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In 1841, the University was ready to open its Ann Arbor doors to seven students served by two faculty members. By 1865, only a short 24 years later, the University of Michigan with 1,145 students had the largest university enrollment of any college.
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Coordinates: 42°16′37″N 83°44′17″W. The University of Michigan ( U-M, UMich, or simply Michigan) is a public research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Founded in 1817, it is the oldest institution of higher education in the state.
- Midsize city, 3,177 acres (12.86 km²), Total: 20,965 acres (84.84 km²), including arboretum
- 51,225 (2022)
- "Arts, Knowledge, Truth"
- Santa Ono
- Fairy Doors Are Everywhere
- The University of Michigan Once Went Nearly 25 Years Without Holding A Class
- An Amazing 1.5 Million Trees Adorn Ann Arbor
- The Internet’S Biggest Musical Started Here
- The First Anti-War “Teach-In” Started in Ann Arbor
- Many of The World’S Most Recognized Companies Have Offices in Ann Arbor
- The Fragel Was Invented in Ann Arbor
- Forbes Repeatedly Calls It America’s Best College Town
- Home to The World’S 2Nd-Biggest Football Stadium
- One of America’s Most Important Film Festivals Is Here
One of Ann Arbor’s most distinct, mystical features are its fairy doors. The very first fairy doors were spotted in 1993 at the residence of two Ann Arborites. The first public fairy door was actually spotted outside a Sweetwater’s in 2005, and since then another 10 have shownup throughout the city. True to the nature of Ann Arbor, the cultural res...
It is strange to think that one of the nation’s most bustling institutions once did not have class for 25 years. But it’s true – the University of Michigan was technically founded in 1817 in Detroit. It relocated 20 years later to Ann Arbor – and never actually held a class in Detroit! It still took the school four more years after its relocation t...
According to the City of Ann Arbor, 1.5 million trees comprise what the residents call “Tree Town.” These trees naturally remove over 400 tons of pollution every year, equivalent to the pollution generated by nearly 360,000 automobiles! Because of these trees, Ann Arbor has healthier air, less carbon dioxide, and cleaner water compared to other cit...
One of YouTube’s biggest sensations in its first five years online was a musical started in Ann Arbor. Based on the famed Harry Potter series, A Very Potter Musicalwas created and performed by students at the University of Michigan. Many of the actors in this musical consisted of future Hollywood stars, including Golden-Globe award winning actor Da...
A teach-inis an educational seminar about a current affair, normally political in nature. Unlike a traditional seminar, there are no time-limits, and there is a strong bias towards taking action to further a specific cause. Ann Arbor, intentionally or not, created the first teach-in back in 1965. The topic of this teach-in? The Vietnam War, specifi...
A division of Google is based in Ann Arbor. Car and Driver Magazine – the “tell it how it is” publication & website all about reviewing the latest in automobiles – is also based in Ann Arbor. Ever had Domino’s Pizza? Yeap – based in Ann Arbor. The former largest competitor to Barnes & Noble, Borders, was also based in Ann Arbor. Ann Arbor, in its o...
The fragel is a fried bagel with lots of cinnamon and sugar, essentially a cross between a donut and a bagel. It started as just as a raisin bagel, but then after some significant evolution, the inventor fried it and it turned into a new food. The fragel has been a staple of Ann Arbor cuisine since the 1970s. That it is rarely seen outside of Michi...
Forbes repeatedly names Ann Arbor America’s best college town– and it is easy to see why. Some of the midwest’s best music establishments, nature, arts festivals, and more are in Ann Arbor. The cultural options are endless – the Ann Arbor Film Festival, Michigan football, concerts at Hill Auditorium… Don’t forget about Zingerman’s, the city’s belov...
We all know how amazing Ann Arbor’s The Big House is. However, did you know it is the world’s 2nd-largest stadium in any sport? With a max capacity of nearly 110,000, no stadium in the United States is larger than the Michigan Stadium, home to Wolverines football. Every home game since late 1975, according to Wikipedia, has had an attendance of at ...
One of the nation’s best film festivals, the Ann Arbor film festival, attracts over 3,000 submissions every year for inclusion in its programming. In particular, independent and experimental films are staples of this annual festival. The first event of this film festival in Ann Arbor was in 1963; because it is still operating, it is the 4th-oldest ...
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Overview. University of Michigan—Ann Arbor is a public institution that was founded in 1817. It has a total undergraduate enrollment of 32,695 (fall 2022), its setting is city, and the...
Why study history? History helps us place the past in context and gain a better understanding of the contingency of the present and the possibilities for the future. Come explore our website and see how U-M History engages complexity and change in both the present and the past.
University of Michigan, 1906 Physicists George Uhlenbeck, Hendrik Kramers, and Samuel Goudsmit circa 1928 in Ann Arbor. Uhlenbeck and Goudsmit proposed the idea of a spin magnetic moment three years earlier when they were studying in Leiden with Paul Ehrenfest .
But for many decades, 1837 was considered the University’s founding year – especially in Ann Arbor, which was proud of its growing claim to fame and happy to promote itself as the University’s one and only home. And “1837″ was placed on the University’s official seal.
