October 15th, 20260DEARBORN — The University of Michigan Global Islamic Studies Center is presenting the Eighth Annual Halaloween Muslim Horror Film Festival throughout October with events in Dearborn, Ann Arbor and Detroit.
The events include screenings of horror films from around the world that are made by, for or about Muslims.
“Halaloween is...
October 9th, 20260ANN ARBOR — For the fourth consecutive year, the University of Michigan retains its title as the state’s largest university by total enrollment, setting an all-time record at the start of the current fall semester with 54,181 students. That represents a 1 percent increase over last year, when enrollment totaled 53,488 students in...
September 25th, 20260ANN ARBOR — The University of Michigan is one of six campuses examined in detail in a new report by the American Civil Liberties Union and Amnesty International USA that accuses colleges of restricting pro-Palestinian speech and responding to protests with excessive discipline and police force.
The report, released September 23,...
August 21st, 20260ANN ARBOR — The University of Michigan Board of Regents has selected Dr. C. Cybele Raver as the university’s 17th president and the second woman to hold the institution’s highest leadership position.
The Board of Regents is expected to formally vote on Raver’s appointment during a special meeting Sept. 1. If approved, she will...
August 14th, 20260ANN ARBOR — Nearly 40 percent of Michigan households struggle to afford basic necessities, according to a new analysis by Poverty Solutions at the University of Michigan, highlighting the widening gap between traditional economic measures and the everyday realities families face in paying for housing, food and health care.
The figure...
May 29th, 20260ANN ARBOR — In the latest legal challenge arising from the University of Michigan’s response to pro-Palestinian student activism, a Black Muslim student has filed a federal lawsuit accusing university officials of collaborating with a private security firm to conduct a campaign of surveillance, harassment and retaliation because of...
May 8th, 20260ANN ARBOR — The administration of the University of Michigan needed only a few hours to demonstrate what critics described as complete deference to pro-Israel pressure at the expense of free speech, after the university president swiftly condemned remarks delivered by a faculty speaker during last Saturday’s spring commencement...
December 5th, 20250ANN ARBOR – Artificial intelligence may soon be managing traffic flow on major roads, as the University of Michigan prepares to deploy an innovative system that will adjust traffic lights at 40 key intersections across the Metro Detroit region in the coming months.
The new system uses AI technology and GPS data to determine and...
November 20th, 20250ANN ARBOR — The University of Michigan’s Central Student Government (CSG) narrowly passed a major divestment resolution Tuesday evening, calling on the Board of Regents to investigate and end financial investments linked to Israeli human rights abuses, including those tied to the ongoing military campaign in Gaza.
The measure, known...
July 27th, 20250LANSING — Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel is continuing to target student activists supporting Palestinian rights, despite mounting criticism in recent weeks, through what the TAHRIR Coalition — a broad coalition of student organizations at the University of Michigan — describes as an ongoing campaign of intimidation and...
June 15th, 20250ANN ARBOR — The Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MI) is demanding an independent and transparent investigation into allegations that the University of Michigan deployed undercover investigators to surveillance, intimidate, and harass pro-Palestinian students on campus.
“U of M Ann Arbor being...
May 9th, 20250ANN ARBOR – After sustained pressure from civil rights and advocacy groups, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced the dismissal of charges against seven pro-Palestinian student protesters who were arrested in May 2024 during a campus encampment at the University of Michigan. The protest condemned what demonstrators described...
April 11th, 20250ANN ARBOR –As part of a federal crackdown on pro-Palestinian student voices at U.S. universities, at least five universities in Michigan have reported the cancellation of student visas by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
The University of Michigan stated that visas for four international students were revoked, including...
September 14th, 20240Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel charged 11 people involved in protests on the University of Michigan’s campus in April and May for violations including trespassing, disturbing the peace and malicious destruction of personal property, according to a press release from the Attorney General's Office.
The press release said the...
