Multimedia Features
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May 22, 2020
Back to the lab
Read more about U-M’s research re-engagement processCatherine Polik, a research laboratory technician with LSA’s Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, has her temperature checked by Lt. Akin A. Bryant of the Division of Public Safety and Security before entering the North University Building on May 21 as DPSS Deputy Chief Crystal James looks on. U-M researchers have started the gradual resumption of on-campus laboratory and studio-based research activity, which is expected to ramp up in waves over the next several weeks. Limited numbers of people will be allowed into specified buildings for approved purposes only, and under new public health-informed safety procedures. (Photo by Roger Hart, Michigan Photography)
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May 21, 2020
Rise Up
Read more about the making of this video tributeTo salute all who are making an impact during this uncertain time, the music therapists at C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital put together a heartfelt musical tribute. The video involves the therapists singing “Rise Up” by Andra Day and playing instruments, and also includes spoken messages from pediatric patients, child life specialists and other Michigan Medicine team members who sent in video clips.
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May 20, 2020
Protecting workers
Read more about these two new devicesTreating patients with COVID-19 means health care workers are putting their own health and safety on the line each day. Now, two new devices, dubbed Aerosolve, could offer additional safety for health care workers, while allowing more effective treatment of patients with infections spread by respiratory droplets. In this video, researchers from U-M’s Center for Integrative Research in Critical Care describe the devices they designed: a portable negative-pressure helmet and a portable negative-pressure procedural tent.
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May 19, 2020
‘Blossom’ speaks volumes
See the winners and the As I See It photo competition submissionsArts at Michigan’s latest photography contest has ended, and “Blossom” has been voted the winner. The theme for the competition was “sound,” and this photo by Anders Lundin, an undergraduate studying art and design, was voted tops by the U-M community. Competitions take place periodically throughout the year, with different themes and media for each round.
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May 18, 2020
‘Four Years in Blue’
Read more about the medical students’ journeyIn 2016, the University of Michigan Medical School welcomed 172 new doctors-in-training. Out of this group, 15 students agreed to be followed throughout all four years of their medical training, documenting key milestones in their journeys from the first months on campus until just days before graduation for most of them. In this short film, they tell their stories in their own words with glimpses into the reality of med school life as they lived it.
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May 15, 2020
Plasma jet wands
Read more about the plasma jet wandsAn ion-emitting wand under development at U-M has the potential to enable quick decontamination of surfaces in hospitals and public places. The project has been funded with a rapid response grant from the National Science Foundation. In this video, John Foster, professor of nuclear engineering and radiological sciences and of aerospace engineering, and Mirko Gamba, associate professor of aerospace engineering, explain the science beyond this initiative.
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May 14, 2020
Helping, learning in Kenya
Read more about this effort to improve dental care in KenyaU-M faculty and students in dentistry, medicine, pharmacy and engineering are part of a cross-disciplinary partnership working together for a decade to improve health care around the state of Meru in Kenya. Before the coronavirus pandemic reached Kenya, 30 U-M students immersed themselves in a learning and service journey to the east African country. This video explains how the dental students taught older students proper dental hygiene, which they passed along to younger students in an area where dentists are rare.
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May 13, 2020
Bloom celebration canceled
Read more about the bloom celebration cancellationEach spring, Nichols Arboretum at U-M boasts a spectacular display of peonies, drawing large crowds from all over the region. This spring, because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the historic peony garden will bloom without visitors. In this video, Bob Grese, director of the Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum, asks people to skip their annual visit and explains how to enjoy the bloom virtually. -
May 11, 2020
Robot business booming
Read more about the delivery robotsThe restaurant business has suffered under the weight of the COVID-19 pandemic, but a U-M startup that builds three-wheeled, autonomous REV-1 delivery robots it trying to prop it up. A pilot deployment of eight robots by Refraction AI is doing four times as many runs since the crisis began. This video explains how the robots operate and their importance during the pandemic.
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May 8, 2020
Business after crises
Read a Q&A with Jerry DavisJerry Davis, professor of business and associate dean for business and impact at the Stephen M. Ross School of Business, sees parallels between the Great Recession and the one caused by COVID-19. In this video, he explores some of them, as well as how entrepreneurial and technological trends that bubbled up in the intervening years could be catalysts for significant change on the other side of the latest economic upheaval.
