University of Michigan-Dearborn will no longer host winter commencement ceremonies starting in December 2021, according to Catherine A. Davy, U-M Dearborn provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs.
The decision, which was announced via Facebook on the U-M Dearborn account Saturday morning, followed an initial statement made less than 24 hours earlier explaining the school would be cancelling winter commencement starting this December.
With free student tickets for the Ben Shapiro event on Tuesday evening selling out in under two minutes on Feb. 18, some students are now selling their reserved seats for as much as $200.
The event, which is hosted by the University of Michigan’s chapter of Young Americans for Freedom, had initially held 617 of the 1060 tickets for University students.
Each month, The Michigan Daily sits down with University President Mark Schlissel to discuss events and issues on campus. During this month’s interview, Schlissel touched on topics of One University, the Carbon Neutrality Commission, the felony disclosure policy, free speech and ethical food practices.
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Gov. Gretchen Whitmer will be delivering the University of Michigan’s spring commencement address for the Ann Arbor campus. Additionally, Nobel Prize winner Randy Schekman will be delivering the address for the Rackham Graduate School events. The Board of Regents will approve the honorary degree recipients for spring commencement during their upcoming March 28 meeting.
According to the Boston Police Department, 32-year-old Kendric Price, former University of Michigan basketball player, was shot and killed on Saturday.
Investigators reported a call to a neighborhood in Massachusetts known as area 12 of Greenwood Street in Dorchester. Upon arrival, they found Price with gunshot wounds. Reports also indicate Price died on the scene.
On Tuesday, the Carceral State Project — a collaborative project researching the effects of mass incarceration — along with undersigned faculty, students, staff and community members at the University of Michigan, issued an open letter to University administrators calling on them to immediately rescind the recently imp
In light of Governor Gretchen Whitmer declaring a State of Emergency early Tuesday morning, the University has decided to cancel all events and classes on campus for Wednesday, Jan. 29, and intends to resume activity at 7 a.m. Friday. This will be the third time in 40 years the school has closed due to weather.
Just a few days after Julia Putnam and Tim Wise delivered a keynote address at the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Symposium, Paani—a humanitarian organization—partnered with eight cultural organizations at the University of Michigan for “Culture Night” to raise awareness about the sanitation issues facing their respective countries and to share their unique cultures.