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Jones Natatorium at Eastern Michigan University.

National swimming and diving championship books next 2 years in Ypsi

The 2027 and 2028 National Association of Intercollegiate Athletes Swimming and Diving National Championships will take place at Eastern Michigan University's Jones Natatorium in Ypsilanti.

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"American Sampler" exhibit curator Julie Ault reviews archival materials from the University of Michigan's Labadie Collection.
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Former White House Press Secretary Karine Jeanne-Pierre speaks at Eastern Michigan University for Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
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The Julia Keefe Indigenous Big Band.
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The Alpha House East family shelter in Ypsilanti.
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Alpha House East offers 30 individual housing units where families can stabilize, regroup, and begin the process of moving toward permanent housing. 

Don Was and the Pan-Detroit Ensemble.
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Tinker the facilities dog with Eastern Michigan University student Elena Quinonez.
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