At a time when democratic institutions are under pressure and the U-M community is looking to engage, U-M will continue Democracy & Debate through the 2021-22 academic year.

Faculty, staff, retirees and benefits-eligible graduate students can change their benefits during Open Enrollment, which continues through 5 p.m. Oct. 29.

Brian DiBlassio, associate professor of music in the College of Arts and Sciences at UM-Flint, began playing piano at age 9 and has been in the same band since 1999.

With the United States on the brink of war and visions of the devastation wrought by the influenza pandemic during the first world war, U-M virologist Tommy Francis was assigned a monumental task.

Police Beat for September 2021.

Eugene W. Nissen died peacefully at home Sept. 27, two days before his 96th birthday. He worked at U-M for almost 30 years, 20 of them as the assistant dean of student academic affairs for LSA.

Wayne County has recovered most of its employment losses from the start of the pandemic, although the comeback varies among the kinds of jobs and between some of its affluent suburbs and the city of Detroit, according to a U-M study.

U-M faculty, staff and retirees are being challenged to make a difference in the lives of those in need by making a pledge to the 2021 United Way Campaign.

More than 20,000 U-M students and 7,000 faculty and staff members across the Ann Arbor, Dearborn and Flint campuses will be surveyed about sustainability and carbon neutrality in October as part of an ongoing initiative.

Despite the challenges of a global pandemic and nationwide racial unrest, U-M’s Year Five Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Progress Report charted milestones of institutional success.