It Happened at U-M

  1. September 11, 2023 A photo of physicists from 1931.

    Physics, Ann Arbor and J. Robert Oppenheimer

    What began as a modest university summer lecture program featuring notable physicists in 1923 evolved into an extraordinary series of appearances by some of the greatest minds in theoretical physics. The Summer Symposia in Theoretical Physics attracted J. Robert Oppenheimer and Enrico Fermi, among many others.

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  2. September 5, 2023 A photo of George G.W. Andree

    A dentist’s silent world

    When George Gregor William Andree entered University Hall to receive his U-M diploma in 1908, he likely saw all the people assembled but did not experience were the sounds of the June ceremony. At 29, Andree received a Doctor of Dental Surgery degree, a first for a deaf man in the United States.

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  3. August 28, 2023 Theodore Roosevelt Speigner was a trailblazer in more than one way. He was the first Black man elected to the school board in Durham, North Carolina. Bolstered by a pioneering U-M doctorate, he was an advocate of teaching conservation well before the environmental movement of the 1970s took hold.

    ‘Like life without food’

    Theodore Roosevelt Speigner was a trailblazer in more than one way. He was the first Black man elected to the school board in Durham, North Carolina. Bolstered by a pioneering U-M doctorate, he was an advocate of teaching conservation well before the environmental movement of the 1970s took hold.

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