First-year applicants to the University of Michigan now have the option to submit an additional essay separate from the three required as part of the application.
The Daily obtained a screenshot of the webpage informing applicants of the essay from a high school senior who was deferred and requested anonymity due to concern for her application status.
The Michigan Daily has a newly elected editor in chief and class of managing editors for the 2020 calendar year. The new editors will lead their respective sections and the newspaper in its 129th year of print.
Staff-wide elections determined the incoming editor in chief and editorial page editors, while the paper’s management desk selected the new managing editor and the new editor of The Daily’s weekly magazine, The Statement. Each section’s staff elected their respective editors.
University of Michigan students involved in the Don’t Leave Us Behind Campaign have taken action to advocate against a controversial state reading law.
For Astronomy 104, LSA sophomore Katie Charlic had to purchase “Alien Skies: A Travelogue of the Universe.” The book, which retails on Barnes & Noble’s website for upwards of $130, was written by astronomy professor Mario Mateo, who teaches the course.
The Knight-Wallace Fellowship — a program for accomplished journalists to study at the University of Michigan — has expanded to include two fellowship positions for leadership of beginning news operations in the Midwest.
The Executive Board of the University of Michigan LSA Student Government released a statement Wednesday criticizing the University’s interim sexual misconduct policy.
Students have a love-hate relationship with their Michigan Marriage Pact matches.
Ahead of the start of contract negotiations between the Graduate Employees’ Organization and the University of Michigan, approximately 200 GEO members and supporters convened on the Diag for a rally Wednesday morning. Demonstrators marched to the Michigan League, where contract negotiations began.
GEO president Emily Gauld, a Rackham student, said GEO is taking part in a nationwide campaign to improve the accessibility of graduate education, explaining this starts with a strong union contract.
Officials at the ACT — a college admissions test taken by more than 1.9 million students each year — announced a policy change earlier this month that will allow students to retake single sections of the five-part test rather than having to sit for the entire exam in hopes of improving their score. Typically, the test takes about three hours to complete.