Numerous social events are scheduled throughout the year. Graduate student volunteers also serve as Big Sibs to help our new students adjust to graduate life. The annual Winter Skating Party and Winter Holiday Party, as well as the weekly Friday Social Hour, are excellent times to chat with both faculty and students about current events. In addition, we organize several social activities such as the Departmental Picnic, New Student Dinner, and Intramural Softball Team. We attend a cultural event of our choosing compliments of the newly established Graduate Student Arts Fund.
Students are also vital to the academic life of the department.
National and international meetings are venues for formal presentation of our research to our academic peers. Our faculty and students, as well as the abundant resources available throughout the Medical School, make the department of Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Michigan an exciting place for our academic training. Medical Science Bldg.