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From stage to page
Songwriting sensations Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (both BFA ’06) ‘democratize’ Broadway and turn their musical hit ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ into a poignant novel.
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A mad magician
He was a war hero, a triple-threat halfback, and a magazine cover model. Hall-of-famer Bob Chappuis was part of a magical Michigan offense that scored a 49-0 victory over USC in the 1948 Rose Bowl.
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Step by step
A new scholarship supports students in U-M’s Collegiate Recovery Program — a campus support service for those recovering from substance-use disorders.
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‘He felt what we felt’
Frank Beaver celebrates the Wolverines’ love for late announcer Bob Ufer, star of a new documentary.
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Episode 23: Football’s Valhalla: The Bob Ufer Story, featuring Dan Chace
Filmmaker Dan Chace, BA ’83, screened his film about the beloved Wolverines football announcer Oct. 5, 2018, at the Michigan Theater. Listen in, as he describes the labor of love in creating this movie about one of the University of Michigan’s most colorful characters.
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The captain class
As leadership crises rock our world, Wall Street Journal columnist and veteran sports reporter Sam Walker, BA ’92, takes a counterintuitive route to answer: ‘What creates sustained success?’
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From foster care to fulfillment
Blavin Scholar Cherish Fields, BA ’09/MSW ’11, emerged from the state’s foster care system to earn two U-M degrees. Now she’s on a mission to help others.
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Strangers when we meet
Patrick Anderson, BA ’91/MPP ’83, survived the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks in NYC, thanks to a perfect stranger. Nearly two decades later, Ann Curry reunited them.
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On life support
How a doctor’s brush with her own death forced her to rethink the healing process and re-imagine the profound impact of empathy in patient care.
