The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor is a public coeducational university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The oldest and primary campus of the University of Michigan, U of M Ann Arbor, is one of the world's leading research institutions, and is consistently ranked as one of the top public academic institutions worldwide. Ann Arbor is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. ... State nickname: Wolverine State or Great Lakes State Other U.S. States Capital Lansing Largest city Detroit Governor Jennifer Granholm Official languages English Area 250,941 km² (11th)  - Land 147,255 km²  - Water 103,687 km² (41. ...

The University's professional graduate schools (law school, medical school, business school, school of engineering, and school of education) are perennially ranked by US News & World Report as some of the best in the country. Considered to be a Public Ivy, it is also highly respected for its departments of philosophy, economics, political science, history, and mathematics. U.S. News & World Report is a weekly newsmagazine. ... Public Ivy is a term meant to identify a distinct class of public universities offering educational opportunities similar to those found at Ivy League schools like Columbia, Harvard, Brown, and Dartmouth, but at a much lower cost. ...

History

Main article: History of the University of Michigan The nineteenth century The University of Michigan was established in 1817 by the Michigan Territorial legislature as one of the United States first public universities on 1,920 acres (8 km²) of land ceded by the Chippewa, Ottawa, and Potawatomi people …for a college at Detroit. ...

The University of Michigan was established in 1817 by the Michigan Territorial legislature as one of the United States' first public universities on 1,920 acres (8 km²) of land ceded by the Chippewa, Ottawa, and Potawatomi people. The school moved from Detroit to Ann Arbor in 1837. Hoping to be tapped as the site for the new state capitol, Ann Arbor had set aside 40 acres of land, which was subsequently offered to the University. The ceded acreage in Detroit was sold and the proceeds remain in the University's permanent endowment. State nickname: Wolverine State or Great Lakes State Other U.S. States Capital Lansing Largest city Detroit Governor Jennifer Granholm Official languages English Area 250,941 km² (11th)  - Land 147,255 km²  - Water 103,687 km² (41. ... 1817 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... From 1805-1818, the western border was a line through Lake Michigan. ... A professor teaching in a university A university is an institution of higher education and of research, which grants academic degrees. ... For other uses of Chippewa, see Chippewa (disambiguation). ... {{Canadian City/Disable Field={{{Disable Motto Link}}}}} Motto: Advance Ottawa/Ottawa en avant City of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Location. ... The Potawatomi (also spelled Pottawatomie or Pottawatomi) are an Aboriginal American people of the upper Mississippi River region. ... Ann Arbor is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. ... 1837 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...

The first classes were held in 1841; six freshmen and a sophomore were taught by two professors. Eleven men graduated in the first commencement ceremony, in 1845. By 1865-66, the university's enrollment increased to 1,205 students, with many of the new enrollees veterans of the Civil War. 1841 is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1845 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1865 is a common year starting on Sunday. ... 1866 is a common year starting on Monday. ...

The first two decades of the twentieth century saw a construction boom on campus that included facilities to house the dental and pharmacy programs, a chemistry building, a building for the study of natural sciences, two residence halls, Hill Auditorium, and large hospital and library complexes. The school's position as a prominent research university gained momentum in 1920 with a formal reorganization of the College of Engineering and the formation of an advisory committee of 100 industrialists to guide academic research initiatives. During World War II, the university grew into a true research powerhouse, undertaking major initiatives on behalf of the U.S. Navy and contributing to weapons development with breakthroughs including the V.T. Fuse, depth bombs, the PT boat, and radar jammers. By 1950, university enrollment had reached 21,000, of whom 7,700 were veterans supported by the G.I. Bill. Hill Auditorium is the largest hall on the University_of_Michigan - Ann Arbor campus. ... 1920 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January January 7 - Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km (over 11 miles) into the air, August 9, 1945 after the Allied atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. ... The United States Navy (USN) is the branch of the United States armed forces responsible for naval operations. ... 1950 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... The G. I. Bill of Rights or Servicemens Readjustment Act of 1944 provided for college or vocational education for returning World War II veterans as well as one-year of unemployment compensation. ...

John F. Kennedy outlines his vision for the Peace Corps on the steps of the Michigan Union.

