University of Michigan Heritage Project

Madelon’s World

U-M's first woman came to campus alone, and lived much of her life the same way.

Memory ... does not reveal a time when I did not long to attend at some time our state university.

– Madelon Stockwell

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^“The global village remains in great jeopardy.^”
– Professor J. David Singer

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The Prisoner’s Dilemma

^“The Prisoner's Dilemma captured the essence of the tension between doing what is good for the individual and what is good for everyone.^”
– Robert Axelrod

How a U-M social scientist used the most famous puzzle in game theory to help make sense of human behavior.
Tom Harmon is Missing

^“I live in the hope that he is down and all right.^”
– Fritz Crisler

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