Three leaders in the fields of international finance, higher education and medical research are being recommended for honorary degrees at the U-M Ann Arbor campus’ 2022 Winter Commencement.

Four candidates running for two seats on the Board of Regents in the Nov. 8 general election provided The University Record with short profiles describing their background and platform.

Jonathan Smith, percussion program manager at U-M, has performed nearly 200 shows for “Aladdin” on Broadway since 2014 as the designated sub for the musical’s full-time percussionist.

You may never have heard of the Michigan law professor who was baked to a crisp in the oven of the Lawyers Club kitchen. Or the English professor presumed dead when his face suddenly went missing.

Bernard William Agranoff, professor emeritus of biological chemistry and senior research scientist emeritus, died Oct. 21, 2022.

Short news items from around the University of Michigan.

The Stephen M. Ross School of Business is announcing a new initiative called Women Mean Business to encourage women donors to support the school through philanthropy.

Five faculty members with expertise in inequality and structural racism joined the university this fall as part of the Office of the Provost’s Anti-Racism Hiring Initiative.

The Office of the Provost’s Anti-Racism Hiring Initiative had a three-round proposal submission and selection process. A committee chose six proposals, and five faculty members have been hired to date.

A new partnership between Henry Ford College and UM-Dearborn — Learn4ward to a Michigan Degree — aims to take the guesswork out of transferring.