Jul 31, 2026 | Faculty Senate Chair Newsletter, Faculty Senate News, Faculty Senate Spotlights
From the Chair of the Faculty Senate From the Chair of the Faculty Senate Dear Faculty Senate Members, My hope was to keep these newsletters down to no more than 5 topics each, but it crept up to 6 this month: More on AI at UM: SACUA is working on...
Jul 28, 2026 | Faculty Senate News, Featured News
Clinical track faculty were admitted to the University of Michigan Faculty Senate in 2023 (at the same time that lecturers, curators, and archivists were admitted). There are ~2,150 clinical track faculty in the Senate from 16 schools and colleges, though the vast...
Jul 1, 2026 | Faculty Senate Chair Newsletter, Faculty Senate News, Faculty Senate Spotlights
From the Chair of the Faculty Senate From the Chair of the Faculty Senate Dear Faculty Senate Members, I hope your summer days are unfolding as planned! Here is a slightly late June newsletter: OMB Rule on Federal Grants: A proposed rule would make federal...
Jul 1, 2026 | Faculty Senate News, Featured News, SACUA News
Now that a formal investigation and Regent Jordan Acker’s own remarks have verified earlier allegations of obscene comments he made about an undergraduate UM student, among others, we call on him to resign from the Board of the University of Michigan. The statement...
May 29, 2026 | Faculty Senate Chair Newsletter, Faculty Senate News, Faculty Senate Spotlights
From the Chair of the Faculty Senate From the Chair of the Faculty Senate Dear Faculty Senate Members, It is a great honor to be elected to serve as your Faculty Senate Chair. I pledge to bring to the role all of the heart, mind, and will that I can muster. As this is...
May 7, 2026 | Faculty Senate News
Statement from Professor Derek Peterson[1] [1] This statement is my own, acting in my individual capacity and not on behalf of the University, the Faculty Senate, or the Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs (SACUA). With regard to the remarks I gave...
