Past Impact Stories
Equal Footing
Once a top athlete whose options were limited in the time before gender equity in sports, Alyce Sigler now volunteers at the Bentley, where a bit of serendipity has her researching Title IX.
New Peikert Fellows Announced
Berkley Sorrells and Jaxson Kaplan-Rudolph are the latest cohort of a student fellowship program that helps preserve and share University of Michigan athletics history.
Campau Papers
A rare and surprising cache of sixty new letters makes its way to the Bentley to supplement an existing collection.
The Unsinkable Sarah E. Ray
In 1945, Sarah Elizabeth Ray was denied passage on a steamboat on the Detroit River because she was Black. She fought the injustice, and today her trailblazing civil rights role is being preserved — including through a new collection.
A Fuller Spectrum of Voices
A new collection from the National Conference of Artists (NCA), Michigan Chapter showcases the organization's infrastructure and support for Black artists across the state of Michigan.
Good Sports
Donor support has made possible a new fellowship program that helps preserve and share U-M athletics history. U-M students Lily Fritsch and Nathan Schreck are its first cohort.
Researching the American Experience
A gift from alumnus Tom Jones will fund undergraduate research and encourage engaged learning.
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