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.

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

In August 1959 local police responded to a reported break-in at the Ann Arbor First Methodist Church. Hiding in a tiny space above a broom closet was U-M dropout David Lim. He’d lived there, undetected, since 1955.

The University’s past comes to life at “Michigan Heritage,” an immersive, new website of stories, images, and artifacts.

n 1972 the college radio gods flipped the switch at Michigan’s WCBN and took the placid, campus-only broadcasting network to the FM airwaves.

The exhibit “To Me There’s No Other Choice,” honoring WWII hero and U-M alumnus Raoul Wallenberg, runs Jan. 30-Feb. 28.

Cazzie Russell: Two words that evoke a near-mythic tale of rebirth and transformation in Wolverine athletics that started in the ’60s and still resonates today.

Most of us know her as a name inscribed on one of Michigan’s residence halls. Meet Alice Lloyd: feminist, registered nurse, and for 20 years U-M’s highest-ranking woman.

Hill Auditorium has mesmerized artists and audiences for 100 years. Everyone from Vladimir Horowitz to Bob Marley has graced its stage.