Education & Society
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Extraordinary alumni honored
U-M celebrates distinguished graduates of 20 years or fewer as part of 2017 Spring Commencement.
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Kennedy vs. the hawks
As the centennial of John F. Kennedy’s birth approaches, JFK scholar James G. Blight revisits the Cuban missile crisis and shows how Kennedy’s aversion to experts helped keep us out of war.
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The courage to resist
In the escalating struggle between the individual and the state technology favors the powerful. That’s why this computer scientist revels in righting the balance.
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Food for thought
The Smithsonian Institution’s archives are now home to two very different culinary collections by Rick Bayless, MA ’75, and Michael Stern, BA ’68.
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Progress, perspectives, and the public university
Four former U-M presidents recently joined Mark Schlissel to discuss 40 years of U-M history.
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The beating heart of Cuba
For jazz percussionists, Cuba is the holy grail of influence. During a recent Spring Break, music students traveled south to find it.
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Freedom writer
In the midst of the civil rights movement, U-M historian Dwight Lowell Dumond published his anti-slavery masterwork. The backlash was ferocious.
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Notes from the 'opposition party'
Alumni journalists fight the beast that is ‘fake news’ and offer options to avoid counterfeit copy.
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Everybody walk the dinosaur
As experts prepare to move the Museum of Natural History, they reimagine the visitor experience.