founder and chairperson of BRAC — a Bangladesh-based development organization that works to alleviate poverty by empowering the poor. One of U-M’s most prestigious honors, the Francis Medal is awarded every few years, recognizing …

  5. On the Agenda: President’s Advisory Panel on the Biosciences Report

    September 24, 2015

  6. On the Agenda: Continuing the discussion on sexual misconduct

    September 21, 2015

  7. On the Agenda: Education, Patient Care & Discovery

    September 17, 2015

  8. Diversity Luncheon September 9, 2015 – Remarks

    September 9, 2015

  9. 2015 Welcome Back Message and Video

    September 9, 2015

    To All Members of the Campus Community, It is a pleasure to welcome you to a new academic year at the University of Michigan. I very much enjoyed getting to know many of you and exploring the campus and Ann Arbor during my first year as President. I have seen your inventions, innovations, research and …

  10. President Schlissel Q&A in University Record

    September 8, 2015