Bicentennial
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March 23, 2017
Alumnus, longtime employee helps launch public art tribute to staff
A longtime U-M staff member is helping lead an effort to fund a public art tribute on campus that will honor the enduring work and support of university staff — past, present and future.
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March 13, 2017
Talks will examine impact of World War II on campus, community
The impact of World War II on U-M and the Detroit area will be part of the fourth LSA bicentennial symposium, “Consequences of Mobilization.”
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March 6, 2017
Henry Carter Adams
Economist Henry Carter Adams started U-M’s first courses in business administration as well as courses in accounting, finance and marketing. Adams chaired the university’s department of economics until his death in 1921.
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February 20, 2017
MStaff200 seeks displays for June 27 bicentennial event
The MStaff200 bicentennial event Departmental Displays Committee invites U-M campus and Michigan Medicine departments to participate in the June 27 event with a table display.
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February 14, 2017
LSA bicentennial talk to explore U-M during World War I, aftermath
LSA’s third Bicentennial Theme Semester Symposium, which begins Friday, will explore the historical impact on U-M of World War I and its aftermath.
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February 2, 2017
Next LSA bicentennial symposium looks at U-M during Reconstruction
The second LSA Bicentennial Theme Semester symposium, “1877: Reconstructing the University of Michigan,” kicks of Feb. 10 and will focus on a period when U-M began to assume its modern form.
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January 30, 2017
Tickets for star-studded ‘True Blue’ bicentennial event on sale Feb. 3
Tickets for the U-M bicentennial celebration “True Blue! A Tribute to Michigan” will go on sale Feb. 3. The event takes place April 8 at Hill Auditorium.
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January 30, 2017
Sotomayor, Baer discuss community at bicentennial colloquium
At the first President’s Bicentennial Colloquium, U.S. Justice Sonia Sotomayor and German Justice Susanne Baer discussed a range of topics around the theme o “The Future University Community.”
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January 27, 2017
MStaff200 urges staff to volunteer their talents, service, photos
The MStaff200 bicentennial event planning committee invites staff members to volunteer by Feb. 28 to share their talents, service interests or photos at the June 27 event.
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January 26, 2017
Detroit Public TV series set to honor U-M’s bicentennial through 2017
A short-form documentary series exploring U-M’s history and its connections to the present will air on Detroit Public Television beginning Wednesday.
