News Stories

March 5, 2015

U-M gift establishes world's first endowed chair of Thai Buddhism

The university has received a gift of $2 million to establish the Thai Professorship of Theravada Buddhism, which will further enhance one of the largest Buddhist…

February 24, 2015

Nobel laureate to discuss U.N. report on women's rights

The International Institute will host Nobel Peace Prize laureate Jody Williams and Perseus Strategies Managing Director Jared Genser at a Human Rights Initiative panel discussion on…

February 24, 2015

Schlissel calls education a ‘pathway to prosperity’ for state residents

President Mark Schlissel told state legislators Tuesday he has been impressed with Michigan residents’ optimism about the future and that “they look to higher education as…

February 24, 2015

University of Michigan Law School Working with Brazil University to Create Human Trafficking Clinic

The University of Michigan Law School’s Human Trafficking Clinic is working with a university in Brazil to create a similar legal clinic there in which law…

February 17, 2015

Mastering the mind

Some 63 percent of student-athletes participating in U-M’s pilot Athletes Connected Program reported having an emotional or mental health issue that affected their athletic performance in the four…

February 17, 2015

Video: Working toward diversity

Speaking at his Leadership Breakfast: Dialogue on Diversity, President Mark Schlissel spoke about the importance of diversity at U-M and called for the campus to find…

February 16, 2015

President Schlissel kicks off campuswide effort to improve diversity

President Mark Schlissel launched a campuswide conversation on diversity Monday, calling for innovative and ambitious measures to address “the hardest problem and biggest challenge that we’re…

February 16, 2015

President Schlissel kicks off campuswide effort to improve diversity

President Mark Schlissel launched a campuswide conversation on diversity Monday, calling for innovative and ambitious measures to address “the hardest problem and biggest challenge that we’re…

February 11, 2015

Stamps School partners to explore art and gentrification in Detroit

A new series to be published by the Detroit-based online arts and culture journal Infinite Mile, in partnership with the Penny W. Stamps School of Art…