The civil rights battle you don’t know
Veteran filmmaker Ilana Trachtman spent a decade researching and documenting the 1960 protest at Glen Echo Amusement Park, one of the nation’s earliest organized demonstrations to end segregation. The artist’s labor of love peaked when she discovered essential footage of a dramatic confrontation that matched an audio recording she’d been holding for years.
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The dean of network news
As president of ABC News, U-M alumnus David Westin is one of the most important figures in TV news. It’s a long way from a childhood in Flint and Ann Arbor.
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The protest psychosis
In the 1960s, psychiatry saw an astonishing but largely hidden phenomenon. Schizophrenia, once seen as a disease of anxious, well-off white women, became a go-to diagnosis of angry, urban black men. How did madness, blackness and civil rights become linked, and what were the consequences for patients and society? U-M psychiatry professor Jonathan Metzl looks for answers.
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Empathy: College students don't have as much as they used to
“We found the biggest drop in empathy after the year 2000,” said U-M’s Sara Konrath. “College kids today are about 40 percent lower in empathy than their counterparts of 20 or 30 years ago, as measured by standard tests of this personality trait.”
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Walking robot navigates bumpy ground
U-M engineering professor Jessy Grizzle and his students have built a robot that can successfully navigate uneven surfaces—a critical talent for robots to handle movement over most of the planet’s surface. Includes video.
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U-M Racing sets acceleration record
Here’s a throwback to good old American automotive muscle. The U-M racing team set an all-time record for acceleration by a collegiate team, and placed second overall, at the SAE Collegiate Design Series. Includes video.
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U-M responds to NCAA football allegations
The University of Michigan has self-imposed sanctions in its football program for violating NCAA rules.The sanctions—which relate to quality-control staff and practice and training time—follow a cooperative investigation with the NCAA and are detailed in a response to a Notice of Allegations the institution received Feb. 22, 2010. The response also outlines actions already taken Read more
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President's Message
Advancing toward a year of democracy, civic empowerment, and global engagement
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The rule of three
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I feel the earth squish under my feet
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An Ungentle Art
Starting in 1990, Australian-born political satirist Pat Oliphant began spending annual periods in residence at U-M’s Wallace House Center for Journalists, where he sketched a wide range of American political figures. A sampling of these images, courtesy of the Wallace House, are displayed in the Clements Library exhibit “An Ungentle Art: Pat Oliphant and the American Tradition of Political Satire.” The sketches provoke conversation around four key themes in American politics: capability, character, corruption, and humiliation. This gallery and text come from the larger online exhibit, which contextualizes Oliphant’s satire with examples of political art from the Clements Library collection, dating from the 1700s to 1900. Click on any image to enlarge.