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Look to Michigan

Look to Michigan

The world is calling on someone, something, to be the change we need now. To tackle urgent challenges, ignite innovation, and make a meaningful difference. Now is the time to look to Michigan. With your support, Michigan can answer the defining questions of our time and find solutions to our most pressing problems.

The world is calling on someone, something, to be the change we need now. To tackle urgent challenges, ignite innovation, and make a meaningful difference. Now is the time to look to Michigan. With your support, Michigan can answer the defining questions of our time and find solutions to our most pressing problems.

Look to Michigan

The world is calling on someone, something, to be the change we need now. To tackle urgent challenges, ignite innovation, and make a meaningful difference. Now is the time to look to Michigan. With your support, Michigan can answer the defining questions of our time and find solutions to our most pressing problems.

Today, the world needs the University of Michigan more than ever. The world is searching for solutions. Let them look to Michigan.

Santa J. Ono, President

Inauguration Address March 7, 2023

Santa Ono arms crossed and smiling.

For collaborative solutions to create a brighter tomorrow.

For collaborative solutions to create a brighter tomorrow.

Words About the Video

Words About the Video

Pressing issues demand our attention: A sustainable future, civic engagement, health and well‑being, quality education for all. With our unmatched academic distinction, diverse community of passionate students, network of dedicated partners and alumni, and more than 200 years of serving the public good, Michigan is leading the charge. 

For transformative discoveries that disrupt the status quo.

For collaborative solutions to create a brighter tomorrow.

For a new way forward with diverse perspectives.

look to Michigan.

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Life-Changing Education

Education has the power to transform everything it touches. It builds understanding across differences. It opens doors of opportunity. It equips individuals with the knowledge and skills they need to reach their full potential. 

Campaign Priorities

Life-Changing Education

Education has the power to transform everything it touches. It builds understanding across differences. It opens doors of opportunity. It equips individuals with the knowledge and skills they need to reach their full potential. 
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Health & Well-Being

We believe that health and well-being are fundamental human rights. And that access to quality, affordable health care–including mental health support–is an absolute necessity for a flourishing community.
A person walking with a prosthetic leg, and a man kneeling down behind them.

Health & Well-Being

We believe that health and well-being are fundamental human rights. And that access to quality, affordable health care–including mental health support–is an absolute necessity for a flourishing community.

Democracy, Civic & Global Engagement

The need to foster balanced, productive, respectful discourse is more important than ever, as is the urgent need to encourage active participation in our communities and our government.

Democracy, Civic & Global Engagement

The need to foster balanced, productive, respectful discourse is more important than ever, as is the urgent need to encourage active participation in our communities and our government.
A group of people standing outside across the street from a building with a mural being painted that reads, “Pollution has no boundaries.”
Four people are standing outside on a sunny day surrounded by trees, wildflowers, and other vegetation. Some of them are looking at the ground. Some of them are looking at or holding clipboards.

Sustainability & Climate Action

We can take on the defining environmental challenges of our time, from rising temperatures to extreme weather, biodiversity loss to fragile food systems and water quality, outdated transportation and energy technologies, and more.

Campaign Priorities

Life-Changing Education

Education has the power to transform everything it touches. It builds understanding across differences. It opens doors of opportunity. It equips individuals with the knowledge and skills they need to reach their full potential. 

Health & Well-Being

We believe that health and well-being are fundamental human rights. And that access to quality, affordable health care–including mental health support–is an absolute necessity for a flourishing community.

Democracy, Civic & Global Engagement

The need to foster balanced, productive, respectful discourse is more important than ever, as is the urgent need to encourage active participation in our communities and our government.

Sustainability & Climate Action

We can take on the defining environmental challenges of our time, from rising temperatures to extreme weather, biodiversity loss to fragile food systems and water quality, outdated transportation and energy technologies, and more.

Core Commitments

Core Commitments

As one of the country’s leading research universities, dedicated to academic excellence and to serving the public good, we embrace our unique ability to take on society’s biggest challenges and work toward solutions to make the world a better place. 

To fully realize this goal, we will make strategic investments in core commitment areas that will advance our mission and affirm the role of higher education in society well into the future. 
 

Three young men playing musical instruments, one playing a cello, one playing a double bass and one playing a clarinet, standing in front of doors in the side of a building.

The arts

The arts play a vital role in our lives. They illuminate the human experience and show us connections we may not have realized. They help us examine and challenge our own perceptions about each other and the world around us. They show a unique way of thinking, approaching issues, and solving problems. They enrich our lives by providing beauty and joy.
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Diversity, equity & inclusion

The principles of diversity, equity, and inclusion are woven into the fabric of everything we do at U-M and are inseparable from our deeply rooted dedication to academic excellence in service to the public good. We are wholly committed to maintaining a community where the variety of human experiences, perspectives, and backgrounds are respected and celebrated; where campus members can feel they belong and that their participation is welcome; and where all have equitable opportunities for growth and success.
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Student experience

Students at U-M are a special group. With a rare combination of passion, insight, and commitment, they are compelled to change the world–and we know they can! That’s why we are committed to ensuring all students have the resources they need to succeed and to thrive.

For What's Next

For What's Next

This is a unique moment for the University of Michigan. Leadership is strong, unified, and visionary.

We turn to you, our philanthropic leaders, to join with us and propel that vision forward.

Together, we have potential to make a dramatic impact on the future of U-M and its impact on the world.

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Life-Changing Education

Education has the power to transform everything it touches. It builds understanding across differences. It opens doors of opportunity. It equips individuals withthe knowledge and skills they need to reach their full potential. 

Health & Well-Being

We believe that health and well-being are fundamental human rights. And that access to quality, affordable health care–including mental health support–is an absolute necessity for a flourishing community. 

Democracy, Civic & Global Engagement

The need to foster balanced, productive, respectful discourse is more important than ever, as is the urgent need to encourage active participation in our communities and our government. 

Sustainability & Climate Action

We can take on the defining environmental challenges of our time, from rising temperatures to extreme weather, biodiversity loss to fragile food systems and water quality, outdated transportation and energy technologies, and more. 

Michigan’s impact starts with you!

Discover the causes that mean the most to you and join us in making a difference.

Today, the world needs the University of Michigan more than ever. The world is searching for solutions. Let them look to Michigan.

Santa J. Ono, President Inauguration Address March 7, 2023

For collaborative solutions to create a brighter tomorrow.

Pressing issues demand our attention: A sustainable future, civic engagement, health and well‑being, quality education for all. With our unmatched academic distinction, diverse community of passionate students, network of dedicated partners and alumni, and more than 200 years of serving the public good, Michigan is leading the charge. 

For transformative discoveries that disrupt the status quo.

For collaborative solutions to create a brighter tomorrow.

For a new way forward with diverse perspectives.

look to Michigan.

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