U-M President Mary Sue Coleman recently announced she will retire in July 2014. Appointed in 2002, Coleman is the fourth-longest-serving president in the University’s history.

A $110 million gift of securities from investor and philanthropist Charles T. Munger will support his vision for a new state-of-the-art residence for U-M graduate students. The gift is the largest single donation to the University in its 196-year history.

At age 91, retired speech professor and lifelong athlete Al Storey, BA ’49/MA ’50/PhD ’53, gives new meaning to “playing the game of life.”

Video: The University is home to more than 20 libraries filled with some 13 million volumes. The U-M Alumni Association brings back memories of late nights in the stacks in this video that celebrates our beautiful spaces and amazing collections.

Video: Third-grade students in Singapore are scoring higher in science after using MyDesk, a new mobile learning app developed by U-M undergrads.

Martha Pollack, U-M’s vice provost for academic and budgetary affairs, will become provost and executive vice president for academic affairs in May, pending approval by the Board of Regents.

Plus: New Michigan Almanac Tracks the Numbers that Define U-M.

Few subjects provoke as strong a visceral response as the topic of race. This winter LS&A examines key issues at the heart of the human experience.

Video: Remember the day you opened your letter from U-M Admissions? Relive the moment.

When the members of Ann Arbor’s Memorial Christian Church put their building up for sale, the roving fraternity brothers of Sigma Phi Epsilon received an answer to their prayers—and a place to call home.