1. Fossil of primate ancestor discovered

    U-M’s Philip Gingerich and Holly Smith are members of an international scientific team that recently announced discovery of a remarkably complete, well-preserved 47-million-year old fossil of an extinct early primate. The fossil is thought to represent an early member of the lineage that gave rise to monkeys, apes and humans.

  2. U-M performances celebrate a century of dancing at U-M

    Since the first “aesthetic dance” class, taught in 1909, the university has been a locus of dance instruction and a venue for visiting artists from Jose Limon to Martha Graham.

  3. U-M students chasing tornadoes

    Six U-M students are part of a group of almost 100 scientists in 40 vehicles who are traversing tornado alley this summer in the largest joint effort ever to study twisters and supercell thunderstorms.

    Related: Read the students’ on-the-ground blog.

  4. Spring afternoon on the Diag

    Sunshine, lush grass and trees in bloom. On a warm May afternoon, when the semester’s done, there’s no place finer.

  5. A life on the edge

    Journalist and U-M alumnus Frank Viviano has covered war and conflict around the world. Now living at a slower pace in Italy, his combination of experience and distance give him a uniquely informed perspective on world events—and how to live during these times of crisis.

  6. Media coverage of the University of Michigan

    U-M experts on the Air France crash, GM’s bankruptcy, climate change and rip currents. Plus stories about sports triumphs and a cosmetic surgery breakthrough, and more.

  7. The great raid

    One night during the Great Depression, police stormed U-M’s fraternities.

  8. Victors valiant

    Wolverines romp through the NCAA tournaments.
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  9. David Duke and 'Birth of a Nation'

    How did D.W. Griffith’s film become a recruiting tool for the Ku Klux Klan?