September 13, 2024
Elena Gallo to direct Women in Science and Engineering program »
Elena Gallo, professor of astronomy, has been appointed the new director of the University of Michigan’s Women in Science and Engineering program, effective Sept. 15.
September 11, 2024
U-M expands coaching program for newly tenured faculty »
The Post-promotion Academic Career Exploration, designed to support faculty as they meet new career opportunities and challenges after promotion, is being expanded this fall to include more faculty who have been newly promoted to associate professor with tenure.
September 3, 2024
U-M kicks off initiative to promote civic participation »
The University of Michigan is launching the Year of Democracy, Civic Empowerment, and Global Engagement, a campuswide presidential initiative to strengthen democratic practices and encourage active civic participation.
August 30, 2024
Five to receive Harold R. Johnson Diversity Service Awards »
Five faculty members have been selected for 2024 Harold R. Johnson Diversity Service Awards in recognition of their exceptional contributions to fostering a culturally and ethnically diverse community at the University of Michigan.
August 29, 2024
Take Care theme activities will use art to aid well-being »
The University of Michigan’s Arts Initiative, Wolverine Wellness and other campus partners have joined forces to center personal and community well-being in the 2024-25 academic year with a focus on the theme Take Care. Take Care explores the power of art and art making to help people process the current moment: caring for oneself and others during challenging times; personal and community healing as a means of collective resilience; and how artistic expression can help create a world everyone wants to live in.
August 29, 2024
Arts Initiative supports arts partnership teams across U‑M campuses »
The University of Michigan Arts Initiative’s Projects in Partnership program has awarded funding to four arts-based teams representing more than 18 units, schools and colleges across U-M’s Ann Arbor and Dearborn campuses and in Detroit.
August 27, 2024
University gearing up for a new academic year »
Faculty, staff and students return to campus en masse as a new academic year begins Aug. 26. The University Record has published several stories that will help faculty and staff prepare for the fall semester and beyond.
August 26, 2024
U-M highlights updated policies as new school year begins »
As students return to campus for the fall semester, the university has taken steps to highlight existing policies around free speech and create new ones related to student disciplinary procedures and campus operations in order to help provide a safe and supportive campus environment for everyone.