News Stories

April 26, 2016

Pride & Prejudice: The story of gay rights pioneer Jim Toy

Jim Toy stood on the front lines of the gay rights movement in its earliest days, when physical harm, arrest, and harassment were par for the…

April 25, 2016

Staff, faculty, student engagement helps shape diversity plans

All across the Ann Arbor campus, in schools, colleges and other units — 50 in all — thousands of students, staff and faculty have participated in…

April 24, 2016

Paula Lantz on testing ‘an ounce of prevention’ with private-sector funds

Professor Paula Lantz has spent her career focused on how to improve population health and reduce health disparities. “I think it’s shameful that we live in…

April 21, 2016

Behind the Scenes with Graduate Student Participants in CAPS Mental Health Video Campaign

On March 15 of this year, Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) launched a video series entitled Real Stories of Leaders at Their Best to help our…

April 19, 2016

Social justice + Music: Men's Glee Club premieres “Seven Last Words of the Unarmed”

You’ve heard their names in the news. Michael Brown. Trayvon Martin. Oscar Grant. Eric Garner. Kenneth Chamberlain. Amadou Diallo. John Crawford. These men are the subjects…

April 6, 2016

U-M awards global health medal to Sir Fazle Hasan Abed, leader of BRAC

ANN ARBOR—Many simple solutions for human poverty already exist, but the challenge is figuring out how to deliver them, said the newest recipient of the Thomas…

March 30, 2016

Recognizing Global Academic Excellence: The 2016-17 Barbour Scholars

Eight new graduate students joined the ranks of women celebrated as Barbour Scholars at the University of Michigan over the last century. This new cohort, hailing…

March 28, 2016

Screen reader specialist enables blind to succeed at U-M

Screen Reader Specialist Brandon Werner utilizes his technology expertise and personal knowledge to enable blind individuals at the University of Michigan for success in day-to-day life…

February 29, 2016

Wolverine Pathways kickoff event draws nearly 500 students, parents

The University of Michigan officially launched its Wolverine Pathways program with a kickoff event at the Michigan Union on Feb. 27, welcoming nearly 200 students from…