As the Cold War and the Space Race took shape, Michigan became a principal recipient of government research grants, and its researchers were on the vanguard of exploring peacetime uses for atomic power. In a 1966 report by the American Council on Education, the university was rated first or second in the nation in graduate teaching of all twenty-eight disciplines surveyed. This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... Order: 35th President Vice President: Lyndon B. Johnson Term of office: January 20, 1961 – November 22, 1963 Preceded by: Dwight D. Eisenhower Succeeded by: Lyndon B. Johnson Date of birth: May 29, 1917 Place of birth: Brookline, Massachusetts Date of death: November 22, 1963 Place of death: Dallas, Texas First... Peace Corp volunteers usually serve for two years. ... The Cold War was the open yet restricted rivalry that developed after World War II between the United States and its allies and the Soviet Union and its allies. ... The July 15, 1975 rendezvous of the Apollo and Soyuz space modules marks the traditional end of the Space Race. ... 1966 was a common year starting on Saturday (link goes to calendar) // Events January January 1 - In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa ousts president David Dacko and takes over the Central African Republic. ...

On March 24, 1964, a group of faculty held the nation's first "teach-in" to protest American policy in Southeast Asia. 2,500 students attended the event. A series of 1966 sit-ins by Voice, the campus political party of Students for a Democratic Society, prompted the administration to ban sit-ins, a move that, in turn, led 1,500 students to conduct a one-hour sit-in in the administration building. March 24 is the 83rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (84th in Leap years). ... 1964 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Teach-In were a group who won the Eurovision Song Contest 1975, representing the Netherlands. ... 1966 was a common year starting on Saturday (link goes to calendar) // Events January January 1 - In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa ousts president David Dacko and takes over the Central African Republic. ... The Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) was a radical student activist movement in the United states founded in 1959. ... A sit-in or sit-down is a form of direct action that involves one or more persons nonviolently occupying an area for protest, often political, social, or economic change. ...

During the 1970s, severe budget constraints hindered to some extent the university's physical development and academic standing but eventually saw a surge in funds devoted to research in the social and physical sciences, although campus controversy arose over involvement in the anti-missile Strategic Defense Initiative and investments in South Africa. During the 1980s and 1990s, the university devoted substantial resources to renovating its massive hospital complex and improving the academic facilities on the school's North Campus. In the late 1980s and early 1990s the university emphasized uses for computer and information technology throughout the campus. This article provides extensive lists of events and significant personalities of the 1970s. ... For the computer game, see S.D.I. The Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) is a system proposed by U.S. President Ronald Reagan on March 23, 1983 to use space-based systems to protect the United States from attack by strategic nuclear missiles. ... // Events and trends The 1980s marked an abrupt shift towards more conservative lifestyles after the momentous cultural revolutions which took place in the 1960s and 1970s and the definition of the AIDS virus in 1981. ... // Events and trends The 1990s are generally classified as having moved slightly away from the more conservative 1980s, but keeping the same mind-set. ...

In 2003, two lawsuits involving the school's affirmative action admissions policy reached the U.S. Supreme Court (Grutter v. Bollinger and Gratz v. Bollinger). President George W. Bush took the unusual step of publicly opposing the policy before the court issued a ruling, though the eventual ruling was mixed. In the first case, the court upheld the Law School admissions policy while in the second, it ruled against the university's undergraduate admissions policy. 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Affirmative action (US English), or positive discrimination (British English), is a policy or a program providing advantages for people of a minority group who are seen to have traditionally been discriminated against, with the aim of creating a more egalitarian society. ... The Supreme Court Building, Washington, D.C. The Supreme Court Building, Washington, D.C., (large image) The Supreme Court of the United States, located in Washington, D.C., is the highest court (see supreme court) in the United States; that is, it has ultimate judicial authority within the United States... Grutter v. ... Gratz v. ... Order: 43rd President Vice President: Dick Cheney Term of office: January 20, 2001 – Present (Current Term will end on January 20, 2009. ... An aerial view of the Law Quadrangle at the University of Michigan. ...

