So was U-M founded in 1817 or 1821? 1837 or 1841? We answer key questions about the University’s true founding date.

As Devil’s Night approaches, the time is right to flash back to the 19th century for a little mayhem, murder, and a double dose of the macabre.

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.

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.