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.

In 1961 Ayn Rand was a guest on the budding network known as U-M Television. Revisit this intriguing event, courtesy of the Bentley Historical Library.

From the Amazon to Indonesia, 1870s explorer Joseph Beal Steere collected thousands of species to advance scientific research at U-M.

Building an observatory and state-of-the-art telescope at U-M was a scientific master stroke. Politically, however, it proved problematic.

In 1962 a handful of U-M students calling themselves the Students for a Democratic Society published a manifesto that came to define a national student movement.

From the Great Depression and World War II through the British invasion and disco balls, Drake’s Sandwich Shop served up chocolate cordials, orange marmalade sandwiches, and ice-cold limeade to devoted University of Michigan students.

In the spirit of commencement season, Michigan Today reflects on one of the most significant commencement addresses in University history.