Heritage/Tradition
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The world game, home field
Video: On summer evenings on U-M’s Mitchell Field, players from around the world gather for games of pickup soccer.
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Robert Frost in Ann Arbor
How a lucky circle of U-M student scribes became friends with America’s poet-laureate.
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Summer camp!
At Camp Michigania, generations of alumni families play at the lake, walk in the woods, and build lifelong friendships.
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The great pipe organ
How one of the world’s great musical instruments made its way from Detroit to Chicago to Hill Auditorium.
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Hand – carved history
For generations of Michigan alumni, senior canes unlocked the vaults of memory.
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Earth Day Eve
Forty years ago, U-M students prepared the way for the first Earth Day teach-in. Here’s how a casual talk at a bar on Washington Street spurred the modern environmental movement.
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Ode to Joy
The great photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt came to Ann Arbor in 1950 for Life magazine. His goal: to capture the flawless precision and wild exuberance of the Michigan Marching Band. He succeeded.
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Game day!
It’s football Saturday! Come join the crowds at the Mudbowl, on State and Packard, the Pioneer High lot, and outside Michigan Stadium.
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Chorus girls
The presence of chorus girls at a 1921 fraternity party revealed scandalous behavior by students and administrators alike.