In 1975 Sheryl Barnes saw few people like herself in the U-M yearbook. So she published her own document of the African-American student experience.

A collection of “letters home” written by freshman in the Pilot Program of the mid-’80s strikes an enduring chord in the transition to college life.

U-M’s longest-serving president (1871-1909)—and arguably its greatest—built the nation’s leading public university with friendly charisma and a progressive vision.

Professor Albert Hyma claimed an advantage over other experts on the Renaissance and Reformation. He communed with the dead.

A Space for Music, A Seat for Everyone is a love letter to both Hill Auditorium and the passionate community that has sustained it for a century.

A songwriting contest in the mid-1880s inspired a sensitive young Latin professor to pen the words to Michigan’s wistful and enduring alma mater.

In 1925 students hoped to honor U-M President Marion LeRoy Burton with a tower designed by Finnish architect Eliel Saarinen. But the Great Depression intervened.

Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball in April 1947, but he couldn’t have done it without one Michigan man, Branch Rickey, JD ’11.

Did streakers embody the fading echo of the rebellious ’60s? Or were they harbingers of a conservative backlash?