What’s In a Name?
Visit U-M’s campus, and you’re bound to notice names on buildings and signs labeling this or that center or institute. U-M also has hundreds of named professorships. But what does it take to get that distinction?
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2026 March
Rethinking Waste
Two U-M spinouts are taking the adage “waste not, want not” very seriously.
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Menopause Matters
Menopause and the menopause transition “remains one of the most overlooked and underserved areas in medicine,” according to the Menopause Society, a nonprofit focused on educating health care professionals.
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Arbor South Moves Ahead
He was referencing Arbor South, a $588 million plan to build more than 1,000 apartments and condos, as well as a hotel, services, and public spaces, on the parking lots around the 777 Building on Eisenhower Pkwy. (“The Litmus Test,” June 2024). Proposed by Ann Arbor’s Oxford Companies and Ohio developer Crawford Hoying, it was the first response to council’s rezoning of the area for high-density development, and councilmembers had been weighing whether to support it financially for almost a year.
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Fragments Made Whole
Elisabeth Thoburn has covered her home on Silver Lake in Pinckney with second-quality tiles from Motawi, creating a home-sized work of art—and a love letter to local clay.
Read MoreDagu Rice Noodle
Emily Ke grew up in the Anhui province of eastern China, but it was a trip to Cleveland that turned her on to Dagu Rice Noodle.
Read MoreA Masculine Mix of Merchandise in Kerrytown
Iron+Oak Haberdashery offers loungewear and casual clothing, leather wallets and belts, aviator sunglasses, Michigan-made jerky, cocktail infusion kits, and travel-friendly solid colognes.
Read MoreCrispy Shawarma on Packard and Platt
Crispy shawarma is featured on the outdoor sign of Levana on Packard, just east of Platt. The rolled chicken or beef sandwiches ($11.99 and $12.99) are among the slate of Middle Eastern selections at the counter service/take-out eatery that succeeds Once Upon a Grill.
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A Stain in the Glass?
In the windows of the Law School Reading Room, not all the numbers add up.
Read MoreMarch 2026 Marketplace Closings
Veteran restaurateur Ali Hijazi has sold Zamaan Grill in the Colonnade on W. Eisenhower. The full-service restaurant, which opened in 2011, is now closed while Fred Ansari readies a rebrand: the fast casual concept Hummus Express.
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Pinball Pete’s
What began in an East Lansing Garage with a $125 pinball machine became an A2 institution.
Read MoreJanuary 2026 Ann Arbor Home Sales
The two-story brick house at 1411 Iroquois, which sold for $980,000, is in the Woodbury neighborhood, often described as “Burns Park adjacent.” Built in 1939, the house dates to the forty-five year period when the U-M Botanical Gardens were situated off Iroquois.
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