History
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March 23, 2026
It Happened at Michigan: The first women to break barriers at Michigan Medicine
In 1870, the Board of Regents voted to allow women to study medicine alongside men — something no other major university had yet allowed. The integration, however, wasn’t seamless.
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March 16, 2026
Archivist seeks out human stories at the Bentley, Detroit Redford Theatre
By day, Alam is an archivist for university collections at the Bentley Historical Library. The mission that guides her work there feels remarkably similar to what draws her to volunteer nights at Detroit’s Redford Theatre.
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March 16, 2026
It Happened at Michigan: Alumna Margaret Brewer was first woman general in Marines
Brewer, the first female general in the Marines, decided to enter the Marine Corps as an undergraduate at U-M, after reading a Michigan Daily story on women in the military.
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March 13, 2026
U-M’s ROTC program officially opens new home in Observatory Hall
Members of the University of Michigan community gathered recently outside Observatory Hall to mark a moment years in the making: the formal opening of the new home of U-M’s ROTC program.
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March 9, 2026
It Happened at Michigan: When the Michigan Union made a splash
Today, the Michigan Union is where students study or meet up with friends between classes. But a century ago, students could pop in to practice their crawlstroke. The basement level once housed a swimming pool.
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February 24, 2026
1949: A campus odyssey by Stanley Kubrick
In May 1949, Look Magazine featured a series of Stanley Kubrick’s photos taken on the University of Michigan campus and throughout Ann Arbor.
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February 23, 2026
It Happened at Michigan: U-M students elected first Black senior class president in 1948
Val Johnson’s mix of campus involvement and congeniality made him a strong candidate, but he was asking a predominantly white student body to choose him over one of U-M’s most decorated football players.
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February 20, 2026
Clements Library commemorates 250th anniversary of Thomas Paine’s ‘Common Sense’
Four editions of Paine’s “Common Sense” are featured in the student-curated exhibit “Revolutionary Paine,” running through May 8.
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February 16, 2026
It Happened at Michigan: University Hospital opened doors 40 years ago
On Valentine’s Day, 1986, a carefully choreographed effort of 200 staff and volunteers wheeled 403 patients through an enclosed connector into the new University Hospital — or UH, for short.
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February 5, 2026
It Happened at Michigan: Wolverines at the Winter Olympics
U-M athletes and alumni have been competing in the Winter Games since 1936, with 12 earning spots on the podium. Here are some of their most a-maize-ing moments and milestones:
