Michigan’s new governor will speak to Michigan’s class of 2011 at Michigan Stadium on April 30. Several prominent figures will receive honorary degrees, including Stephen Ross, William Clay Ford, Jr., and Spike Lee.

The final column from Professor Richard Bailey (1939 – 2011).
 

For U-M’s first 50 years or so, grades were unknown. But the push for a rigorous letter-grade system came from an unlikely source.

From ‘astrolabe’ to ‘Walla, bro!’: Arabic’s influence on English.

One of Hollywood’s greatest actors also ranked among its most powerful women.

The economic damage of auto job losses is much worse than previously measured, says a U-M study. A Q-and-A on the layoff ripple effect.