College of Engineering Dean, Alec Gallimore, will lead the 17-member advisory committee charged with finding a replacement for Royster Harper, who retires in January. 

The University of Michigan will host a presidential debate at the Crisler Center on October 15, 2020. 

With the help of the Big Ten Voting Challenge, led by U-M's Ginsberg Center, U-M's student voter turn out increased from 14% in 2014 to 41% in 2018. 

The Board of Regents approved plans for a new hospital that will provide additional patient rooms, a state-of-the-art neurological and neurosurgical center, and more.  

Condoleezza Rice is scheduled to speak on October 4 at 10:00 a.m. The event is open to the public, but requires tickets. 

After more than 40 years at the University of Michigan, Vice President for Student Life, Royster Harper will retire in January, 2020. 

Times Higher Education and the Wall Street Journal ranks the University of Michigan as the #2 public university in the U.S. and 27th overall. 

The Office of Fraternity & Sorority Life will move to 1443 Washtenaw Avenue this December. The building at 1443 Washtenaw Avenue is the former site of the Trotter Multicultural Center (now located on State Street). 

The August edition of Student Life's Family Matters is now available. If you didn't receive it in your email in-box, you can click below to read it now. Articles include information about residence hall move-in, Parents & Family Weekend, health insurance and immunizations, and more! 

Fall residence hall move-in takes place in late August. Dates vary depending on your student's residence hall, and whether or not your student is participating in certain special programs. 

School of Music, Theatre, and Dance graduate, Celia Keenan-Bolger, won the Tony Award for "Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play" for her performance as Scout Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird. 

Has your student been admitted to the University of Michigan for the Fall Term? If so, Parent & Family Orientation is for you! Programs are offered for family members of incoming freshmen and incoming transfer students for the fall term. 

The University of Michigan's Spring Commencement at Michigan Stadium will be on Saturday, May 4 at 10:00 a.m. 

The U-M Museum of Natural History will re-open to the public on April 14 with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 8:45 a.m. The re-opened museum is located in the Biological Sciences Building (BSB), and will feature new exhibits, a state-of-the-art planetarium, and more. 

On Thursday, April 11, the U-M community celebrated the Trotter Multicultural Center opening in it's new location at 428 S. State St. The new space was created and designed to be an inclusive environment. The new facility features a variety of rooms including academic, meeting and performance practice spaces, group spaces for student organizations, a full kitchen, an outdoor roof-top garden, office space, a prayer/meditation room, and a foot bathing station.

Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer will provide the commencement address at the University of Michigan's General Commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 4 at Michigan Stadium. 

The University of Michigan has more Fulbright award winners than any other public university in the U.S. The Fulbright grant is one of the U.S. government's most prestigious awards and funds students' research overseas. 

Grant funding from the Campus Sexual Assault Grant Program will allow U-M to expand prevention education initiatives. UM-Ann Arbor and UM-Flint were among 25 institutions to receive part of $1 million from grant offered by the Michigan State Police.

U-M will offer an online teach-out Feb. 4-28 for those interested in learning more about self-driving cars. Faculty from engineering, public policy, law, political science, sociology and information will contribute. Teach-outs are short, self-paced online learning events that allow people across the world to engage with experts. 

The Board of Regents approved plans for a much-needed new classroom building on Central Campus. The new building will include a variety of learning spaces, including a large auditorium and team-based learning rooms.