There has been a lot of talk recently about the country’s current financial condition; what caused it, how to fix it, are we really even in a recession? For many Americans, recession, at best, is a broad term that means economic times are tough…    Read more.

Entries from the 2008 Vid/Terp student video competition-both winners and runners up- demonstrate the broad range of opportunities for and interests of students at the university…     Read more.

More Student Experiences:

• An Intellectual Exchange  
• Living and Learning Abroad  
• In a League of Their Own  

Sandy Dykes, assistant director of building and landscape services, has walked across Cole Field House’s commencement stage three times; for her high school, bachelor’s and master’s graduations. In her 26 years at the university…   Read more.

More Staff Spotlight:

• University Recognizes Long Service Histories  

A powerful discovery for the detection and removal of viruses from the bloodstream. A small robot that allows neurosurgeons to image and dissect brain tumors with minimal disturbance to brain tissue. An audio camera that creates visual images from sound…   Read more.

Thousands of teenagers and teachers around the country will spend part of their summer this year building skills in critical foreign languages—part of a growing national security program administered by the university’s National Foreign Language Center…    Read more.

More UM In the Community:

• Online Community Service Locator Launched  

Donna L. Wiseman, the interim dean of the university’s College of Education for the past year, has been appointed dean, effective immediately. Nariman Farvardin, senior vice president for academic affairs and provost, says Wiseman will lead the college…   Read more.

More University Initiatives:

• Online Community Service Locator Launched  

After much substantive and challenging discussion, the University Senate overwhelmingly endorsed the strategic plan by a vote of 68-5…   Read more.