Editor’s Blog

  1. Aidan Hutchinson chats with reporters at Michigan Commencement, 2022.

    Some adventures are more complicated than others

    Fairy tales don’t always come true, right? But when they do, it’s pretty terrific.

  2. Freaky computerized-looking computer art for Billy Idol's 1993 album Cyberpunk.

    Let’s be friends

    This one-time early adopter of new technologies has become a late bloomer.

  3. Make the world go away

    Has anyone seen the reset button? Methinks the humans need a do-over.

  4. Michigan scoreboard through the trees from Elbel field with the street signs for Division and Benjamin streets in the foreground.

    I feel the Earth move under my feet

    Time marches on, and the MMB is marching somewhere else. Elbel Field is under construction, and we’ve got pics.

  5. A bog elfin butterfly on a purple flower.

    A gentle obsession

    Summer is coming to a close and the chaos on campus is ramping up. Overwhelmed? Think bog.

  6. Woman stands on the Block M at the center of Michigan Stadium holding a football.

    Well, how did I get here?

    The writer’s life is filled with the most curious invitations and the most fascinating people.

  7. Female and male dressed in blue and yellow sit on the edge of a temporary, sandy volleyball court on Elbel Field.

    What’s all this about tin shacks and trapezoids?

    Working on a college campus in the summer drives home that essential truth: Nothing lasts forever. Or does it?

  8. Shakespeare in the Arb actors perform in lush green setting while people watch, seated on the grass.

    She made the Arb a stage

    Shakespeare in the Arb creator Kate Mendeloff left the most delightful legacy at U-M.

  9. Blue skies and a parade of faculty across the Diag.

    Do you like my hat?

    There’s nothing like a little pomp and circumstance. Bring on the rowdy protesters and undercover security guards.

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