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Contents
"Facts about Michigan" is organized in seven subject areas:

• Budget

• Dimensions

Academic units Alumni Awards to faculty, students Computing Costs to attend (from U-M Office of Budget and Planning) U-M employment in Washtenaw County (from Michigan Economic Development Corporation) Faculty & staff (from U-M Office of Budget and Planning) Financial aid (from U-M Office of Financial Aid) Flora Food Honorary degrees

Housing Libraries Licensed products, logos Mail Medical Center Parking Plant Operations (from U-M Plant Operations Division) Property Recreational Sports (from U-M Recreational Sports Division) Recycling Research (see also Research Advances) Telecommunications Volunteerism

• Firsts

• Rankings—.PDF file
(from Office of Budget and Planning)

• Research Advances

Anthropology Astronomy Biology Economics Engineering Humanities

Medicine Paleontology Pharmacy Physics Public Health Social Science

• Students (from Office of Budget and Planning)

• 1817—the year the U-M was "born"

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Last revised January 2006.  Questions? Comments? Please send e-mail to "Facts about Michigan" editor.
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