The Great Depression tore a hole in the University of Michigan, and students who went to college in the 1930s lived in a realm of scarcity and fear.

Short news items from around the University of Michigan.

The U-M community will have a chance to examine the role of the arts in supporting humanity, mental health and wellness, and religious and spiritual diversity at the 2022 Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Summit.

University leaders gathered to discuss key U-M values in this year’s second Culture Journey Community Assembly, which took place over Zoom.

The Center for Academic Innovation is hosting a series of talks throughout the 2022-23 academic year focused on how to improve pathways to and through undergraduate education at U-M.

UM-Dearborn welcomed a higher percentage of new students to campus this semester, along with a record number of international students. Total fall enrollment is down 1% compared with 2021.

In recognition of Latinx Heritage Month, U-M’s global news team is presenting Latinx@Umich, a limited podcast series showcasing Latina and Latino researchers and graduate students.

U-M received a $5.5 million federal grant recently to launch a National Institutes of Health firearm research coordinating center through the Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention.

A majority of the U-M community rates progress made in the campus climate related to diversity, equity and inclusion as being much or somewhat better than at the start of the DEI strategic plan in 2016.

Richard Redding, associate research scientist in the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, has spent nearly every winter in Egypt for about 30 years uncovering the mysteries of the Old Kingdom.