Academics

The university has over 24,000 undergraduate students and over 11,000 graduate students with over 600 academic programs. Students come from all 50 states and over 100 countries, though the university admits less than 50% of applicants. 98% of applicants had a graduation high school GPA over 3.0. Each class year at Michigan numbers over 6,250 students. The upper quartile of each Michigan class is thus 2 to 3 times the size of the inter-quartile class of the Ivy League schools, yet with average board scores hovering around 1400, that quartile is academically competitive with the Ivy League average of 1420. As a result, Michigan numbers within its enrollment somewhat weaker students as well as a cohort competitive with, and as large as, the Ivy League schools. Diversity is valued at the university, as 15% newly enrolled undergraduates are minorities. In some educational systems, an undergraduate is a post-secondary student pursuing a Bachelors degree. ... Look up Graduate in Wiktionary, the free dictionary The word graduate can mean any of several things. ... The term state may refer to: a sovereign political entity, see state unitary state nation state a non-sovereign political entity, see state (non-sovereign). ... This article describes a type of political entity. ... Japanese high school students in uniform High school, or Secondary school, is the last segment of compulsory education in Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, South Korea, Singapore, Taiwan (Republic of China) (only junior high school) and the United States. ... The initials GPA can refer, among other things, to Grade Point Average; see Grade (education) Guinness Peat Aviation General Practice Australia, a private, independent medical accreditation society Greyhound Pets of America This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Diversity is an old, old wooden ship from the Civil War era. ... In sociology and in voting theory, a minority is a sub-group that is outnumbered by persons who do not belong to it. ...

About 65% of undergraduate students are enrolled in the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts (LS&A). The university has a top ranking engineering school which enrolls approximately 25% of undergraduate students. Less than 3% of undergraduate students are enrolled in the highly selective Ross School of Business which students apply to after being enrolled at the university for two years. The rest of the undergraduate students are scattered throughout the smaller colleges on campus including the School of Music, the School of Nursing, and the School of Art and Design. An aerial view of Michigans central campus, with the art museum and law quadrangle in the foreground, and the business school in the background. ... The University of Michigan School of Music is an undergraduate and graduate institution for the performing arts. ...

Most graduate students are enrolled in LS&A, the College of Engineering, the Law School, and the Medical School. The Medical School is partnered with one of the largest health care complexes in the world, the University of Michigan Health System (UMHS). An aerial view of the Law Quadrangle at the University of Michigan. ...

The University routinely leads the nation in the number of Fulbright Scholars and has several Rhodes Scholars. The university's combination of academics and athletics places it high in college ratings. In one recent rankings summary, more than 70% of Michigan's more than 200 major programs, departments and schools were ranked in the top 10 nationally, and more than 90 % of programs and departments were ranked in the top 20 nationally [1]. The Fulbright Program is program of educational grants (Fulbright Fellowships) sponsored by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the United States Department of State. ... Rhodes House in Oxford Rhodes Scholarships were created by Cecil John Rhodes. ...

Libraries and Museums

The University Library system is the sixth largest library system in the country. It is comprised of 19 individual libraries with 24 separate collections, roughly 7.96 million volumes, 67,554 current serials, 343,915 maps, 39,604 linear feet of mansucripts and archives, and over 85,000 film, video, and audio materials. The collection grows at the rate of 150,000 volumes, or roughly 2.5 miles (4 km), per year. The University was the original home of the JSTOR database with about 750,000 pages digitized from the entire pre-1990 backfile of ten journals of history and economics. The University recently entered into a path-breaking book digitization program with Google. JSTOR (Journal Storage) is an online system for archiving academic journals. ... 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... History Forums - History is Happening -Discuss all historical topics, as well as current events, in an academic setting. ... Economics (deriving from the Greek words οίκω [oikos], house, and νέμω [nemo], rules hence household management) is the social science that studies the allocation of scarce resources to satisfy unlimited wants. ... Google, Inc. ...

Two prominent libraries, the Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library and the Shapiro Undergraduate Library, are located on Central Campus and connected by a skywalk. The Duderstadt Center on North Campus contains books for art, architecture, and engineering. The Duderstadt Center also contains multiple computer labs, video editing studios, and a 3D virtual reality room. A skyway is a path that is traversed without touching the ground. ... Resources Great Museums in the World (Louvre, Metropolitan Museum, MoMA, Picasso …) CGFA: A Virtual Art Museum Art-Atlas. ... Architecture (in Greek αρχή = first and τέχνη = craftsmanship) is the art and science of designing buildings and structures. ... Licensure and Qualifications for the Practice of Engineering The Engineers Ring The origin of then Engineers Ring Engineering Disasters and Learning from Failure American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) ASEE engineering profile (2003) PDF EngineersEdge GlobalSpec Categories: Architecture and engineering occupations | Engineering ... A computer lab is a room which contains many computers, printers and other electronic equipment designed for public use. ... The term video editing can mean more than one thing -- see: non-linear editing system, using computers electronic video editing, using videotape This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... 3-D or 3D abbreviates three dimensional and is often related to a stereoscopic display that exploits binocular vision. ... Virtual reality (abbreviated VR) describes an environment that is simulated by a computer. ...

