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The Big Get Bigger

Oct 25, 2023 | Education, News |

The U-M’s enrollment fell less than 1 percent during the pandemic and it’s been rising ever since.

Ten and Done

Sep 25, 2023 | Education, News |

The Ann Arbor Board of Education voted 5–2 on September 13 to accept superintendent Jeanice Swift’s resignation.

Chatbots Go to College

Aug 27, 2023 | Education, Featured |

“This could be what makes the next rocket to Mars possible,” says Ravi Pendse, his voice sparking...

Swift Decision

Aug 27, 2023 | Education, Featured, News |

On Sunday, August 6, the Ann Arbor board of education canceled its meeting scheduled for the...

After Affirmative Action

Jul 25, 2023 | Education, Government, News |

After Affirmative Action: At the end of June, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down affirmative...

Kit Bennett

May 31, 2023 | Education, Profiles, Sports |

After a long weekend wrangling 5,000 high school scullers at the Midwest Scholastic Rowing...

Jeanice Swift’s Decade

Apr 25, 2023 | Education, Featured |

No one was expecting a global pandemic in November 2019, when voters passed a twenty-year, $1...

New Dorms at Last

Apr 25, 2023 | Business, Education, Real Estate |

In February 2022, the regents voted to build a 1,200-bed dorm on North Campus. Less than ten...

Question Corner | January 2023

Dec 23, 2022 | Community, Education |

Q. What is the background to the memorial for Edward Lorraine Walter in the U-M Grad Library? The inscription on the stained-glass window reads “Lost at Sea.” A. Walter was a U-M professor of languages, born in Litchfield,...

Playing the Academic Game

Dec 23, 2022 | Culture, Education |

Playing the academic game: The life of an academic can be difficult. There’s the challenge of...

Boards and Judges

Nov 22, 2022 | Education, Government, News, Nonprofits |

After sorting through thirteen candidates, voters last month returned twenty-year vet Susan...

Plays at Pathways

Nov 22, 2022 | Community, Culture, Education, News |

In his eleven years at CHS, Strassel taught acting and produced thirty-three shows for the...

That’s the Ticket

Sep 23, 2022 | Culture, Education, Sports |

The digital age is tough for memorabilia collectors like Ken Magee. The law enforcement consultant...

Contests and Consequences

Sep 23, 2022 | Education, Environment, Featured, Government, News |

Control of city council was effectively decided in August, when candidates supported by mayor...

Before the Color Line

Sep 23, 2022 | Community, Education, Sports |

In 1882, Moses Fleetwood Walker led the U-M baseball team to a 10–3 season. The next year, he...

Question Corner | September 2022

Aug 25, 2022 | Community, Education |

Q. Why does campus have a Diag? Was it planned from the start? A. An 1854 map of campus shows a dozen university buildings placed on the edges of the campus, but no Diag. The pastoral campus interior was without trees, allowing...