Debate Team

  1. April 9, 2024

    U-M Debate team secures its first national title

    After finishing runner-up seven times, the U-M debate team has finally clinched its first national championship, defeating the University of Kansas at the 2024 National Debate Tournament in Atlanta.

  2. February 6, 2023

    U-M Debate Program receives record $1 million gift

    The U-M Debate Program has received a $1 million gift from a former standout debate participant and his wife, the largest gift in the program’s 120-year history.

  3. February 6, 2023

    Campus briefs

    Short news items from around the University of Michigan.

  4. November 20, 2022

    Debate team wins third straight fall term ‘national championship’

    The U-M Debate Program has won the 2022 66th annual Franklin R. Shirley Classic, widely considered the national collegiate debate championship of the fall semester.

  5. November 23, 2020

    Campus briefs

    Short news items from around the University of Michigan.

  6. November 19, 2020

    U-M Debate Team wins fall semester’s ‘national championship’

    The U-M Debate program recently won the 64th Annual Franklin R. Shirley Classic hosted by Wake Forest University. The Shirley Classic is widely considered the national championship of the fall semester.