The University of Michigan is also home to a number of museums which cover topics such as archeology, anthropology, paleontology, zoology, dentistry, and art. The natural history public collections can be found at the University of Michigan Exhibit Museum of Natural History which displays items from the collections of the paleontology, zoology, and anthropology museums. The Exhibit Museum also holds the largest display of dinosaur specimens in Michigan as well as the official state fossil, the mastodon. The Museum of Zoology collection includes over 15 million specimens representing all orders of birds, amphibians and reptiles, mites, and insects, and over 80% of orders of fish and mollusks. One of the more famous museums is the University of Michigan Museum of Art which has approximately 14,000 art pieces, including European, American, Middle Eastern, Asian, and African, as well as changing exhibits. A museum is typically a non-profit, permanent institution in the service of society and of its development, open to the public, which acquires, conserves, researches, communicates and exhibits, for purposes of study, education enjoyment, the tangible and intangible evidence of people and their environment. ... Archaeology or sometimes in American English archeology (from the Greek words αρχαίος = ancient and λόγος = word/speech) is the study of human cultures through the recovery, documentation and analysis of material remains, including architecture, artefacts, biofacts, human remains, and landscapes. ... Anthropology (from the Greek word άνθρωπος = human) consists of the study of humankind (see genus Homo). ... A paleontologist carefully chips rock from a column of dinosaur vertebrae. ... Zoology (Greek zoon = animal and logos = word) is the biological discipline which involves the study of animals. ... X-rays can reveal if a person has cavities Dentistry is the practical application of knowledge of dental science (the science of placement, arrangement, function of teeth and their supporting bones and soft tissues) to human beings. ... Resources Great Museums in the World (Louvre, Metropolitan Museum, MoMA, Picasso …) CGFA: A Virtual Art Museum Art-Atlas. ... A fossil Ammonite Fossils are the mineralized remains of animals or plants or other traces such as footprints. ... For other uses of the word see Mastodon (disambiguation) A Mastodon skeleton at the Cincinnati Natural History Museum. ... Orders Many - see section below. ... Orders Subclass Labyrinthodontia - extinct Subclass Lepospondyli - extinct Subclass Lissamphibia   Anura   Caudata   Gymnophiona Amphibians (class Amphibia) are a group of animals that include all tetrapods (four-legged vertebrates) that do not have amniotic eggs. ... Orders  Crocodylia - Crocodilians  Rhynchocephalia - Tuataras  Squamata   Suborder Sauria - Lizards   Suborder Serpentes - Snakes Testudines - Turtles Superorder Dinosauria  Saurischia  Ornithischia The reptiles are a group of vertebrate animals. ... Families Tetranychidae - Spider mites Eriophyidae - Gall mites Sarcoptidae - Sarcoptic Mange mites The mites and ticks, order Acarina or Acari, belong to the Arachnida and are among the most diverse and successful of all the invertebrate groups, although some way behind the insects. ... A database query syntax error has occurred. ... Atlantic herring, Clupea harengus, the most abundant fish species in the world. ... Classes Caudofoveata Aplacophora Polyplacophora - Chitons Monoplacophora Bivalvia - Bivalves Scaphopoda - Tusk shells Gastropoda - Snails and Slugs Cephalopoda - Squids, Octopuses, etc. ...

Research

The University has the largest yearly research expenditure of any public university in the United States, totaling roughly $750 million in 2004. The United States dollar, or American dollar, is the official currency of the United States. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The University was at the center of the development of one of the first university networks and has made major contributions to the mathematics of information theory, notably through Claude Shannon. Other major contributions include the construction of the precursor to the National Science Foundation (NSF) computer networking backbone, the virtual memory model, and computer databases. The National Election Studies and one of the nation's most watched economic index, the University of Michigan's Consumer Confidence Index, are based at the University. Information theory is a branch of the mathematical theory of probability and mathematical statistics that quantifies the concept of information. ... Claude Elwood Shannon (April 30, 1916 - February 24, 2001) has been called the father of information theory, and was the founder of practical digital circuit design theory. ... The National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent United States government agency responsible for supporting basic science research mainly by providing research funding. ... Computer network From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. ... A database is a collection of data elements (facts) stored in a computer in a systematic way, such that a computer program can consult it to answer questions. ... The National Election Studies, carried out by the University of Michigan, is the leading academically-run national survey of voters in the United States, conducted after every federal election. ... In economics and finance an index (for example a price index, a stockmarket index) is a benchmark of activity, performance or any evolution in general. ...

