Academics

  1. June 10, 2026

    Advisory committee named for next School for Environment and Sustainability dean

    Jonathan Overpeck will conclude his second five-year term as dean June 30, 2027. Provost Laurie McCauley has announced the appointment of the U-M advisory committee that will assist in the search.

  2. June 10, 2026

    Advisory committee named for next Marsal Family School of Education dean

    Elizabeth B. Moje will conclude her second five-year term as dean June 30, 2027. Provost Laurie McCauley has announced the appointment of the U-M advisory committee that will assist in the search.

  3. June 10, 2026

    Advisory committee named for next A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning dean

    Jonathan Massey will conclude his second five-year term as dean June 30, 2027. Provost Laurie McCauley has announced the appointment of the U-M advisory committee that will assist in the search.

  4. May 26, 2026

    U-M library staffer finds creative outlet in printmaking, puppetry

    Tom Carey, head of acquisitions at the Law Library, creates and performs with shadow puppets — and  maintains a wide-ranging art practice that includes relief prints, drawings, artist books, and zines.

  5. May 18, 2026

    Provost’s Seminar examines how genAI impacts graduate studies

    U-M leaders and faculty gathered May 13 at the Michigan Union to explore the opportunities and challenges generative AI is bringing to graduate education at the university.

  6. May 11, 2026

    Advising Council of U-M honors award recipients 

    The ACUM has recognized five faculty and staff for academic advising excellence.

  7. May 5, 2026

    U-M expands tuition-free path for thousands more in-state students across all campuses

    U-M more than doubled its investment in the Go Blue Guarantee over the past year.

  8. May 4, 2026

    School of Public Health instructors bond over shared love of birds

    Professor K Rivet Amico and Lecturer Geila Rajaee built a fast friendship based on their shared affinity for feathered friends, including chickens, parrots and peacocks.

  9. April 29, 2026

    It Happened at Michigan: Looking back at U-M’s commencement speakers

    In August of 1845, U-M held a small commencement ceremony for its first 11 graduates — but it wasn’t until 1878 that a keynote speaker became part of the university’s graduation tradition.

  10. April 27, 2026

    From research to entrepreneurship, LSA pre-med senior pursued range of interests 

    As a child, Diala Ajaero aspired to become a robotics engineer. He was drawn early to math and science, and in high school excelled in computer science. But he was also intrigued by the idea of medicine.