News Stories

January 13, 2015

UMTRI part of nationwide study on safety of older drivers

The U-M Transportation Research Institute is one of five national test sites selected by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety to address the well-being of older…

January 12, 2015

2015 Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Symposium

A rundown of stories in the Record’s special section about the 2015 MLK Symposium. Read the full story

January 12, 2015

Annual MLK Symposium focuses on building unity

The theme “Unity: Not Uniformity” guides the 29th annual Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Symposium, which opened this month and runs through Feb. 26 on the…

January 12, 2015

U-M Detroit Center is activity hub in resurgent city

It was an epic transformation. A young man from Southwest Detroit went from gang member to neighborhood leader and police cadet. And the University of Michigan’s…

January 8, 2015

Campuswide design charette to brainstorm Ebola solutions

Designers, heath care researchers and African scholars at U-M will work in teams this month to generate creative responses to critical areas of the ongoing Ebola…

January 7, 2015

Solar car race teams students from U-M, United Arab Emirates

In vehicles powered by the sun, students from Abu Dhabi University and the University of Michigan will join forces in a grueling, four-day race across the…

December 17, 2014

End of Fall Semester 2014 Letter

“My first semester as president has been busy, enlightening and invigorating. It has been a true pleasure getting to know the faculty, staff, students, alumni, parents…

December 8, 2014

Marc Lamont Hill to deliver MLK Symposium keynote

Marc Lamont Hill, a leading intellectual voice and the host of HuffPost Live and Black Entertainment Television News, will present the keynote lecture for the 29th…

December 8, 2014

Some executive actions on immigration expected to affect U-M

Some of the Executive Actions on Immigration, recently announced by President Obama, are expected to directly affect U-M, although specific details of their impact are yet…