Campus News
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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.
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April 29, 2026
3 U-M faculty members elected to National Academy of Sciences
Three U-M professors are among 120 new members elected into the National Academy of Sciences for distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.
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April 28, 2026
Mingyan Liu appointed next Engineering dean
Mingyan Liu, associate dean for academic affairs at the College of Engineering and T. C. Chang Professor of Engineering, has been appointed the Robert J. Vlasic Dean of Engineering, effective May 15, 2026.
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April 27, 2026
DPSS honored as international leader in healthcare security, safety
The Division of Public Safety & Security’s Michigan Medicine team was selected to receive the 2026 Lindberg Bell Program of Distinction Award.
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April 27, 2026
A Taubman professor’s final work of art: her students
This year, 162 U-M instructors from across 14 schools and colleges were nominated to be honored at Michigan Housing’s recent Honored Instructors event.
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April 27, 2026
U-M students find unique path to public service through Coast Guard Auxiliary program
U-M’s Coast Guard Auxiliary University Program is one of only about a dozen such programs in the country and the only one on the Great Lakes.
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April 27, 2026
Faculty leaders from Michigan public universities meet with state lawmakers
Faculty government leaders from nine of Michigan’s 15 public universities gathered April 23 at the state capitol to talk to legislators about challenges in higher education.
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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.
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April 27, 2026
Taubman senior learned how to experience, not just see, new spaces
As a child, Lilijana Gregov spent hours building houses in the video game “The Sims.” When she showed her grandmother what she’d created, her grandmother responded: ‘You know, this is a job people do in life.”
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April 27, 2026
For Stamps senior, art provided an outlet for grief and a path forward
When her mother died during Hill’s freshman year of high school, art became an outlet for her grief. “For me, painting and drawing were the way out,” she said. “It was something that I started doing just for myself.”