The University is also a major contributor to the medical field, with the EKG, gastroscope, Jonas Salk's polio vaccine, and the ECMO (extracorporal membrane oxygenation) system being invented at the University. Currently, the University is breaking new ground in femtosecond keratectomy using chirped-pulse lasers. Huge support was recently given to the life sciences with the establishment of the Life Sciences Institute (LSI) and the construction of associated facilities. ECG may also refer to the East Coast Greenway Lead II An Electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG, abbreviated from the German Elektrokardiogramm) is a graphic produced by an electrocardiograph, which records the electrical voltage in the heart in the form of a continuous strip graph. ... In medicine (gastroenterology), esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) or upper endoscopy is a diagnostic endoscopic procedure that visualises the upper part of the gastrointestinal tract. ... Jonas Salk (October 28, 1914 - June 23, 1995) is the discoverer/inventor of the eponymous Salk vaccine (see polio vaccine). ... PRK, an acronym for PhotoRefractive Keratectomy, is an eye surgery procedure intended to reduce a persons dependency on glasses or contact lenses. ... Laser (US Air Force) A LASER (Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation) is an optical device which uses a quantum mechanical effect called stimulated emission (discovered by Einstein while researching the photoelectric effect) in order to generate a coherent beam of light from a lasing medium of controlled purity... Biology studies the variety of life (clockwise from top-left) E. coli, tree fern, gazelle, Goliath beetle Biology is the science of life (from the Greek words bios = life and logos = word). ...

Undergraduate students are able to participate in various research projects through the Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP) as well as the UROP/Creative-Programs. These programs received a #1 national ranking [2].

Campus

The Bell Tower reflects the architectural style of North Campus.

The Ann Arbor campus of the University of Michigan is composed of three main areas: North Campus, Central Campus, and South Campus. The physical plant is comprised of more than 300 major buildings with a combined area of more than 29 million square feet (3 km²). This work is copyrighted. ... This work is copyrighted. ...

North Campus houses the College of Engineering, the Schools of Music and Art and Design, and the Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning. The College of Literature, Science and the Arts and most of the graduate and professional schools occupy Central Campus, with the Medical Center between North and Central Campuses. South Campus houses the athletic programs, the Buhr library storage facility, Institute for Continuing Legal Education, and the Student Theatre Arts Complex, which provides shop and rehearsal space for student theatre groups. Central and North Campuses differ notably in architecture; while the buildings in the former appear rather classical or gothic, the latter has a much more modern architectural look. North and Central Campuses each have unique bell towers which reflect the predominant architectural style of their surroundings. Architecture (in Greek αρχή = first and τέχνη = craftsmanship) is the art and science of designing buildings and structures. ... Urban, city, or town planning, deals with design of the built environment from the municipal and metropolitan perspective. ... Modern architecture is a broad term given to a number of building styles with similar characteristics, primarily the simplification of form and the elimination of ornament, that first arose around 1900. ...

Ten of the buildings on Central Campus were designed by Detroit-based architect Albert Kahn between 1904 and 1936, while Birmingham, Michigan-based Eero Saarinen created one of the early master plans for North Campus and designed several of its buildings in the 1950s [3]. The most notable of the Kahn-designed buildings are the prominent Burton Memorial Tower and nearby Hill Auditorium; Saarinen designed the Earl V Moore School of Music Building. This article refers to the largest city of Michigan. ... See Albert Kahn (banker) for the French banker. ... 1904 is a leap year starting on a Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1936 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Birmingham is a city located in Oakland County, Michigan, United States. ... Eero Saarinen (August 20, 1910, in Kirkkonummi, Finland – September 1, 1961, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States) was a Finnish-American architect of the 20th century famous for his simple sweeping and arching shapes. ... Millennia: 1st millennium - 2nd millennium - 3rd millennium // Events and trends The 1950s in Western society was marked with a sharp rise in the economy for the first time in almost 30 years and return to the 1920s-type consumer society built on credit and boom-times, as well as the...

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the University of Michigan The University of Michigan features 25 varsity sports teams, called the Wolverines. ...

