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Week of April 30, 2012

Old school: U-M in History

Women’s crew


A women’s crew team rows on the Huron River, circa 1878-79. — Courtesy Bentley Historical Library

This month in history (10 years ago)

“I had a burning need to explore my gay identity in fiction,” said author and alumnus Edmund White in his keynote talk at the 2002 Avery Hopwood Awards Ceremony. His writing career took off while an undergraduate at U-M when he won a Hopwood award in 1962 for his play, “The Blue Boy in Black.” The play later was  produced off-Broadway. — The University Record

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STAFF SPOTLIGHT

Krisztina Fehervary, assistant professor of anthropology, LSA, on her first visit as a child to Hungary: “Everything was so different and bizarre. It was just an upside-down world and I was fascinated with it.”

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Center for Research on Learning and Teaching 50th Anniversary celebration opens with president’s panel, 9:30 a.m. May 4, Michigan Union Ballroom.

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