History

  1. February 10, 2025

    It Happened at Michigan — A novelist grows in Ann Arbor

    Years before Betty Smith published her best-selling, semi-autobiographical novel, “A Tree Grows in Brooklyn,” she gained her voice as a writer at U-M.

  2. February 3, 2025

    It Happened at Michigan — A disease’s gene is discovered

    In May 1989, geneticist-physician Francis Collins of U-M was part of a research group that isolated the gene for cystic fibrosis and identified a faulty protein it produced.

  3. January 27, 2025

    It Happened at Michigan — Athletics kicked off with cricket

    In 1860, students on U-M’s campus mobilized to form the school’s first official club sport, and it wasn’t football or baseball. It was cricket.

  4. January 20, 2025

    Yearlong celebration to mark Medical School’s 175th anniversary

    Michigan Medicine will mark its 175th anniversary over the coming year, through a wide range of activities meant to celebrate and examine the legacy of its past and connect its history to its present and future.

  5. January 20, 2025

    Key ‘firsts’ and milestones

    Here are a few of the Medical School’s many milestones, from the events leading to the its founding up to the 21st century.

  6. January 9, 2025

    Task force to consider process for new honorific namings

    The Inclusive History Project has convened a task force to develop new policies and procedures for new honorific namings of university facilities and spaces.

  7. January 9, 2025

    Members of the Honorific Naming Task Force

    Members of the Honorific Naming Task Force, which will develop new policies and procedures for new honorific namings of university facilities and spaces.

  8. December 12, 2024

    Inclusive History Project offers funding for research, engagement on U-M history

    U-M’s Inclusive History Project is accepting funding proposals from staff, faculty and students for its second year of research and engagement projects.

  9. November 4, 2024

    UM-Dearborn field study course digs up past to help plan future

    A UM-Dearborn archaeology class taught by associate professor John Chenoweth has focused on a site in Monroe for five years that was the epicenter of the War of 1812.

  10. October 28, 2024

    It Happened at Michigan — An historic public health degree

    Paul B. Cornely graduated from U-M in 1934, making him the first African American to earn a Ph.D. in public health in the United States.