Yesterday’s bicentennial colloquium on “The Evolving Bargain between Research Universities and Society”--organized by Paul Courant and Sue Alcock as part of the University of Michigan’s bicentennial celebrations--engaged the leaders of nine prestigio...
An illustrious group of Michigan graduates from fields such as economics, education, political science, psychology, public policy, social work, sociology, and women’s studies will discuss past, present, and future research on issues related to gender, race, poverty, inequality, and economic mobility.
The new year brings a monumental moment in the life of our university – our Bicentennial celebration. When we were founded 200 years ago in Detroit, the University of Michigan was an ambitious experiment, a novel and noble idea for higher education i...