• Transparent solar panels for windows

    In a step closer to skyscrapers that serve as power sources, a team led by University of Michigan researchers has set a new efficiency record for color-neutral, transparent solar cells.

    Learn more about this new carbon-based design

  • Sticking the landing on Mars

    During descent, exhaust plumes fluidize surface soil and dust, forming craters and buffeting the lander with coarse, abrasive particles. This action presents a host of variables that can jeopardize a landing. Our current understanding of those millions of interactions is based on data that is, in some cases, 40 to 50 years old.

    Learn about new high-powered computer simulations

  • Safe, Prepared and Ready to Go Blue!

    All U-M students who are returning to campus this fall are following a series of new protocols and making a commitment to care for themselves while respecting the health of others. Important safety measures include enhanced social distancing, pre-arrival testing, and test, isolation and quarantine plans.

    View FAQs about preparing for fall

  • A new robotic prosthetic leg

    A new robotic prosthetic leg prototype offers a more natural gait while also being quieter and more energy efficient than other designs. The key is the use of new small and powerful motors, originally designed for a robotic arm on the International Space Station.

    Learn more about this engineering research

  • Maize & Blueprint — Current Campus Status

  • What's Your Reason?

    There are many good reasons to follow public health guidelines to slow the spread of COVID-19: To stay healthy, to keep our loved ones safe, to help our lives to get back to normal. It also helps protect those who need it most and gives researchers time to find the treatments we need. Join other U-M students, faculty and staff in protecting your friends, family and community.

    Learn more about Taking Care of Maize & Blue

Our Fall Semester Plans

The University of Michigan is offering an innovative, public health-informed, in-person semester this fall. In order to make this possible, there are many new health and safety measures taking place across the U-M campus to protect our students, faculty and staff.

Latest Updates

  • Stay up-to-date on the most recent messages from leadership, major announcements and campus status information on our Campus Maize & Blueprint site.

See status updates

Living + Learning

  • Learn how campus life at U-M has been reimagined for the fall — everything from course formats and the academic calendar to the use of space in classrooms, dorms and dining halls.

View info for students + families

Health + Safety

  • Discover how U-M students, faculty and staff are Taking Care of Maize & Blue by following safety measures to keep their friends, family and communities healthy during these challenging times.

Learn about safety efforts

Happening @ Michigan

Academic Calendar

    • Aug 31
    Classes begin
    • Sep 7
    Labor Day (holiday)
    • Nov 21
    Thanksgiving recess 5 p.m.
    • Nov 30
    Classes resume 8 a.m.
    • Dec 8
    Classes end fall term

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