History

  1. September 19, 2016

    First classes in Ann Arbor

    The first classes in Ann Arbor, after the university relocated from Detroit, took place 175 years ago on Sept. 25, 1841. Mason Hall, the first university building devoted to instruction, was known as the University Building upon completion that year, just in time for fall classes.

  2. September 12, 2016

    Pretty good, man

    Horace Prettyman never lost a game as a U-M football captain from 1884-86. He was a member of eight varsity teams beginning in 1882, and was part of the university’s first racially integrated team in 1890. 

  3. September 6, 2016

    Remembering

    Members of the U-M community gather Sept. 11, 2001, on the Diag following terrorist attacks on the United States earlier that day.

  4. July 11, 2016

    Dr. Dock

    Dr. George Dock, with percussion hammer, demonstrates proper procedure in an amphitheater-style classroom in 1898, in the Medical School.

  5. June 20, 2016

    Diag scene

    A man holds his bicycle next to class of 1862 boulder in the U-M Diag, circa 1890-1910. 

  6. June 6, 2016

    Olympic tradition

    One of the strongest Michigan Athletics traditions is its Olympic tradition. U-M has had medal winners in every Summer Olympics except 1896 and gold medalists in all but four Summer Olympiads.

  7. May 23, 2016

    Put me in coach

    The 1929 U-M baseball team poses for a photo.

  8. May 2, 2016

    Advancing vaccines

    Under the direction of Dr. Thomas Francis, U-M conducted clinical trials in 1954 that confirmed the effectiveness of the polio vaccine developed by Dr. Jonas Salk. The discovery helped to end one of the major medical scourges of the 20th century.

  9. April 25, 2016

    Mediator

    Robben Fleming walks with demonstrators in April 1988, as he returned to U-M to briefly serve as interim president. 

  10. April 18, 2016

    En garde

    The University of Michigan Women’s Fencing Club poses for a 1930 photo.