Campus Life

  1. Graduate student instructors picket in front of the Michigan Union on a beautiful sunny day.

    Administrative law judge rules GEO strike violates contract

    The Graduate Employees’ Organization committed an unfair labor practice by violating the no-strike clause in its current contract and walking off the job late last month, a state administrative law judge ruled April 17.

  2. Graduate student instructors picket in front of the Michigan Union on a beautiful sunny day.

    U-M seeks actions by court, labor board against striking GEO

    On March 30, the University filed in Washtenaw County Circuit Court alleging breach of contract by the Graduate Employees’ Organization for striking, and asked the court to order strikers to return to work. U-M also filed an unfair labor practice charge with the Michigan Employment Relations Commission.

  3. Santa Ono and other distinguished guests dressed in caps and gowns at the Hill Auditorium podium on Ono's inauguration day, March 2023.

    President’s Day: An era of change

    ‘It is time for a new vision, a new punctuation, a new opening of possibilities for the University of Michigan. As we envision, imagine, and aspire, we will also build,’ says Santa J. Ono, who was inaugurated March 7 after serving as president since Oct. 14, 2022.

  4. Ono presents first leadership address, November 2022.

    Community invited to President Ono’s inauguration March 7

    The day’s public events will include a flag-raising on the Law School Quad, two panel discussions, the installation ceremony in Hill Auditorium, and a community reception. Inaugural events will be accessible via livestream. Complimentary tickets are required for the installation ceremony.

  5. An artist's rendering of Michigan Marching Band on a branded field with goal posts and campus buildings in the background.

    Marching Band’s Elbel Field poised for major makeover

    U-M’s iconic Elbel Field will be transformed into a marching band practice facility now that the Regents have approved project design plans and authorized construction to proceed.

  6. From left, students Zoe Bliss and Savanna Delise, members of the 2020-21 SEAS Bees master’s degree project team, install a pollinator-friendly native plant garden next to the Museum of Natural History. (Photo courtesy of SEAS Bees)

    Ann Arbor campus joins Bee Campus USA movement

    U-M’s Ann Arbor campus recently joined UM-Dearborn as a certified Bee Campus, reflecting the University’s commitment to pollinator conservation. U-M has long followed pollinator-friendly landscaping practices.

  7. Evan King, a record-breaking Black tennis player, dressed in Michigan gear, with a racket.

    Michigan Athletics celebrates Black athletes, alumni, and staff

    Learn about the Black trailblazers, national award winners, and All-Americans who’ve represented the Block M over the years.  Plus: Enjoy ‘Our Voices,’ a video and graphic series that highlights Black women.

  8. Díaz in Cuba as a child. He is dressed in white with a light blue tie and has his harm on the shoulder of a younger child dressed in overalls with no shirt underneath. They look to be in school.

    From Cuba to chemical engineering: ‘I’m supposed to be here’

    Ph.D. student José Carlos Díaz first merged his knack for engineering and science by repairing microscopes for use in his sixth-grade class. He was 11 years old. He’s now an ion-diffusion researcher at one of the top chemical engineering programs in the U.S.

  9. U-M’s Campus Farm has been dubbed “The Freedom Garden”—a space where refugee clients can grow their own food through community gardening. Image courtesy: U-M’s Campus Farm

    Refugee-focused community garden celebrates its first year

    The garrden, a collaboration between Jewish Family Services of Washtenaw County and Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum, has turned a previously unused, grass-covered space into a fertile, productive plot.

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