Courant appointed provost and EVP for Academic Affairs

Paul Courant, who has served as interim provost and executive vice president for Academic Affairs of U-M since January, has been appointed to the position on a permanent basis by President Mary Sue Coleman. The three-year term will be effective Oct.1, subject to the approval of the Board of Regents. More>

  U-M names director and charter faculty for Life Sciences Institute

President Mary Sue Coleman has named cell biologist Alan R. Saltiel to be the director of the Life Sciences Institute. She also has announced that six prominent U-M scientists have agreed to join the institute as its “charter faculty. More>

  Meet the charter faculty

Life Sciences Institute charter faculty: By following the science where it leads, rather than being circumscribed by the definition of a particular discipline, institute scientists are going to find some unexpected discoveries where their work intersects. More>

  U-M attorneys say 6th Circuit Court of Appeals got it right

The University will ask the Supreme Court not to hear the Law School affirmative action case when the U-M legal team files a brief next month, attorney Maureen Mahoney said during a forum to update the campus on two admissions lawsuits. More>