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Where to begin? I came to the University in 1971, looking to design spacecraft. I quickly learned that my academic strength was mathematics, got an Applied Math degree from the Engineering College, followed by a Master's and Ph.D. from Carnegie-Mellon in Pittsburgh, where my doctoral advisor was a prof I had met (and taken several classes from) at Michigan.
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Just before Christmas I watched The Iron Claw in theaters, the first movie in I don’t even know how long I’ve gone to see on its opening night. Appealing to my love of the beautifully stupid art form that is professional wrestling, the A24 film tells the heartbreaking tale of wrestling’s Von Erich family.
Thaw becomes the fourth Wolverine to enter the portal
Blake Corum could have declared for the NFL draft after last season, but the Michigan running back had unfinished business.