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October 4, 2021
Doc Losh
She was the first tenured professor of astronomy at U-M, officially Michigan’s only Homecoming Queen for Life and for many years presided over the coin toss before football games. Professor Hazel Losh — known by most as Doc Losh — might have been the most popular teacher in U-M history.
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September 27, 2021
No admittance
Sarah Burger was 21 years old in 1858 when she prepared a letter saying she and 11 other women desired to enroll at the University of Michigan. Later that year, the regents voted unanimously against women on campus. It would be another 11 years before U-M opened its doors to women.
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September 20, 2021
Of splendid ability
When she stepped foot on the Michigan campus in September 1876, Mary Henrietta Graham became the first Black woman to attend the university. Her senior year, Professor Alexander Winchell published a book claiming Black people were inferior.
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September 13, 2021
Campus characters
Long before Shakey Jake roamed Ann Arbor, students at U-M conducted affairs of the heart with a series of men who took on the status of human landmarks. One after another, they came to symbolize their eras in campus history.
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September 7, 2021
Two against football
When Fielding Yost sought to build a larger stadium to replace Ferry Field, he did not have the support of two people in particular: Neil Staebler, editor of The Chimes, and sociologist Robert Cooley Angell.
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August 31, 2021
Revelli: The long note
William Revelli’s love of teaching, his belief that music is as sustaining as water and oxygen, and his unrelenting drive for perfection resonate long after his final note. His credo: “We do not teach music. Rather, we teach people through music.”
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