Michigan Moments
Game day!
It's football Saturday! Come join the crowds at the Mudbowl, on State and Packard, the Pioneer High lot, and outside Michigan Stadium.
Alumni
'Paul is Dead!' (said Fred)
Forty years ago, a prankish article in the Michigan Daily helped create a modern myth: Paul McCartney of the Beatles was dead, and he'd been secretly replaced by a double.
New digs for old diggings
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U-M's Kelsey Museum of Archaeology opened a new wing this month. See a slideshow of some of its ancient treasures. |
U-M in the News
Media coverage of the University of Michigan
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Remembering Wolverine great Forest Evashevski; reconsidering "Asperger's Syndrome"; fighting the flu; helping those who help the recession's victims; and more. |
On Campus
Vanishing act
In April, President Mary Sue Coleman announced that the University of Michigan's three campuses will go smoke-free in 2011. Now comes the tough part.
U-M and the Arts
Photography and Impressionism
Some claim there is little left to know about Impressionism, but an exhibit at the U-M Museum of Art reveals something new: the impact of photography on the movement's greatest artists, including Whistler, Monet, Courbet, Manet and Degas.
On Campus
U-M No. 1 in ranking of media/Internet/social media interest
U-M has topped all U.S. universities for the amount of public interest measured by media coverage, Internet traffic and social media mentions, according to an independent national analysis released this week.
U-M and the Economy
Record number of U-M inventions reported last year
U-M researchers disclosed 350 new inventions in fiscal year 2009, setting a new record. Despite the state's economic woes, the university licensed eight new startups in the last fiscal year.
Alumni
Anatomy of an alumnus
50 years later, the Law School remembers "Anatomy of a Murder" and the fly-fishing, U.P.-loving, mushroom hunting, state Supreme Court justice, U-M alum who wrote it. (.pdf format)
Research News
Trackway analysis shows how dinosaurs coped with slippery slopes
U-M researchers and colleagues working in Argentina have discovered how dinosaurs were able to navigate muddy and slippery inclines.
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