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Male and female medical students of the class of 1880 outside the U-M Hospital.

Thursday, March 27, 2025

Making Michigan

History, Power, and the Stories We Tell: Making Race, Space, and Memory at Michigan

  • 7:00 – 9:00 pm
  • Judy & Stanley Frankel Detroit Observatory
  • In-Person
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An art class painting in the U-M Law Quad.

Thursday, February 13, 2025

Making Michigan

Giving It All Away: The Story of William W. Cook and His Michigan Law Quadrangle

  • 7:00 – 9:00 pm
  • Judy & Stanley Frankel Detroit Observatory
  • In-Person
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U-M President Clarence Cook Little and Henry Ford in commencement robes.

Thursday, November 14, 2024

Making Michigan

Quotas and the President: Jewish Inclusion and Exclusion at U-M in the 1920s

  • 7:00 – 9:00 pm
  • Judy & Stanley Frankel Detroit Observatory
  • In-Person
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Photographers taking pictures of a U-M football game from the top of Michigan Stadium.

Thursday, October 17, 2024

Making Michigan

Not Just a Copy: How the Bentley Digitized Ann Arbor History in the Ivory Photo Collection

  • 7:00 – 9:00 pm
  • Judy & Stanley Frankel Detroit Observatory
  • In-Person
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Henry Hatch, UM equipment manager, holding the Little Brown Jug in 1943.

Thursday, September 26, 2024

Making Michigan

Myths and Mysteries of the Little Brown Jug: The History of College Athletics

  • 7:00 – 8:30 pm
  • Judy & Stanley Frankel Detroit Observatory
  • In-Person
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A yellow typewriter superimposed over a map of the U-M campus.

Monday, June 24, 2024

Making Michigan

Secret Histories: Uncovering the Hidden Truths of U-M’s Past

  • 7:00 – 8:30 pm
  • Judy & Stanley Frankel Detroit Observatory
  • In-Person
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Students raising their hands in class.

Thursday, April 25, 2024

Making Michigan

Making Big History: Adding Billions of Years to Students’ Education

  • 7:00 – 9:00 pm
  • Judy & Stanley Frankel Detroit Observatory
  • In-Person
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Medical students practicing bandaging dummies.

Thursday, February 8, 2024

Making Michigan

How U-M’s First Hospital Made History – with Joel Howell

  • 7:00 – 9:00 pm
  • Judy & Stanley Frankel Detroit Observatory
  • In-Person
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Angell Hall seen from the southwest.

Thursday, December 7, 2023

Making Michigan

Four Years of “Making Michigan” and Four Decades at Michigan: Some Reflections – with Gary Krenz

  • 7:00 – 9:00 pm
  • Judy & Stanley Frankel Detroit Observatory
  • In-Person
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Archivists Francis Blouin and Leonard Coombs working in the Vatican Archives.

Thursday, November 9, 2023

Making Michigan

A Stunning Achievement: The Improbable Collaboration of the Bentley Library and the Vatican Archives

  • 7:00 – 9:00 pm
  • Judy & Stanley Frankel Detroit Observatory
  • In-Person
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