History
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April 11, 2016
Flower power
Since the late 1920s, visiting the Nichols Arboretum Peony Garden has become an annual spring pilgrimage for visitors from Michigan and beyond.
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March 28, 2016
Baseball and civil rights legend
One U-M alumnus tied to the Law School and Wolverine baseball team — Branch Rickey — reshaped the national civil rights conversation and the national pastime.
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March 21, 2016
Peddling papers
A newsboy wearing the block “M” on his sweater hawks newspapers in front of Nickels Arcade in 1932.
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March 14, 2016
On the air
The reggae band First Light stops by WCBN-FM, the University of Michigan’s free form student-run radio station, in the basement of the Student Activities Building in 1980.
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March 8, 2016
Shannon centennial celebrants recall U-M grad’s advances, societal impact
The greater mathematical community hails U-M alumnus Claude Shannon as the “Father of Information Theory,” for revealing the potential for digital communications and inspiring advancements that followed.
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March 7, 2016
International reach
The University of Michigan can trace its global reach to the late 1840s and neighboring Canada, home of the first international student, and China, where Judson Collins — a member of the first graduating class — traveled as a missionary.
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February 26, 2016
New website offers wide range of details on U-M’s bicentennial
Details about U-M’s 2017 bicentennial, including festivals, academic programming, grant programs and more, can be found in a new website that celebrates 200 years of impact.
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February 22, 2016
Two-time U.S. Olympian
Michigan alumnus William DeHart Hubbard was the first African-American athlete to win an individual Olympic gold medal, doing so at the 1924 Paris Games in the long jump (24 feet 5 inches).
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February 15, 2016
Drop the puck
The 1926 University of Michigan Ice Hockey Team is ready to play.
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February 8, 2016
Diversity pioneer
Henry Graham, the University of Michigan’s first African-American varsity tennis player, is pictured in a 1928 team photo.
