Happy trails: Conservancy brings universal access to seven trails in northwestern Michigan
The Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy has created more than three miles of accessible trails since 2016 when the Overlook Trail at Arcadia Dunes opened. It’s all part of the conservancy’s work since 1991 under the leadership of Glen Chown, who earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from U-M’s School of Environment and Sustainability.
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Artist of the Chill and Canyon
Lawrence Kasdan, director of ‘The Big Chill,’ ‘Grand Canyon’ and other classics, recalls his U-M days.
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The flap over ‘Flaming Creatures’
The 1967 on-campus screening of the experimental film epitomized the era: controversy over content that was either “art” or “filth,” battles over academic freedom and angry protests by students.
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Michigan is Movie Land
The tax incentives that have made Michigan a movie-making hotbed are also transforming U-M. Film crews are shooting on campus, bolstering the local economy and giving U-M students a reason — and an opportunity — to remain, work and learn in Michigan.
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Hand – carved history
For generations of Michigan alumni, senior canes unlocked the vaults of memory.
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Chemistry lesson
To save its season, U-M’s ice hockey team had to unify itself around an unlikely hero.
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Light twists rigid structures in unexpected nanotech finding
In findings that took the experimenters three years to believe, U-M engineers and their collaborators have demonstrated that light itself can twist ribbons of nanoparticles. Matter readily bends and twists light. That’s the mechanism behind optical lenses and polarizing 3-D movie glasses. But the opposite effect—light bending matter—has rarely been observed.
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President's Message
A healthy, vibrant democracy begins with a choice
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The rule of three
The rule of three took its toll at U-M this month as the community navigates a trio of tough losses. -
Climate Blue
I feel the earth squish under my feet
Ricky Rood says it's time we accept 'relentless warming' and relearn how to live with our climate. -
Health Yourself
Feet, don’t fail me now
Our feet play a crucial role in sustaining overall health. So take a load off and listen up.
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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.