Campus Life

  1. You should be dancing

    For two decades U-M students have choreographed one of the most life-changing experiences on campus: Dance Marathon.

  2. Guerrilla librarians

    In 2005, a move to shut down the Residential College’s popular Benzinger Library sparked student protests, sit-ins, and a move to take back the stacks of East Quad.

  3. You can ring my (Pretzel) Bell

    Restaurateurs are cooking up plans to resurrect the much-revered gathering spot, enjoyed by locals from 1934-85.

  4. Be there, be heard

    Campuswide summit continues yearlong effort to create a comprehensive plan to address diversity, equity, and inclusion issues at U-M.

  5. Truly blue?

    Go Blue! They’re two little words that mean so much to Wolverines worldwide. But how did this cheer originate? And which Wolverine said it first?

  6. “Insanitary conditions"

    In 1910, U-M students attended class in unventilated buildings; spit on the floors and sidewalks; and contracted tuberculosis in alarming numbers. Good times!

  7. Episode 2: How one cranky grad changed U-M history, featuring James Tobin

    Sure, we know the War of 1812, but how about the War of 1817? It happened right here at U-M – in 1929. Listen in, as resident Michigan Today historian James Tobin recounts the controversy regarding the exact founding date of the University of Michigan.

  8. Episode 1: Now playing, featuring James Tobin

    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

  9. Meaningful places: Nichols Arboretum

    This beautiful video captures the Arb’s poetic wonder, offset by an excerpt from Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken.”