For U-M’s first 50 years or so, grades were unknown. But the push for a rigorous letter-grade system came from an unlikely source.

A wild 1992 video hockey tournament highlighted the rise of personal technology in the average dorm room.

Speeding and “moral decay” provoked a stern crackdown on student drivers in the 1920s.

The Summer Symposia in Theoretical Physics attracted the best minds in the world.

Jim Morrison bombs at the homecoming dance –- and changes rock history.

From John F. Kennedy to Barack Obama, presidents have challenged University of Michigan students to change the world.

Plus: Kids these days: How involved is this generation?

Video: Take a look behind the scenes as thousands of students arrive at their new homes in the dorms.

Mocha and more at Ann Arbor’s legendary hangout.

How a handful of Depression – era students ditched the profit motive and started U-M’s co-ops