Office of Research

  1. November 9, 2020

    Anti-racism faculty hiring initiative moves forward

    A three-year hiring initiative will bring to the Ann Arbor campus’ schools and colleges at least 20 new tenure-track faculty members with scholarly expertise in racial inequality and structural racism.

  2. July 20, 2020

    Julie Lumeng named AVP to lead clinical and human research

    Julie Lumeng has been appointed assistant vice president for research at U-M, where she will play a leadership role in advancing the human subjects portfolio across the research enterprise.

  3. June 30, 2020

    Revised COI in Research policy expands disclosure requirements

    U-M implemented an update to the Conflict of Interest in Research, Sponsored Projects, and Technology Transfer policy July 1 that aims to strengthen research-related disclosure and reporting processes.

  4. June 23, 2020

    U-M ramping up in-person human research through tier system

    Research leaders from across U-M have developed protocols and procedures to safely re-engage in-person human research activity, which can begin ramping up next week through carefully managed tiers.

  5. May 26, 2020

    Four staff members awarded for research service, support

    Four staff members, David Mulder, Teresa Herrick, Jane Sierra and Michael Hess, are being awarded for their role in supporting and strengthening U-M’s research enterprise.

  6. April 20, 2020

    A look at COVID-19 research and activity across U-M

    The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way the University of Michigan works on many levels, but it also has galvanized activity across the university as a broad range of academic, research and administrative units apply their expertise to this worldwide crisis. These synopses offer a glimpse into the variety of activity underway. Go online to…
  7. April 9, 2020

    Virtual town hall to focus on research operations amid COVID-19

    Research leadership from across the university will host a virtual town hall April 14 to answer questions and provide guidance on research operations amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

  8. April 6, 2020

    Wide range of U-M research focuses on coronavirus pandemic

    Research projects and innovations related to COVID-19 have ramped up quickly across U-M, spurred by doctors, public health experts, scientists, economists and engineers, and encouraged by research leaders.

  9. March 26, 2020

    Rebecca Cunningham appointed vice president for research

    Rebecca Cunningham, an emergency medicine physician whose research addresses critical issues ranging from firearm violence to opioid abuse, has been appointed vice president for research.

  10. March 16, 2020

    Campus briefs

    Short news items from around the University of Michigan.