News Stories

March 26, 2018

Safeguarding Speech: Who Gets the Final Word?

Along with many colleges and universities across the country, U-M is debating issue of free speech on campus.

March 16, 2018

How Medical Schools Can Better Support Students with Disabilities

America’s medical schools are making progress in efforts to attract, admit and accommodate students with disab

March 16, 2018

Crawford and Burns Receive Feingold Diversity Awards

The School of Public Health’s Eugene Feingold Excellence in Diversity Award helps celebrate the legacy of public health leader and social activist Eugene Feingold. Feingold was…

March 16, 2018

Annual Ida Gray Awards presented during DEI Day

Two faculty members and two students were honored Wednesday as the School of Dentistry presented its annual Ida Gray Awards during a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion…

March 9, 2018

U-M African Studies Center: Celebrating a decade of academic excellence, cultural understanding

Rama Mwenesi was a freshman at the University of Michigan when he came up with an idea of designing, building

March 7, 2018

Puerto Rican pride: Ties to Cultural Home Encourage UMSN Student to Give Back, and Stay Strong

Nathaniel Mercado had just begun his first year at the University of Michigan School of Nursing when Hurricane Maria hit his family’s homeland, Puerto Rico, on…

February 19, 2018

Free speech: U-M president, faculty, students and media lead online teach-out series

From football players taking a knee during the national anthem to debates over allowing controversial speakers

February 16, 2018

U-M Will Review Sexual Misconduct Policies and Procedures

President Mark Schlissel said Thursday the University of Michigan would engage an outside expert to review its

February 15, 2018

U-M Anthropologist Earns Award for Book Highlighting Latinx Experience

It seemed like finally everything was going well for Ruthie. The 10-year-old, whose family had recently moved