Michigan's sports teams are called the Wolverines, after the state's nickname. They participate in the NCAA's Division I-A and in the Big Ten Conference in all sports except hockey, which competes in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association. Block M File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Binomial name Gulo gulo (Linnaeus, 1758) The Wolverine (Gulo gulo) is the largest species of the Mustelidae or weasel family, and is also called the Glutton or Carcajou. ... The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA, often said NC-Double-A) is a voluntary association of about 1200 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletics programs of many colleges and universities in the United States. ... Division I is the highest level of intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association in the United States. ... The Big Ten Conference is a college athletic conference located in the northern United States, stretching from Iowa in the west to Pennsylvania in the east. ... Ice hockey, known simply as hockey in areas where it is more common than field hockey, is a team sport played on ice. ... The Central Collegiate Hockey Association is a college athletic conference which operates mostly in Michigan and Ohio, although it also has members in Alaska, Indiana, and Nebraska. ...

Football Saturday at Michigan's "The Big House".

The Michigan football team won the first Rose Bowl game in 1902, and has won an NCAA-record 842 games through the 2004 season. The football team is the NCAA's all-time winningest program - in both total wins and winning percentage. The team is popular throughout the country. A survey conducted by ESPN showed the Michigan football uniform to be the most popular uniform amongst fans in all of sports [4]. Michigan's famous football coaches include Fielding Yost, Fritz Crisler and Bo Schembechler. Michigan Stadium is the largest football-only stadium in the world, with an official capacity of 107,501 and with attendance commonly exceeding 110,000. NCAA record-breaking attendance has become commonplace at Michigan Stadium, especially since the arrival of Schembechler in 1969. The University of Michigan has fierce rivalries with many teams, including Michigan State and Notre Dame; however their football rivalry with The Ohio State University is widely considered to be the greatest in all of college athletics, and was called the greatest sports rivalry of all time by ESPN [5]. This work is copyrighted. ... This work is copyrighted. ... United States simply as football, is a competitive team sport that is both fast-paced and strategic. ... The Rose Bowl is an annual American college football game usually played on January 1 at the stadium of the same name in Pasadena, California. ... 1902 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Fielding Harris Yost (1871 - 1946) was a U.S. football coach. ... Herbert O. Fritz Crisler was head football coach at the University of Michigan from 1938 to 1947. ... Glenn E. Bo Schembechler coached the University of Michigan Wolverines college football team from 1969-1989, leading them to 17 bowl games in 27 years, placing him 9th for all-time bowl appearances. ... Michigan Stadium, aka the Big House, is the football stadium for the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan. ... 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... ESPN, an abbreviation of Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, is an American cable television network dedicated to broadcasting sports-related programming 24 hours a day. ...

The Michigan men's basketball team, which plays at Crisler Arena, and the ice hockey team, which plays at Yost Ice Arena, are also highly-popular teams on campus. College basketball refers to the American basketball league organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, or NCAA. History The game of basketball was devised by James Naismith in 1892. ... Crisler Arena, in Ann Arbor, Michigan, is the home arena of the mens and womens basketball teams of the University of Michigan. ... Ice hockey, known simply as hockey in areas where it is more common than field hockey, is a team sport played on ice. ... Yost Ice Arena (formerly Yost Fieldhouse) in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, is the home of the University of Michigan varsity ice hockey team. ...

Michigan's women's softball team won the 2005 Division 1 NCAA Softball Championship, defeating two-time defending champion and perennial softball power UCLA. Michigan is the first school east of the Mississippi River to win this title. Softball is a team sport in which a ball, eleven to twelve inches in circumference, is thrown by a player called a pitcher and hit by an offensive player called a batter with a round, smooth stick called a bat. ... NCAA womens softball champions Division I 1982 UCLA 2-0 (8 inn. ... The University of California, Los Angeles, popularly known as UCLA, is a public, coeducational university situated in the neighborhood of Westwood within the city of Los Angeles. ...

In seven of the past 10 years, Michigan has finished in the top five of the NACDA Director's Cup, a list compiled by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics that charts institutions' overall success in college sports. The NACDA Directors Cup is an award given annually by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics to the colleges and universities with the most success in collegiate athletic championships. ...

