Campus News
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November 13, 2015
‘Connecting Through Story’ event helps drive diversity agenda
It’s hard to top storytelling as an effective tool to get people to open up about diversity, equity and inclusion issues, and building understanding.
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November 11, 2015
Campuses receive funding for sexual assault prevention initiatives
U-M’s three campuses are among 22 college and universities in the state to receive a portion of more than $500,000 in state funding to support sexual assault prevention efforts.
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November 11, 2015
Higher-ed leaders discuss how to promote diversity efforts
Top leaders from a range of U.S. higher education institutions shared suggestions on how to boost diversity, and impress on host communities the universal value of their efforts.
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November 10, 2015
University’s diversity history recalled at public panel event
The historical context to promoting diversity at U-M was the focus of a discussion that featured panelists who played critical roles in that progression.
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November 10, 2015
Community Assembly on diversity generates suggestions, challenges
More than two dozen faculty, staff and students shared comments and ideas for making U-M more diverse, equitable and inclusive at a Community Assembly with President Mark Schlissel.
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November 9, 2015
Celebrations planned for university’s 2017 bicentennial
Always Leading. Forever Valiant. With those words, planning for the university’s bicentennial — to be celebrated throughout the 2017 calendar year — is in full swing.
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November 9, 2015
Diversity Summit public events
The University of Michigan’s Diversity Summit continues this week with a variety of public events.
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November 9, 2015
Campus briefs
News from around the university.
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November 9, 2015
Associate professor studies extreme poverty in America
When living in extreme poverty, people make use of whatever assets they have as a means of survival, whether it means selling plasma, junk yard scrapping, food stamps or sex just to get by. “It’s both depressing and uplifting,” Luke Shaefer says of witnessing these efforts firsthand through his research.
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November 9, 2015
Grant support available for bicentennial projects, programs
More than $400,000 in grant support is available for faculty, staff and students to develop projects and programs for the university’s 2017 bicentennial.
