President Schlissel spoke with Detroit-area high school students who attended the Detroit Economic Club meeting.   Address to the Detroit Economic Club Monday, December 11, 2017 Listen to full audio (As prepared for delivery) It’s a pleasure to be here amongst so many leaders who are engaged in creating a brighter future for this great Read more

President Mark Schlissel urged elected leaders to pass a tax-reform bill that protects the interests, futures and aspirations of college students and doctoral candidates in his remarks at Thursday’s Board of Regents meeting.

Detroit Public Television produced a series of short-form documentaries throughout 2017 that recognized the University of Michigan’s “role as an educator and institution in the state, nation and world.” DPTV aired the documentaries, along with interviews with President Schlissel and others, in a December program called “An Uncommon Education – Celebrating 200 Years of the Read more

The Tax Reform and Jobs Act contains provisions that would make it harder for students to earn a college degree at a time in which the value of higher education has never been greater — to students, families and to our nation.

GRAND RAPIDS, MI – University of Michigan President Mark Schlissel says the Republican tax plan moving through Congress will negatively affect students, universities and education in the United States.

To All Members of the University of Michigan Community: I apologize for the short notice to our community, as many are already heading out of town for the holiday. We only today have finalized plans for how we will proceed, and we wanted to share this information as soon as possible, knowing that we will Read more

Three town halls in the coming weeks are designed to gather input from University of Michigan faculty members about President Mark Schlissel’s Biosciences Initiative and its goal of creating globally leading research programs focused on solving critical problems.

Precision Health at the University of Michigan has named Rachel Dawson as managing director. Her appointment began Monday.

Mobile learning labs that embed the University of Michigan in communities, a vision to make classrooms come alive in virtual reality and the blueprint for a U-M campus on Mars took the top prizes at the “Campus of the Future” competition celebrating the university’s bicentennial.