It started with a hashtag. Earlier this spring we announced that U-M alumnus and Twitter CEO Dick Costolo would be the 2013 commencement speaker. So naturally we needed a hashtag for graduation weekend to facilitate a shared experience in the Twittersphere. Our commencements are always memorable, for sure. Honorary degree luminaries and 20,000-plus in the [more]

There is nothing like a late-day meeting with Michigan students to re-charge my flagging energy level and remind me, again, why I have the best job in the world. Six undergrads hailing from different academic units converged last week to share their driving passion: entrepreneurship at Michigan. They are the leadership of our student entrepreneurship [more]

“What does it mean when you can hear your heart pounding in your ears?” That was my Facebook post during this year’s NCAA basketball championship game. One of my favorite comments from a friend, in response: “Supraventricular tachycardia? Or it means you’re a Wolverine.” As I watched the U-M men’s basketball team during this year’s [more]

I’ll admit it: I haven’t been able to watch an entire U-M men’s basketball game for the last two months. I get too anxious. Instead, my high school son calls out the score occasionally from the TV room, usually only if we’re ahead so as not to worry me. This past weekend’s games were especially [more]