Three U-M Medical Faculty Elected to National Academy of Medicine
Three Medical School faculty, Dee E. Fenner, Lisa Hope Harris, and Frederick Kofi Korley, join the National Academy of Medicine.
October 21, 2025
Three Medical School faculty, Dee E. Fenner, Lisa Hope Harris, and Frederick Kofi Korley, join the National Academy of Medicine.
Michigan may make local school board races partisan, with candidates labeled by party, sparking debate on transparency.
The James F. Lu World Fellows Program, backed by a $10M gift, supports 55 international Ph.D. students at U-M in engineering.
Vladimir Kara-Murza, Russian politician and former political prisoner, to receive U-M’s 2025 Wallenberg Medal.
The Michigan Department of Education released mental health guidelines to address increasing student challenges.
Reading scores remain stagnant for U.S. students, while math shows slight improvement since the pandemic-era slump.
Governor Whitmer signs Michigan’s record education budget, boosting per-pupil funding, safety, and free meals.
Principal Michelle Davis gave students bikes to reduce absenteeism, fostering independence and safer commutes.
Michigan Rep. Tom Barrett’s roundtable featured GOP donor Scott Greenlee, sparking debate on business benefits.
Omar Yaghi, a UC Berkeley professor, won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for pioneering metal-organic frameworks.
Michigan’s school aid budget, signed by Gov. Whitmer, includes record per-pupil funding, boosts for special education.
Geoffrey Chatas, U-M EVP and CFO, will become Yale’s SVP of Operations. Bobby Hewlett will be U-M’s interim EVP and CFO.
