University of Michigan
Michigan Medicine staff getting $1,500 bonuses

May. 26, 2021 03:42 PM EDT
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Medicine, the health care arm of the University of Michigan, is giving a $1,500 bonus to each of its employees as a...

Veronica Diaz, 48, of Detroit stands by as her son Javier Belmares, 14, becomes nervous as he prepares to get his first Pfizer COVID vaccine shot by Medical Assistant Stephanie Yang during a vaccine clinic at Ideal Group in southwest Detroit on Thursday, May 13, 2021. School districts from California to Michigan are offering free prom tickets and deploying mobile vaccination teams to schools to inoculate students 12 and up so everyone can return to classrooms in the fall. They are also enlisting students who have gotten shots to press their friends to do the same. (Ryan Garza/Detroit Free Press via AP)
Michigan Senate: No COVID-19 vaccine mandate for minors

By David Eggert May. 25, 2021 02:09 PM EDT

People above eighteen years age queue up to get vaccinated against the coronavirus in Gauhati, Assam, India, Monday, May 10, 2021. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
In India's northeast there's fear of a virus surge to come

By Wasbir Hussain And Aniruddha Ghosal May. 10, 2021 06:18 AM EDT

Michigan universities pull together fall vaccine policies

By Anna Liz Nichols May. 08, 2021 11:34 AM EDT
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Three of Michigan's 15 public universities have announced COVID-19 vaccine mandates, while others are evaluating plans or implementing...

A group of visitors take a selfie near a sign reading "stay 6 feet apart at all times," Thursday, May 6, 2021, on the University of Chicago campus in Chicago. Even as restrictions relax across much of the United States, colleges and universities have taken new steps to police campus life as the virus spreads through students who are among the last adults to get access to vaccines. (AP Photo/Shafkat Anowar)
As US reopens, campuses tighten restrictions for virus

By Lisa Rathke And Carolyn Thompson May. 08, 2021 09:41 AM EDT

FILE - In this Jan. 9, 2019, file photo, kicking off her book tour, Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., speaks at George Washington University in Washington. On Friday, April 30, 2021, The Associated Press reported on stories circulating online incorrectly asserting that a copy of Harris’ children's book, “Superheroes Are Everywhere,” is being given to every migrant child in a Long Beach, Calif., facility housing unaccompanied minors who recently arrived at the border. (AP Photo/Sait Serkan Gurbuz, File)
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

By The Associated Press Apr. 30, 2021 01:28 PM EDT

FILE - In this Aug. 14, 2020 file photo, The University of Michigan football stadium is shown in Ann Arbor, Mich. The University of Michigan will require COVID-19 vaccinations for students who live on its Ann Arbor campus this fall. President Mark Schlissel said Friday, April 23, 2021, that shots won't be mandated for faculty, staff and others students "at this time," but he strongly encouraged everyone to be vaccinated. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)
U. of Michigan to require vaccinations to live on campus

By David Eggert Apr. 23, 2021 01:25 PM EDT

Attendees smoke joints at a Hash Bash event at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Mich., Saturday, April 3, 2021.( Jacob Hamilton/Ann Arbor News via AP)
'Smoke-in' draws hundreds despite push for virtual Hash Bash

Apr. 03, 2021 04:03 PM EDT

U-M graduates can watch online graduation inside Big House

Mar. 26, 2021 04:08 PM EDT
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — The University of Michigan will stick to a virtual graduation ceremony but allow graduates to at least watch the event on screens...

University of Michigan announces fall in-person classes

Mar. 12, 2021 09:15 PM EST
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — The University of Michigan will be in-person instruction this fall, have nearly 80% of residents halls open and allow fans back into...

Parents, seniors upset over no formal graduation at U-M

Mar. 06, 2021 04:45 PM EST
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Parents and students held a rally Saturday to show their displeasure with the University of Michigan's decision to forgo a traditional...

U of M students asked not to leave homes due to COVID-19

By Anna Liz Nichols Jan. 27, 2021 04:48 PM EST
Lansing, Mich. (AP) — The University of Michigan and the Washtenaw County Health Department asked students Wednesday to avoid leaving their residences to slow...

COVID-19 vaccinations begin at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor

By Mike Householder Dec. 31, 2020 02:21 PM EST
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — The University of Michigan’s Big House has been transformed into The Big Vaccine Clinic. A few hundred University...

Frontline workers attend a candlelight ceremony on New Year's Eve on the famed Nelson Mandela Bridge in downtown Johannesburg Thursday, Dec. 31, 2020. Many South Africans will swap firecrackers for candles to mark New Year's Eve amid COVID-19 restrictions including a nighttime curfew responding to President Cyril Ramaphosa's call to light a candle to honor those who have died in the COVID-19 pandemic and the health workers who are on the frontline of battling the disease. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell)
The Latest: Tens of thousands on Vegas strip despite warning

By The Associated Press Dec. 31, 2020 02:28 AM EST

Volunteer Erica Stowe packs groceries and balloons into her vehicle, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020, in Ann Arbor, Mich. A group of parents has come together to help support University of Michigan students while they are sick or quarantining. The group of mostly moms was started and is organized by Sherry Levine of Rye Brook, New York, who's also a mother of a Michigan student. After she spread the word on parent pages on Facebook, local volunteers stepped up to help fulfill student requests by dropping off groceries or supplies. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
Soup, soap and socks: Volunteers bring cheer to ill students

By Mariam Fam Dec. 03, 2020 10:03 AM EST

U-M tells students in dorms: Stay home during winter term

Nov. 06, 2020 12:16 PM EST
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — The University of Michigan announced major steps Friday to reduce the number of students on campus for the winter term because of the...

U-Michigan students told to hunker down for 2 weeks

By Ed White And Anna Liz Nichols Oct. 20, 2020 02:38 PM EDT
DETROIT (AP) — Students at the University of Michigan were ordered Tuesday to stay in place for two weeks after a surge of coronavirus cases driven by social...

Univ. of Michigan cancels study abroad programs due to virus

Sep. 28, 2020 05:36 PM EDT
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — The University of Michigan has canceled undergraduate study abroad programs for the school’s upcoming winter term due to concerns over...

Auburn students are scanned to check for a health screening questionnaire before entering the stadium for the start of an NCAA college football game between Auburn and Kentucky on Saturday, September 26, 2020 in Auburn, Alabama. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)
US colleges struggle to salvage semester amid outbreaks

By Todd Richmond And Heather Hollingsworth Sep. 26, 2020 11:09 AM EDT

Online classes the norm for rest of year, colleges say

Sep. 24, 2020 05:29 PM EDT
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Online classes at Michigan's three largest research universities will likely last for the entire academic year, keeping many students out...