Where is Michigan?
Michigan is made up of two major peninsulas of land separated by the Straits of Mackinac. It is bordered on the south at 42º north latitude by the states of Ohio and Indiana. Its northernmost border, at 48º north latitude, lies in Lake Superior north of the shore of Isle Royale. Michigan lies between 82°30′ to about 90º30′ west longitude. It is bordered on the west by Lake Michigan and Wisconsin, and on the east by Ontario, Canada; Lake Huron and Lake Erie; and Detroit River and St. Clair River. Michigan covers 58,110 square miles of land, 38,575 square miles of Great Lakes waters and 1,305 square miles of inland waters. (See Michigan on a map of the United States.) Visit the Michigan Department of Transportation web site to request a copy of the state transportation map or learn about the various maps that may be purchased.
Last fall, the Open CourseWare (OCW) Speaker’s Series began a campus-wide conversation around the innovative ideas and potential opportunities that OCW represents for the University of Michigan. Below is a short summary of the series and links to videos of our guest speakers: Charles M. Vest and Shigeru Miyagawa. Leading institutions of higher education in the United States, Europe and Asia are embarking OCW projects.