Michigan "fight song"

The school "fight song" is The Victors, written by student Louis Elbel in 1898 following a last-minute victory over the University of Chicago that clinched a league championship. The song was declared by John Philip Sousa as "the greatest college fight song ever written." Largely believed to be an original creation, the melody of the fight song is actually the same as the breakup strain from George Rosey's The Spirit of Liberty March, copyrighted earlier in 1898. The alma mater song is The Yellow and Blue. A common rally cry at Michigan football games is "Let's Go Blue!" 1898 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... The University of Chicago is a private co-educational university located in Chicago, Illinois. ... John Philip de Sousa John Philip Sousa or John Philip de Sousa (November 6, 1854 - March 6, 1932) is probably the most famous conductor and composer in history of military marches. ...

See also

• The Victors lyrics
• The Yellow and Blue lyrics

Student life

Student government

Housed within the Michigan Union, the Michigan Student Assembly (MSA) is the central student government of the University of Michigan's Ann Arbor campus. With representatives from each of the University's colleges and schools, the MSA represents the voice of students, and manages student funds on the campus. The Michigan Student Assembly is a member of the state-wide Association of Michigan Universities. The Association of Michigan Universities (AMU) was founded in November 2000 and is comprised of student governance bodies from each of Michigans fifteen public universities. ...

Within each college and school, there are also student governance bodies. These bodies represent the needs of their respective college or school.

The two largest colleges at the University of Michigan are the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts (LS&A) and the College of Engineering. Students in the LS&A are represented by the LS&A Student Government. The University of Michigan Engineering Council (UMEC) manages student government affairs for the College of Engineering.

Famous alumni and faculty

Main article: List of University of Michigan people There are over 425,000 living alumni and 4,196 faculty of the University of Michigan. ...

There are over 425,000 living alumni and 4,196 faculty of the University of Michigan. Famous alumni include the first American to peform a space walk, a US President, the "father" of the iPod, the founders of Sun Microsystems and Google, the father of information theory, and the voice of Darth Vader. Astronaut Bruce McCandless on an untethered EVA Extra-vehicular activity (EVA) is work done by an astronaut away from the Earth and outside of his or her spacecraft. ... Seal of the President of the United States The President of the United States is the head of state of the United States. ... A grayscale fourth-generation iPod with earphones. ... Sun Microsystems is a computer, semiconductor and software manufacturer headquartered in Santa Clara, California, in Silicon Valley. ... Google, Inc. ... -1...

See also

• University of Michigan-Dearborn
• University of Michigan-Flint

University of Michigan, Dearborn The University of Michigan-Dearborn, located in Dearborn, Michigan is part of the University of Michigan system. ... The University of Michigan-Flint, located in Flint, Michigan, is one of three campuses in the University of Michigan system. ...

References

• Fleming, Robben W. (1996). Tempests into Rainbows: Managing Turbulence. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press. ISBN 0472106740.
• Holtzer (editor), Susan. (1990). Special to the Daily: The 1st 100 Years of Editorial Freedom at the Michigan Daily. Caddo Gap Press. ISBN 0962594520.
• Peckham, Howard H. (1994). The Making of The University of Michigan 1817-1992. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press. ISBN 0472065947.
• Ulaby, Fawwaz T. Annual Report on Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity at the University of Michigan FY2004. (February 17, 2005). UM Research.

External links

• Unversity of Michigan Home Page
• UM Alumni Association
• University of Michigan Athletics Site
• University of Michigan Museum Resource
• Various images of the campus
• College Students' Guide to University of Michigan's Campus
• Campus maps

University media

• The Michigan Daily, independent student newspaper
• The Michigan Review, an independent conservative student newspaper
• The Michigan Independent, a progressive student run newspaper
• WOLV-TV, the University of Michigan's student-run television station

Libraries

• University Library
  • Alphabetical listing
  • Subject listing

Employee organizations

• Union of Professional Office Workers (UPOWER) - AFT, AFL-CIO
• Lecturers Employee Organization (LEO) - Local 6244, AFT, AFL-CIO
• Graduate Employees Organization (GEO) - Local 3550, AFT, AFL-CIO
• the University of Michigan Professional Nurse Council (UMPNC) - MNA / UAN, AFL-CIO
• The University of Michigan Skilled Trades Union, Inc - AFL-CIO
• International Union of Operating Engineers - Local 547, IUOE, AFL-CIO
• University of Michigan House Officers Association
• American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees - Local 1583, AFSCME, AFL-CIO
• International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees - Local 395, IATSE, AFL-CIO
• University of Michigan Law Enforcement Association - POAM

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Public universities in Michigan
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