University of Michigan in Ann Arbor issues stay-home recommendation due to COVID-19 variant David Jesse and Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press First COVID-19 vaccines administered at University of Michigan Replay Video UP NEXT All students on the University of Michigan's Ann Arbor campus are being told to stay home, except for a handful of in-person classes, for the next two weeks. The school asked students to limit their time outside their residence following a recommendation from the county health department. It comes days after the university's athletic department suspended all operations for 14 days to try to slow the spread of a variant strain of the coronavirus.