Before COVID-19, the college campus could be described as America’s ‘last idyll.’ Perhaps that is why so many mystery writers over time have set their tales of terror at a fictionalized University of Michigan.

Two UM-Dearborn staff talk about their experience working the polls Nov. 4 and why they think everyone should do it at least once — kind of like a ‘civic internship.’

Food insecurity is an existential threat to more college students than you may realize. U-M’s food pantry blends research and reality to find a solution.

Michigan Medicine suggests what to do if someone in your learning group, friend group, or social circle gets exposed to or becomes sick with coronavirus.

U-M shifts additional classes to fully remote instruction after Washtenaw County issues 14-day stay-in-place order for undergraduate students.

For the first time in its 123-year history, the Michigan Marching Band has gone completely virtual due to COVID-19. Band, take the screen!

Changes include streamlined sign-up, more locations, 6K weekly capacity.

U-M’s annual DEI Summit goes virtual with an arts-oriented program Oct. 26. Actor Wendell Pierce (“The Wire,” “Treme”) is a featured speaker; Pierce is participating in the Digital Artist Residency at UMS.

The satellite city clerk’s office registers about 150-200 students per day. As of Oct. 13, more than 2,600 students registered and more than 2,900 voted in person at UMMA or by returning their ballot to the museum’s drop box.