Bicentennial
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October 23, 2017
Faculty to give community talks at Feast of Ideas
The Ann Arbor community will become a real-life classroom during the Feast of Ideas, an array of 20-minute talks by U-M faculty that will be free and open to the public.
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October 23, 2017
HAILstorm! projection on Rackham Building celebrates bicentennial
The iconic Rackham Building will come to life as the canvas for HAILstorm!, a nighttime display of 3-D projection mapping that celebrates the university’s bicentennial.
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October 23, 2017
U-M bicentennial to reach space with time capsule
In honor of the university’s bicentennial, a group of U-M students have embarked on a mission to send a time capsule into space for 100 years.
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October 23, 2017
Fall festival to feature puppets, screens competition
A puppet procession inspired by the Huron River and an art exhibition featuring a pop-up projection pavilion will be part of the many artistic attractions offered during the Fall Festival.
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October 16, 2017
Third bicentennial colloquium to focus on ‘Campus of the Future’
The university’s third and final President’s Bicentennial Colloquium will showcase student innovations that reimagine higher education, teaching and learning at U-M, and the future university experience.
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September 16, 2017
Detroit Festival
Photos from Friday’s Detroit Festival celebration of the U-M Bicentennial.
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September 11, 2017
Festival to highlight U-M’s connections and commitment to Detroit
The university ‘s upcoming Detroit Festival will honor the university’s historical roots in Detroit as well as showcase its continuing commitment to the Motor City.
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September 7, 2017
LSA’s Michigan Horizons theme semester looks to future
LSA is looking to the future with its fall 2017 theme semester, Michigan Horizons. Five symposia, exhibits and other special events will address the future of everything — from the climate to this nation’s democracy.
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July 24, 2017
Library to partner with StoryCorps during Fall Festival
The U-M Library will partner with the national oral history organization StoryCorps to record and preserve stories from the U-M community during the Fall Festival bicentennial celebration.
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July 19, 2017
U-M, Detroit Historical Society team up for bicentennial project
A new museum exhibition at the Detroit Historical Museum explores and celebrates the people and episodes connecting U-M and the city of Detroit, its birthplace 200 years ago.
