History
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April 27, 2015
At the gym
Women participate in physical education in 1910, as shown in a photo from the records of the U-M Department of Physical Education for Women.
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April 20, 2015
A Different Diag
When U-M was moving two Ann Arbor, the Board of Regents had two locations to select from, the flat farm field where the university ultimately was built, and another at the north end of State Street. It spread across the promontory offering a view to the northeast across the Huron River valley.
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April 13, 2015
Music master
Aaron Copland waits backstage April 2, 1976, during the United States Bicentennial year before conducting his “Fanfare for the Common Man” at Hill Auditorium.
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April 6, 2015
Teach-In on the Environment
Hundreds assemble on the Diag to listen to speakers at U-M’s Teach-In on the Environment, which took place in March 1970, a month before the first Earth Day celebration.
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March 30, 2015
Blinded by science
A lab accident that blinded Edward Campbell at age 28 did not end his distinguished career as a U-M faculty member.
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March 23, 2015
New duties
John Jacob Abel was offered the first professorship of pharmacology in the Department of Medicine and Surgery. He began his new duties in January 1891. In his first lecture he told of his recent visit to Berlin, where he investigated tuberculin, which had been recently introduced to treat tuberculosis.
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March 23, 2015
As bicentennial nears, U-M offers courses in campus history
As U-M closes in on its 200th birthday, several new courses seek to elevate students’ understanding of the university’s historic role in American higher education.
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March 16, 2015
Coaching great
Legendary men’s gymnastics coach Newt Loken — winner of two NCAA championships, 12 Big Ten titles and two Coach of the Year awards — leaps to promote the March 1979 Big Ten Championships at Crisler Arena.
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March 9, 2015
Music legend
Benny Goodman performed with Big Band on March 22, 1986, in Hill Auditorium, during one of his last public performances.
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February 23, 2015
Famous alumni haunt dorms and student rentals
Today’s dorm room was yesterday’s home for James Earl Jones, Gilda Radner, Sanjay Gupta and other notable alumni.
