Ours is not to wonder why this town has so many sneakers hanging on power lines.

Watch ‘An Eye for Science,’ the latest installment in Detroit Public Television’s series about U-M history.

The University of Michigan’s bicentennial is upon us (2017). What better time to celebrate the legacies and achievements that make Michigan what it is? Listen in, as these two historians share highlights along the two-century timeline.

Michigan Today proves truth is more poignant than fiction in our new audio feature, ‘Listen In, Michigan.’ We kick off this venture by looking into the University of Michigan’s colorful history, when outhouses still dotted the Diag and medical students knicked cadavers from the graveyard – for school, of course

William “Buck” Dawson – who claimed membership in 19 student organizations (not to mention meeting Marlene Dietrich) – may have been the last of a passing breed, the Big Man on Campus.

From fly fishing and physics to world peace and Quidditch, student clubs enrich campus life. Clearly that’s what these members of the 1890s’ Smokers’ Club would have told you.