Campus Life

  1. National champs: U-Michigan Solar Car Team takes first in American Solar Challenge

    The team covered 2,120 miles before reclaiming U-M’s title as national champions. Michigan students had won six consecutive American Solar Challenges, held every other year, until finishing second in 2018. This is the first U.S. race they’ve competed in since then, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

  2. When everyone registered in Waterman Gym

    Long before online scheduling, U-M students gathered en masse to register for courses, often spending hours in line at Waterman Gym. The lucky ones might get their first choice and find a future spouse in the crowd. The less fortunate walked away dateless clutching a schedule filled with 8 o’clock classes.

  3. Michigan Stadium to begin alcohol sales this football season

    The University of Michigan athletics department will begin selling alcohol at Michigan Stadium with the 2024 football season, after carefully reviewing previous alcohol-sale rollouts and fan experiences at Yost Ice Arena and Crisler Center.

  4. Encampment cleared: Campus climate update

    Update May 21: Police have cleared the pro-Palestinian encampment on the University of Michigan Diag. Student protesters demand the University divest from companies profiting from the conflict. Read the administration’s statements regarding recent events, both on and off campus.

  5. Brad Meltzer, BA ’92, tells Class of 2024: ‘Unleash your kindness’

    2024 commencement speaker Brad Meltzer shares how magic provides insight to shape lives, aligning with classmate Desmond Howard (far left), and 2023 national champions Blake Corum and J.J. McCarthy, to drive home the point.

  6. University addresses potential commencement protests

    With the approach of Spring Commencement May 3, the University has emailed the Ann Arbor campus community and the families of prospective graduates regarding possible campus protests. The University seeks to ensure that “graduates are able to experience the joyous and celebratory event they deserve,” the message stated.

  7. Rolling the dice on addiction

    College sports deliver some of the most thrilling moments in athletics. But it’s not all fun and games for gambling addicts whose fortunes rise and fall with each contest. Now, as online betting becomes more popular and accessible, college students are increasingly vulnerable to getting hooked, warn U-M experts.

  8. Look to Michigan: The ‘defining public university of the future’

    U-M’s blueprint for the next decade — Vision 2034 — leverages the community’s excellence at scale to confront the future’s most significant challenges, from AI and precision medicine to campus well-being and carbon neutrality. 

  9. Too much screen time? U-M pioneers digital wellness program for youths

    Addiction, cyberbullying, eating disorders, anxiety, and other mental health issues caused by problematic digital practices and an increase in screen time are some of the themes of a new and unique U-M interprofessional Peer-to-Peer Digital Wellness class.