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The Detroit Observatory, U-M's second-oldest campus building and the state's first observatory, is getting an upgrade. The $10-million project will deliver improved accessibility and greater connectivity, as well as new teaching and reception areas and facilities for storage and catering. The Detroit Observatory opened in 1854.

Walking among the sparkling new buildings on campus one may stumble upon crumbling columns, stones, and shards of days gone by. These curiosities are everywhere to be found -- sometimes set into the facades of newer buildings, sometimes within a building's hallway. Like the ruins of an ancient civilization, some are even set inside vine-covered gardens, adding a sense of romance and nostalgia to the campus. The photographs and text here are by Michael Luongo. Visit U-M's Public Art website for more details and information.

"Every paleontologist knows all things must adapt and evolve or face extinction," writes Dr. Ron Tykoski, BS '95, in a sentimental tribute to the U-M Museum of Natural History, which closed its doors to the public on Dec. 31, 2017. But don't panic. Its new home, the Biological Sciences Building, opens for classes in 2018; the museum will open in stages the following year. And if the memories of the original UMMNH below tell us anything, the new museum is sure to inspire a passion for science in U-M's third century. These images and edited captions were sourced from Museum Memories. Submit your own memories and photos there, and see the UMMNH video "Time to Evolve."

U-M’s bicentennial in 2017 inspired a blitz of creativity, productivity, and celebration. Enjoy these highlights from the year we turned 200 together.

U-M is the nation’s top-rated public university, so it should surprise no one that Wolverines embrace public engagement with a passion.

Weight: 14,000 pounds. Height: 25 feet. 3 Cubes in a Seven Axis Relationship is a newly installed ‘kinetic sculpture’ twisting and turning in front of the G. G. Brown Building on North Campus. (Images: Joseph Xu. Text: Angela Wegrecki.)

Enjoy these summery scenes of the Matthaei Botanical Gardens & Nichols Arboretum. This guy certainly is. (Images: Scott Soderberg, Michigan Photography.)