History
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November 24, 2025
It Happened at Michigan: Esther M. Cram was U-M’s first female regent
A 1898 U-M graduate, Cram was 57 when a friend and fellow U-M alum, Gov. Fred W. Green, appointed her to fill a seat on the Board of Regents after Benjamin S. Hanchett resigned in September 1929.
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November 17, 2025
It Happened at Michigan: Wallenberg’s Ann Arbor home set to move across campus
The former house of Raoul Wallenberg is scheduled to be lifted from its foundation and moved across town to sit beside the student home of another notable U-M alumnus, playwright Arthur Miller.
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November 10, 2025
It Happened at Michigan: How the Diag became the center of it all
For generations of U-M students, faculty and staff, the Diag has been the symbolic heart of Central Campus. From student rallies to snowball fights, life at U-M has pulsed through this crossroads since the mid-1800s.
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November 7, 2025
DMN speaker says protecting truth is antidote to authoritarianism
“Authoritarians have always gone after education systems and educators,” said NYU professor Ruth Ben-Ghiat, who delivered the 35th annual DMN Lecture on Academic and Intellectual Freedom on Nov. 6.
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November 5, 2025
Wallenberg lecturer Kara-Murza delivers message of hope amid darkness
Russian opposition leader, journalist, and historian Vladimir Kara-Murza received the 2025 Wallenberg Medal on Tuesday, delivering a stirring lecture on the power of choosing not to be afraid, even in the face of tyranny.
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November 3, 2025
It Happened at U-M: Researchers helped create the first flu vaccine
In the early 1940s, the Ann Arbor campus became a leading research site for a vaccine to prevent influenza. The disease had killed an estimated 50 million people during a worldwide pandemic 20 years earlier.
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October 27, 2025
It Happened at Michigan: June Rose Colby was the first woman to earn a Ph.D. at U-M
Nearly 140 years ago, in 1886, June Rose Colby became the first woman to earn a Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University of Michigan.
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October 20, 2025
U-M professor emeritus gives voice to forgotten feminists
“Sex Radical,” a new documentary-drama from U-M professor emeritus Andy Kirshner, will premiere Oct. 30 at the Michigan Theater. The film resurrects the story of Ida Craddock, a late-Victorian feminist.
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October 20, 2025
It Happened at Michigan: A Michigan man’s best friend
Leo, a yellow-coated bullmastiff owned by Henry P. Tappan, was the first dog to live in the President’s House and was known for his daily strolls across campus.
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October 13, 2025
It Happened at Michigan: Central Campus sculpture marks 85 years
At the center of campus stands Sunday Morning in Deep Waters, a fountain sculpture by artist Carl Milles. For decades, the fountain has served as a piece of public art and the setting for a U-M student tradition.
