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The Eastern Michigan University Board of Regents unanimously elected Brendan B. Kelly as the university's new president today, Dec. 10, 2025.
Following a resolution passed by City Council, Ypsilanti will now observe Veterans Day as an official holiday.
Ypsilanti is set to open its own social district, allowing consumption of alcoholic beverages in certain designated, outdoor spaces. The Ypsilanti City Council approved a resolution for a social district in Depot Town at its Dec. 9, 2025, meeting.
The Ypsilanti City Council gave the green light to further plans to redevelop the city's Water Street area, a 38-acre site formerly the home of the Detroit United Railway storage yard.
As winter weather grows more severe, it is important to ensure safety and be on the look out for campus closure alerts.
Eastern Michigan University saw enrollment of 32% fewer international freshmen students for the fall 2025 semester, on par with a nationwide decrease of overall international students in the United States.
The Eastern Michigan University Board of Regents will hold a special meeting next week to formally elect and introduce the next president of EMU.
As the State of Michigan continues to grapple with decreased enrollment in higher education, Eastern Michigan University is responding to the challenge with a strategic plan to address the decline.
Today, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025, marks the start of Eastern Michigan University's annual Giving True Day fundraising campaign, joining people and businesses around the world in celebrating Giving Tuesday, an annual global generosity initiative celebrated the first Tuesday after Thanksgiving.
This Black Friday, some members of the Ypsilanti community are opting for an economic blackout instead of shopping this week.
With the holiday season around the corner, the American Automobile Association projected that 81.8 million Americans will be traveling more than 50 miles from home during Thanksgiving week 2025, making it the busiest travel week of the year.
Last month, the United States Department of Education announced new partnerships with four agencies, the first step of the Trump administration's plan to dismantle the department.
Eastern Michigan University will welcome a new leader in student engagement next semester. On Jan. 5, 2025, Emma Wuetrich will assume the role of Director of Campus Life, stepping into a position that has been vacant since the summer of 2024. Wuetrich, an EMU alum and the current Coordinator of the LGBT Resource Center, was selected following a months-long search that concluded this fall.
Students and faculty at Eastern Michigan University celebrate a wide variety of holidays with different traditions.
Trinity Health Michigan held an opening ceremony for a new on-campus pharmacy Monday, Nov. 17, 2025. The new pharmacy is located inside the campus Trinity Health Urgent Care building in Suite 600 at 1065 N. Huron River Drive, Ypsilanti.
The Ypsilanti City Council approved an ordinance to establish guidelines for its budget stabilization, or “rainy day," fund for the city.
Students at Eastern Michigan University have been without a school spirit store since June 2025. Last week, that changed.
Dzanc House, located in Ypsilanti, received notice that its operation would be indefinitely shut down due to zoning laws. At their meeting on Nov. 18, 2025, Ypsilanti City Council members spoke in favor of keeping the organization open as long as proper paperwork was promptly filed by Dzanc House's team.
Eastern Michigan University art student Alaijah Spencer died Nov. 8, 2025, from complications related to heart failure and a subsequent infection, her family said.
Jeffrey Bernstein, political science professor at Eastern Michigan University, is set to co-teach a new course next semester titled "Politics in the Time of Trump" with fellow professor Joshua Koss. In an interview with The Eastern Echo, Bernstein explained the power and limitations of a United States president, the Supreme Court case that challenged the Trump administration’s power to issue tariffs and the local impact on the Ypsilanti community.
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