August 26, 2024
New U-M students urged to take on ‘profound responsibility’ »
University of Michigan leaders encouraged U-M’s newest students to embrace an uncertain future and act as leaders to create positive change during the New Student Convocation at Crisler Center.
August 22, 2024
Email to faculty: Inclusive Teaching »
I am writing to ask faculty with instructional duties on our campus to give special attention to two areas this semester to ensure we maintain an excellent learning environment.
August 15, 2024
Campuswide New Faculty Orientation set for Aug. 21 »
A campuswide New Faculty Orientation, designed to introduce all new faculty to the University of Michigan, will take place from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Aug. 21 on the second floor of the Michigan League.
July 22, 2024
From the Desk of the Provost: July 2024 »
In academia, summer is about performing the rituals of relaxation, reflection, and resolution that, for most others, define the end of the year. This feels appropriate, since summer is often a time of transition for our colleagues on campus, and we bid farewell to old friends and welcome newcomers all at once. My longtime colleague…
July 22, 2024
Mythbreaking: Adaptive Sports »
Adaptive Sports practice for Track and Field. Photo by Marc-Gregor Campredon Sport can be a unifying language, institutionally, regionally, nationally, and internationally. The epitome of this is the way that the Olympics and Paralympics quite literally bridge the world together in celebration of sport. However, sport is not always equitably accessible to everyone, like in…
July 22, 2024
Q+A with Christopher Friese, Vice Provost for Academic and Faculty Affairs »
Christopher R. Friese, the Elizabeth Tone Hosmer Professor of Nursing and Professor of Health Management and Policy, began his 5-year term as Vice Provost for Academic and Faculty Affairs on June 1, 2024. In partnership with Vice Provost Sara Blair, he is responsible for overseeing core faculty-centered processes, including the promotion and tenure process, as…
July 22, 2024
UMICH Votes and the Year of Democracy and Global and Civic Engagement with Jenna Bednar »
Ford School professor and political scientist Jenna Bednar recently joined the Office of the Provost as the faculty director of UMICH Votes and Democratic Engagement. Her academic work concerns federalism and democratic structures and norms. Her recent focus investigates how to encourage human flourishing within democratic systems. In addition to her position as UMICH Votes…
June 24, 2024
FY ’25 budget supports U-M’s strategic vision »
The University of Michigan will invest in key priorities identified in its Vision 2034 strategic vision while continuing to make a U-M education affordable for students, under the 2024-25 fiscal year budget that the Board of Regents approved June 20. U-M’s new general fund budget of $2.9 billion for the Ann Arbor campus will support the four Vision 2034 impact areas: life-changing education; health and well-being; democracy, civic and global engagement; and climate action, sustainability and environmental justice.