August 30th, 20241ANN ARBOR— Pro-Palestinian activists at the University of Michigan were frustrated by their inability to persuade the university to divest endowment funds from Israel and military-weapons manufacturers, so they came up with an idea: Run a slate of candidates for student government based on a provocative platform. If elected, they’d...
May 24th, 20240ANN ARBOR — Graduates at the University of Michigan walked out during the commencement ceremony, displaying their support for Palestinians. Students at institutions across the nation have engaged in forms of protest on their c0llege campuses over the last several weeks.
The protesting graduates wore kaffiyehs and mortarboards and...
May 17th, 20240Photos and story by Andrew Mullin
ANN ARBOR – The student encampment at the University of Michigan entered its fourth week on May 13, continuing despite the end of the semester, rising concerns about police raids and university pushback.
The Gaza solidarity camp at the University Diag currently stands with dozens of tents, with...
November 24th, 20230While the city of Detroit joined the growing list of American cities in solidarity with the Palestinian people, communities and students in the Detroit area continued their protest activities against the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip for the seventh week in a row.
A student demonstration at the University of Michigan resulted in...
June 25th, 20230ANN ARBOR – U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Ann Arbor) announced on Thursday that the University of Michigan will receive $9,667,033 in federal grant funding from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to conduct research in areas including pharmacology, physiology, biological chemistry, allergy, immunology, transplantation,...
December 6th, 20220Deaths linked to COVID-19 have now surpassed 40,000 in Michigan since the pandemic began in 2020, the state health department reported.
More than 36,400 deaths have been confirmed, while 3,676 were probably caused by COVID-19, the state said Tuesday on its coronavirus website.
There were 113 in the past week.
“Throughout the...
August 19th, 20220- This article was contributed by DrugGenius, a website dedicated to providing medically reviewed information about prescription drugs, health conditions, nutrition, supplements and more. It has been edited for style.
Live fried, die young? There are many behaviors and habits many of us developed and continue, despite studies...
May 13th, 20221ANN ARBOR — U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Dearborn) announced that the University of Michigan will receive a $2,291,835 research grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse to continue research on substance abuse, to help combat the nation's opioid crisis.
“This critical funding from the National Institute on Drug Abuse will...
April 30th, 20220ANN ARBOR — To cap off Arab American Heritage Month, The Arab American News is highlighting the important work the Michigan Center for Contextual Factors in Alzheimer’s Disease (MCCFAD) at the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan continues to do in the community.
The center, led by Arab American researchers...
March 8th, 20220ANN ARBOR — The National Arab Orchestra (NAO) will be returning to Ann Arbor this year, featuring the renowned singer Abeer Nehme's first appearance in Michigan and the University Musical Society (UMS) Choral Union, Saturday March 19 at the Hill Auditorium.
Organized by the UMS, this year’s program promises to take audiences on a...
November 17th, 20210ANN ARBOR — A former University of Michigan music professor has pleaded guilty to a sex charge from 2002, said Acting United States Attorney Saima Mohsin.
Stephen Shipps, 68, of Ann Arbor pleaded guilty to one count of transporting a minor girl across state lines with the intent to engage in sexual conduct and faces a statutory...
September 27th, 20210— This article was written with generous support from the Education Writers Association's Reporting Fellows program
There is little doubt that the Arab American community in Metro Detroit has made great headway in gaining political and economic security as it grows and evolves. Much of this momentum can be attributed to a culture...
August 21st, 20210DEARBORN — The federal government is preparing to deliver "booster" shots of COVID-19 vaccines to Americans by mid-September, recommending that immunocompromised people take a booster even sooner.
Health officials have acknowledged that protection from vaccines wanes, or diminishes over time, though they still remain highly...
July 22nd, 20210The U.S. is now seeing an uptick in COVID-19 cases, as the highly-contagious Delta variant driving infections among those unvaccinated across the country, especially in areas where vaccination rates remain relatively low.
Johns Hopkins University tallies show the average number of daily COVID cases in the U.S. has gone up 66 percent...
