The University of Michigan has released the final results of its Victors for Michigan campaign. In October 2018, the university became the first public university to raise more than $5 billion in the most successful fundraising campaign in its history.
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February 5, 2019
Ginsberg Center staff member shares passion for politics
From listening to her parents chat around the dinner table to winning her own seat on the Dearborn City Council, politics has always been an important part of Erin Byrnes’ life.
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January 30, 2019
U-M Poverty Solutions Impact Report: A testament to partners, progress in Detroit
A growing partnership on economic mobility with the city of Detroit, a new collaboration with Harvard University, community voices, policy impact and student engagement are among the highlights in the University of Michigan’s Poverty Solutions impact report released today.
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January 28, 2019
U-M teach-out throughout February will focus on self-driving cars
The race is on to get self-driving cars on the road, with Waymo, BMW and Volkswagen recently announcing plans to further invest and experiment with autonomous vehicle technology.
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January 28, 2019
New U-M Digital Studies Institute explores impact of technology with focus on identity, inequality, ethics
From data breaches to deep fakes to self-driving cars to anti-loot box legislation, digital cultures dominate the news cycle, making it more important than ever to understand the new opportunities and dangers presented by technological disruption and digital cultures.
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January 28, 2019
Faculty Forum spotlights the intersection of public engagement, DEI, and campus resources
Four professors, four projects, four different goals. But a common thread ties them all together: each employed campus resources that helped make their DEI-focused public engagement projects a success.
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January 25, 2019
DIA Plaza finalists hope to bring joy, cohesion, parking to the cultural district
When Craig Wilkins looked out into the audience during his team’s presentation at the Detroit Institute of Arts this week, he was happy to see many of his University of Michigan students in the crowd.
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January 18, 2019
U-M health clinic run by students provides free care to Livingston County residents
Inside a 125-year-old red brick building on Main Street in downtown Pinckney is the equivalent of any doctor’s office, but this one treats patients regardless of their ability to pay.
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January 18, 2019
528 postcards: Artist David Updyke presents fractured portrait of Americana in new U-M exhibition
At a certain distance, David Opdyke’s upcoming exhibition at the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities could be mistaken for the idyllic Americana invoked by the National Anthem.