State & Community
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November 12, 2018
Faculty invited to apply for 2019 Michigan Road Scholar Tour
U-M instructional, research and clinical faculty are invited to apply for consideration to be part of the 2019 Michigan Road Scholar Tour, scheduled for May 6-10.
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November 8, 2018
What Proposal 1’s passage means for U-M employees
Tuesday’s vote to legalize recreational marijuana use by adults will not change U-M policy or federal law, both of which prohibit the drug’s possession and use on university premises.
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November 7, 2018
Newcomers Acker, Brown elected to Board of Regents
Democrats Jordan Acker and Paul Brown have been elected to eight-year terms on the Board of Regents, replacing Republicans Regent Andrea Fischer Newman and Regent Andrew Richner.
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November 6, 2018
New Bentley digital archive highlights Detroit’s Jewish history
The Bentley Historical Library has launched a new platform for the Detroit Jewish News Digital Archive, a free, searchable database of the Detroit Jewish Chronicle and the Detroit Jewish News.
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November 6, 2018
Scenes from Election Day
Students cast their ballots at cardboard booths erected in the Michigan League. Complimentary cookies were on hand for voters. A person walks past campaign signs placed outside the Michigan League, where people voted throughout the day. -
October 29, 2018
U-M researchers helping to prevent freshwater algal blooms
Two U-M researchers are part of a new, federally funded effort to understand and prevent toxic algal blooms that plague portions of the Great Lakes and impact freshwater sources around the world.
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October 24, 2018
U-M, artists ‘pave’ Liberty Street with 10,000 illuminated books
After months of planning, the Institute for the Humanities presented “Literature vs. Traffic” on Tuesday.
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October 8, 2018
U-M launches website to integrate Detroit engagement
U-M is launching a new website that captures the engagement of its faculty, students, staff and alumni in Detroit, and includes the U-M Detroit Center and the Detroit Connector.
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October 1, 2018
English lecturer edits literary magazine written by prisoners
As editor of the Michigan Review of Prisoner Creative Writing, Phil Christman does not bat an eyelash at the idea of bringing the arts to prisoners in Michigan.
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October 1, 2018
U-M, community to help artists ‘pave’ Liberty Street with books
A block of East Liberty Street will be aglow with illuminated books Oct. 23, when U-M and community groups work with the arts collective Luzinterruptus to present the public art installation.
