Cannupa Hanska Luger ‘GIFTS’ U-M campus with public art installation

The installation refers to the 1817 Treaty of Fort Meigs, which states that Ottawa, Chippewa, and Potawatomi tribes gifted the land to U-M upon which the Ann Arbor campus stands. The work contributes to a campuswide initiative to challenge University history.
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The late, great 98
Tom Harmon may have been the best college football player ever. His single-handed destruction of Ohio State is the stuff of gridiron legend. But his exploits as a pilot during World War Two made him a hero not just in a game, but in life.
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Hail Satan!
When students come to the university, they face a new world that can shake up their whole way of life. Some fear that even their religious faith will be under siege. But surveys – and students themselves, like Lizzy Lovinger (right) – say that keeping the faith is both a challenge and a blessing.
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Exactly how much housework does a husband create?
Having a husband creates an extra seven hours a week of housework for women, according to a U-M study of a nationally representative sample of U.S. families. For men, the picture is very different: A wife saves men from about an hour of housework a week.
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Sensors for bat-inspired spy plane under development
A six-inch robotic spy plane modeled after a bat would gather data from sights, sounds and smells in urban combat zones and transmit information back to a soldier in real time. That’s the Army’s concept, and it has awarded the University of Michigan College of Engineering a five-year, $10-million grant to help make it happen.
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Video: U-M 'ballast-free ship' could cut costs while blocking aquatic invaders
University of Michigan researchers are investigating a radical new design for cargo ships that would eliminate ballast tanks, the water-filled compartments that enable non-native creatures to sneak into the Great Lakes from overseas.
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A piece of history
Our first U-M History column tells the story of one of our crown jewels: the Clements Library
Columns
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President's Message
… And, we’re back
The energy is high, the streets are congested, and just like that, we're going back to school. -
Editor's Blog
A gentle obsession
Summer is coming to a close and the chaos on campus is ramping up. Overwhelmed? Think bog. -
Climate Blue
A perfect storm of dualities and multiplicities
How can increasing temperatures produce more precipitation and less precipitation? Because climate science is full of dualities, says Ricky Rood. -
Health Yourself
A rude awakening: How to handle night-time muscle cramps
Vic Katch climbs down from his 'charley horse' with some valuable advice.
Let the games begin
When construction crews broke ground on Michigan Stadium in September 1926, workers had to know they were on to something big. Literally. And now the gameday experience is about to get a lot more colorful, vivid, and immersive for fans in the stands as Michigan Athletics unveils two dazzling high-tech scoreboards. At 179 feet wide by 62 feet tall, the viewing area is 120 percent larger than before. On a much smaller scale, Michigan Today offers up this subdued analog version of the Big House’s inception. These images are courtesy of U-M’s Bentley Historical Library. Captions were sourced from “The Michigan Stadium Story” at the Bentley website. Click on any image to enlarge.