In LSA, you can study everything from art history to biology to philosophy. LSA offers more than 85 majors and sub-majors and more than 100 minors.

Learn more and get ready to #GoBlue: https://myumi.ch/G7dZb

U-M students: Every state has different rules and deadlines—you’ll want to make sure to leave enough time to receive and mail back your ballot! 📫

Check out govote.umich.edu for voting information or email [email protected] ✉️

Join the Physics Department on 10/14 for the annual Ta-You Wu Lecture presented by John Martinis,
Qolab and Professor of Physics at @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social: https://myumi.ch/G79WP

A new permanent gallery has opened at the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, the first in nearly 20 years.

Learn about “The Byzantine and Islamic Worlds: 400-1800”: https://myumi.ch/AxbbV

The state-of-the-art Planetarium & Dome Theater at the U-M Museum of Natural History transports visitors beyond distant stars and deep into the ocean. (From the comfort of reclining seats. 🙂‍↕️)

Learn more about upcoming shows: https://myumi.ch/65qKr #WorldSpaceWeek

The 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded to Anne Carson, former LSA professor, “for her bold and inventive oeuvre that, in playful dialogue with the classical tradition, has created new forms for contemporary literature.” https://myumi.ch/4xWXm #NobelPrize

Ever find yourself wondering if something was written by a human or by AI?

We asked LSA professor Laura Aull about AI English and what AI writing means for human literacy: https://myumi.ch/mV6bw

A century ago, excavation began on a U-M project that would transform the university’s athletics program and the landscape of Ann Arbor: https://myumi.ch/NXb4Z

An LSA astronomer is helping lead NASA’s far-infrared telescope mission to explore the history and evolution of the universe: https://myumi.ch/gknWV #WorldSpaceWeek

Feeling like Fall 🍂 #UMich

On Oct. 6, writer Almog Behar and Ayat Abou Shmeiss will have a panel discussion as part of the Samantha Woll Dialogues, moderated by Raoul Wallenberg Institute Fellow Stephanie Kraver: https://myumi.ch/DWn21

Student docents at LSA’s Museum of Natural History discover pathways far beyond the galleries, thanks to alum Jan Carline: https://myumi.ch/zNZ7R

LSA Student Suher Salim is the winner of a U-M bird decal design competition, as part of a campus-wide contest to raise awareness of bird-window collisions: https://myumi.ch/39m96

LSA alumna Maaza Mengiste, a fiction writer and professor of English, was recently named a 2026 MacArthur Fellow, an honor widely known as the “genius grant.” Read more: https://myumi.ch/11pzm #UMich

This past August, U-M’s Papyrus Conservation Summer Seminar drew researchers and conservators from across the globe to engage with the largest collection of ancient papyri in the Western Hemisphere: https://myumi.ch/J4xV2

Here’s what to expect from the 2026-27 Super El Niño according to Julia Cole, chair of the U-M Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences and lead author of a new study: https://myumi.ch/bDrQ2

Each summer, migratory birds arrive in Michigan. Each fall, they leave.

Ben Winger’s lab aims to understand why different bird species have evolved such diverse migration strategies, and how we can help conserve them: https://myumi.ch/11pq2

Last month, the Kelsey Museum opened its first permanent gallery in nearly two decades: “The Byzantine and Islamic Worlds: 400-1800.”

The new gallery contains more than 100 objects—many of which have never been on permanent display. https://myumi.ch/AxbbV

The Biological Station exists on lands once occupied by the Burt Lake Band of Ottawa and Chippewa people. UMBS strives to incorporate the natural and cultural histories of the land into course content and public outreach activities. Learn more: myumi.ch/9J3bP