U-Michigan launches strategic vision, pledges to be ‘the defining public university’
After a year of gathering input from the campus community, the U-M administration has released its strategic vision for the next 10 years. Vision 2034 — detailed in an initial 43-page report — calls upon the University to leverage its interdisciplinarity and excellence at scale to educate learners, advance society, and make groundbreaking discoveries.
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Echoes from the '80s
A collection of “letters home” written by freshman in the Pilot Program of the mid-’80s strikes an enduring chord in the transition to college life.
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Ross makes history with $200 million gift to U-M
“As a youngster, it was always, ‘Why don’t you be like your uncle?'” says Stephen M. Ross, BBA ’62, referring to mentor and Ohio State University benefactor Max Fisher. “So when the opportunity came to make a major gift—what better way to do it [than at Michigan]?”
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Winged victory
It’s been 75 years since Herbert O. “Fritz” Crisler introduced the iconic winged helmet to the Michigan Wolverines.
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Tree's Company
U-M celebrates its fifth consecutive year as a certified “Tree Campus USA,” according to the Arbor Day Foundation. Somewhere, Andrew Dickson White is smiling.
Related Video: Revisit Nichols Arboretum for a glimpse of glorious Michigan summer, courtesy of the Alumni Association.
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"The best we ever did"
Apollo astronauts Al Worden and Jim McDivitt ponder our nation’s future in space as the Mars rover Curiosity begins year two on the red planet.
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Engineering clean drinking water
Engineering students fight off mosquitoes, survive harrowing travel, and live off rice and beans as they seek to deliver safe drinking water to people living in one of the largest wetlands in the world—Pantanal, Brazil.
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President's Message
AI’s promise for teaching and learning
As U-M customizes Gen AI tools on campus, President Ono focuses on best practices defined by accessibility, privacy, integrity. -
Editor's Blog
Something old, something new
Who's ready for an excellent adventure? Just keep an eye peeled for the (virtual) hot lava. -
Climate Blue
Order from disorder
Ricky Rood explains the organizing principles behind weather, which is how we feel climate. -
Health Yourself
Getting a leg up on sciatica and piriformis syndrome
Victor Katch compares and contrasts sciatica and piriformis syndrome and explains how to ease that pain in your butt.
The Art Show
Founded in 1990 with a single theatre workshop, the Prison Creative Arts Project (PCAP) is a program of U-M’s Residential College. Courses serve as gateways for undergraduate participation in prison arts workshops and provide academic training in issues surrounding incarceration and practical skills in the arts. The program’s Annual Exhibition of Artists in Michigan Prisons (“the art show”) is one of the largest exhibits of artwork by incarcerated artists in the world. The annual exhibition, free to the public, is presented with support from the Michigan Arts and Culture Council. It runs through April 2 at the Duderstadt Gallery. (Click on the images to enlarge. Images are courtesy of PCAP.) Learn more about PCAP.