Students gather to hear University of Michigan President Mary Sue Coleman address the community on the Diag, one day after Michigan voters approved Proposal 2. Ann Arbor campus, November 8, 2006.

IHP Updates

Read the Latest News and Research

Stay informed about the IHP’s latest activities by exploring the resources below.

UM-Dearborn student housing and cottages, 1971

News

Mar. 2025

Task force seeks input on process for new honorific namings

The tri-campus Task Force on New Honorific Namings is seeking input from the university community as it works to develop policies and procedures for new honorific namings of facilities and prominent spaces at U-M.

Gerald Ford and Willis Ward, U-M Football, 1934

Research Update

The 1817 Project
Mar. 2025

Visualizing the History of the University of Michigan’s Early Land Possessions

The 1817 Project research team created a visual report to contextualize U-M’s acquisition of land. The report visualizes the landholdings and links them to the treaties that dispossessed Indigenous people and made land available for purchase and settlement.

News

Mar. 2025

Extra, extra! Read all about getting UM-Dearborn history online

Through an Inclusive History Project grant, the Mardigian Library is digitizing more than 1,000 student newspapers for a publicly available and searchable virtual database. The project will be complete by December.

Student Opportunity

Mar. 2025

Apply for the 2025-26 Inclusive History Project Student Advisory Committee

The IHP is now accepting applications for its 2025-26 Student Advisory Committee, which engages students interested in the IHP’s wide-ranging efforts to study and document a comprehensive history of the University of Michigan. Applications are due April 7.

Research

Feb. 2025

The Education of James Earl Jones

The legendary actor came to U-M to become a doctor. He left on the path to stardom. Read more from Dr. Lorena Chambers, IHP Postdoctoral Fellow, in the Michigan Alum.