History
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April 28, 2014
On the riverbank
Students gather near the Huron River in 1957.
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April 21, 2014
Opponents reunited
Former presidents Jimmy Carter and U-M alumnus Gerald R. Ford, who ran against one another in the 1976 presidential election, listen to a moderator during a 1983 conference at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library on North Campus.
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April 14, 2014
Old School: A president’s funeral
Crowds attend a funeral procession for former U-M President James Burrill Angell, on April 3, 1916, along State Street.
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April 3, 2014
Old School: The Cube
Not long after its installation in Regent’s Plaza, people file past artist Bernard (Tony) Rosenthal’s creation, The Cube, acquired by the university in 1968.
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March 31, 2014
Old School: Father Gabriel Richard statue, 1940
Father Gabriel Richard, a French priest assigned in 1798 to French-speaking Detroit, embraced the ideals of the Enlightenment and the French Revolution, and was a force behind the founding of the University of Michigan in 1817.
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March 24, 2014
Old School: Ingalls Mall fountain sculpture
In his 1940 bronze sculpture “Sunday Morning in Deep Waters,” Carl Milles depicts Father Triton and his sons on a holiday excursion.
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March 17, 2014
Old School: Student Room, 1902
Students gather in the spring of 1902 at a room at 517 Washington St.
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March 10, 2014
Bentley archive will preserve contributions of U-M’s first female president
The Bentley Historical Library is preserving Mary Sue Coleman’s legacy through paper and digital documentation stored at the library building on North Campus, and digitally on servers.
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March 10, 2014
Key initiatives: Heritage and Bicentennial Celebration
President Mary Sue Coleman early on identified the 2017 bicentennial as a chance to celebrate the University of Michigan’s past, and provide fresh inspiration for its future.
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February 24, 2014
Black history milestone
Alvin D. Loving in 1956 became the first African-American faculty member to teach students at the University of Michigan-Flint. He later joined the Ann Arbor campus faculty and served as assistant dean of the School of Education.
