Tag Archives: students

Michigan Today

The conquering heroines of Title IX, featuring Sara Fitzgerald, BA ’73

Deborah Holdship and Sara Fitzgerald | October 24, 2020

Upon hearing the word "activism," rarely does one’s imagination settle on the conference-room table, the literal anti-archetype of action, momentum, and social progress. But that’s exactly where one of the most significant movements in recent history took place. In her book, author and longtime journalist Sara Fitzgerald, BA ’73, describes a protest that took place mostly in secret, steeped in stealth, subversion, and, yes, mountains of paperwork.

women at U-M

Michigan Quarterly Review

Threads pulled though: University of Michigan 1960-1964 to Now

Wallis Wilde-Menozzi | October 9, 2020

From working with former U-M President Harlan Hatcher to becoming involved with the Quaker project, Wallis Wilde-Menozzi made the most of her time at Michigan. Read this distinguished alumna's recollections of her experiences at Michigan and beyond, published in U-M's esteemed Michigan Quarterly Review (MQR).

U-M authors

Rackham Graduate School

A History of Activism

James Dau | June 30, 2020

In 1985, the Minority Organization of Rackham was formed. Now called Students of Color of Rackham (SCOR), the group continues to expand support and advocacy for the academic, professional, and social needs of graduate students of color.

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Michigan Today

The beginning of what?

Robert Havey | May 21, 2020

After COVID-19 stole the class of 2020's commencement ceremony, Robert Havey looks back on the history of University of Michigan commencements.

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Michigan Today

Step Right Up!

by Jim Tobin | December 3, 2019

On May 23, 1871 Van Amburgh and Company’s Menagerie & Circus raised its tents in Ann Arbor. Approximately 60 U-M students from the sophomore class of 1873 were tossed out for disorderly conduct.

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Michigan Alumnus

History Lessons: Classy Gifts

Janet Max | July 2019

The graduating classes of Michigan often leave behind a gift for future generations to appreciate. The Michigan Alumnus chronicles some of the more interesting class gifts you can still find around campus today.

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Michigan Today

Arrowsmith’s Inspiration

Jim Tobin | June 13, 2019

When his new novel Arrowsmith reached the nation’s bookstores in 1925, Sinclair Lewis was already the most celebrated American writer of the day. What neither Lewis nor his publishers said was how much Arrowsmith owed to what an obscure young scientist had told Lewis about life in the medical labs of U-M.

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Bentley Historical Library

Being Black at U-M

Katie Vloet | May 2019

Austin McCoy ignited a social justice movement on campus and beyond. Learn how he fought to make U-M more diverse and why his papers are now archived at the University forever.

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LSA Magazine

A Tough Act to Swallow

Elizabeth Wason | September 2018

A physics student developed a way to see inside your stomach, despite the experts saying his idea was impossible.

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