History

  1. November 6, 2017

    First athletic championship

    In 1901, football coach Fielding H. Yost and his “Point-a-Minute” Wolverines outscored opponents 501-0. Finishing the season undefeated, untied and unscored upon, the team went on to triumph over Stanford 49-0 in the first college football bowl game ever played, the Rose Bowl.

  2. October 30, 2017

    Breaking boundaries

    In 1955, Rhoda Reddig Russell became the university’s first female academic dean when she was named to lead the School of Nursing.

  3. October 20, 2017

    Crossing the medical frontier

    In 1869, the University of Michigan turned a former professor’s house into a hospital.

  4. October 16, 2017

    A branch of connection

    Two trees on the University of Michigan campus have ties to the tree under which Greek physician Hippocrates allegedly sat centuries ago.

  5. October 9, 2017

    From France to U-M’s founding

    After fleeing the French Revolution, Father Gabriel Richard came to the United States and eventually to Detroit, where he helped negotiate the treaty through which three Native American tribes ceded land for what became U-M, of which Richard became vice president, professor and trustee.

  6. October 2, 2017

    The legacy of a flagpole

    The flagpole on the Diag can trace its roots back to one of the most historic celebrations of the 19th century. In 1898, at a cost of $375, U-M purchased the flagpole of the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition and installed it on the Diag in July of that year.

  7. September 25, 2017

    From car bans to driverless vehicles

    While U-M is a major research site for auto innovation, cars were not always welcome on the university’s campus. In 1925, President Clarence Cook Little instituted a partial, then total ban on student automobiles.

  8. September 18, 2017

    Women on the field

    In 1971, during an era when women on campus were advocating for inclusion in areas traditionally reserved for men, U-M eliminated its policy that allowed only men to join the Michigan Marching Band.

  9. September 11, 2017

    Trial by registration

    Although registering for classes now can be accomplished with the click of a button, that wasn’t always the case at U-M.

  10. September 5, 2017

    A heroine etched in stone

    In 1862, the University of Michigan received its first significant work of original art — the marble sculpture of Nydia, the blind flower girl of Pompeii.