State & Community

  1. May 11, 2026

    U-M alumnus named Institute of Continuing Legal Education executive director

    Jeffrey E. Kirkey has been named executive director of the Institute of Continuing Legal Education, effective June 4, 2026.

  2. April 30, 2026

    Road Scholars connect U-M faculty with communities

    A new cohort of U-M faculty will step out of the classroom and onto the road — traveling hundreds of miles across the state as part of the university’s long-running Michigan Road Scholars program.

  3. April 28, 2026

    SEAS, EGLE collaborate on MI Healthy Climate Plan

    The results of a collaboration between SEAS and the state’s EGLE seeking input from partners about the MI Healthy Climate Plan are available in a new report.

  4. April 27, 2026

    How this U-M professor is using AI to fight political inequality

    At the University of Michigan, Tyler Simko is using artificial intelligence and big data to expose and correct biases that distort equal representation.

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. April 24, 2026

    U-M prepares students for jobs Michigan needs most

    New alumni data from Steppingblocks shows the University of Michigan is also helping prepare students for many of Michigan’s most in-demand, high-wage jobs.

  8. April 22, 2026

    Youth Policy Lab explores cell phone restrictions in schools

    The Youth Policy Lab convened a National School Cell Phone Policy Conference to compare notes on a rapidly changing school policy environment.

  9. April 20, 2026

    Seven projects awarded to promote faculty and student engagement between U-M and Detroit

    Now in its fifth year of funding, the 2026 Engage Detroit Workshops grant program has selected seven projects for awards.

  10. April 12, 2026

    Boyer tapped as first faculty director of new UMCI in Detroit

    Taubman College’s Bryan Boyer has been selected as the first faculty director of the new University of Michigan Center for Innovation.