Category Archives: UM

Michigan vs Michigan State Football Rivalry

October 1, 2009 – 6:08 am

This Saturday the University of Michigan Wolverines travel to East Lansing to play the Michigan State University Spartans at Spartan Stadium. The rivalry between the two teams and their fans is intense and the Lansing State Journal takes note of this in their article "Rivalry ingrained in players from families - Intense feelings have bubbled [...]

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Photo Friday: Tulips at the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) by cseeman

May 8, 2009 – 9:06 am

cseeman (Corey) is the Library Director at the Kresge Business Administration Library at the University of Michigan (Corey's homepage)
You'll definitely want to check this photo out background bigalicious or in his cool Tulip slideshow. His sets include Birds of Saline, Fiddlers Restrung (not to be confused with the Saline Fiddlers) and Lighthouses of Michigan (slideshow) [...]

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Michigan and MSU both headed to the Big Dance

March 17, 2009 – 9:18 am

ballin' by Beth☮♥♬
With the 2009 Final Four taking place in Detroit, it's probably fitting that both the University of Michigan Wolverines and Michigan State Spartans have received NCAA Basketball Tournament bids
It's the first NCAA tournament bid for the Wolverines since 1998, a #10 seed in the South Region with a draw of Clemson (23-8). UM [...]

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Rollercoaster Wednesday

January 7, 2009 – 10:45 am

MSU College of Human Medicine by Eridony
Going up
The New York Times reports that in the midst of the darkest economic times Michigan has seen in decades, the University of Michigan is spending billions to grow with nearly three million square feet new buildings for science, medicine, health, art, business, sports, food service and student housing [...]

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Michigan Books: War as They Knew It: Woody Hayes, Bo Schembechler, and America in a Time of Unrest by Michael Rosenberg

December 19, 2008 – 2:32 pm

War as They Knew It: Woody Hayes, Bo Schembechler, and America in a Time of Unrest by Michael Rosenberg (Grand Central Publishing) -- The greatest years of the storied football rivalry between the University of Michigan and Ohio State University took place in the late 1960s and early 1970s amidst campus unrest, Vietnam War protests [...]

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Social vs Antisocial Monday

November 17, 2008 – 12:36 pm

Social! The Detroit Pistons have launched a new social network called Posting Up. It's a place where fans can network and share blogs, photos, videos and their love of the Pistons.
Antisocial! The annual UM/Ohio State game has lost some if its luster (OK, most of its luster) thanks to the Wolverines' lackluster season. The Michigan [...]

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The Week for October 20-26, 2008

October 20, 2008 – 9:35 am

Fallen Beauty by lorainedicerbo
Welcome to 'The Week' for October 20-26. This is where we will be posting comments such as news items, interesting blog posts, cool video and media, coming events, new web sites added to Absolute Michigan and other items of note.
We invite you to do the same!
Temps are dropping and most areas have [...]

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The University Research Corridor and it's positive impact on Michigan's economy

September 17, 2008 – 12:03 pm

gothic splendor by dnj_Brian
Nathan Bomey of the Ann Arbor Business Review has an interesting piece showcasing how Michigan's three research universities have a direct and significant impact on our state's economy.
One of every $50 earned in the state of Michigan can be attributed to the economic impact of the state's three research universities, according to [...]

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The Week for September 15-21, 2008

September 15, 2008 – 5:52 pm

Rain or Shine (since 1922) by paulh192
Welcome to a special Monday evening edition of The Week on Absolute Michigan.
While the stock market falls, folks on Mackinac Island are getting ready for the Festival of the Falling Leaves Moon (Sep 18-20) which celebrates the time of year when the trees were told to stay awake for [...]

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Ann Arbor Street Art Fair – July 16 – 19

July 15, 2008 – 1:06 pm

Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds by Amy Loo Who
Established in 1960, the Ann Arbor Street Art Fair is the Original of the now four award winning art fairs together attracting over 500,000 attendees from across the nation. Among the many accolades received by the fair is the Number One Art Fair rating in the [...]

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