The U-M Museum of Art opens its gorgeous new wing on March 28, and you can tour it in the slideshow above. Here we remember the sculpture that started it all. Acquired in 1861, and still one of UMMA’s most beloved artworks, ‘Nydia’ was the product of a hometown boy who made it big in the art world.

Did you hear the one about the academic researchers who got together with cartoonists and Daily Show writers to try to figure out how humor works? It sounds like a quick way to strangle comedy, but U-M is at the forefront of the not-quite-a-trend toward humor studies.

Plus: Got something funny to say? Tell your (clean!) jokes on our letters page.

Slideshow: At the corner of North University and East University, generations of students met the demands of “physical culture” — and course registration — in Waterman and Barbour Gyms.

In 1989, Michigan’s men’s basketball team made an improbable run through the NCAA tournament, winning the national title in a heartstopper against Seton Hall.

John Updike’s words, from the simple to the extravagant, showed readers and language lovers how lovely English can be.

“Slumdog Millionaire” is one of many great movies that pit children against a vicious world.

What does this year’s frigid winter tell us about climate change?

Related: Scientist models the mysterious travel of greenhouse gas