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May 17, 2024

Racing hydrogen cars in Detroit

Henderson Academy students Damontay Shufford (left) and Zadrian King work with Haley Hart, director of the Michigan Engineering Zone, on testing a car they built. Earlier this month, 27 eighth-graders from Henderson Academy in Detroit were the first to build and race model hydrogen cars at the MEZ. The event was sponsored by MI Hydrogen, U-M’s hydrogen initiative, which provided Hydrogen Grand Prix kits from Horizon Educational. (Photo by Marcin Szczepanski, College of Engineering)

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May 16, 2024

Making phones more annoying

Phone overuse is common in today’s society, and current interventions are not effective at helping users decrease screen time. College of Engineering researchers are developing an app called “InteractOut,” which works by slightly modifying common phone interactions, like tap and swipe, to gradually ease a user off their phone. In this video, Anhong Guo, assistant professor of computer science and engineering, discusses the app.

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May 14, 2024

Farm to table

Divine McNear (right) and Sara Gradillas (left) from the MDining team at Mary Markley Hall took a break from their culinary duties to lend a hand at the Campus Farm at Matthaei Botanical Gardens. Swapping their aprons for gardening gloves, they joined the Campus Farm team to plant peppers, which will be harvested and served in U-M’s dining halls, providing students with fresh, locally-grown food. (Photo by Kerry Sprague, Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum)

May 13, 2024

Mother-son heart bond

When Mackenzie Lampe learned her son, Jeremiah, would need the same aortic valve repair that she had, she knew exactly who she wanted to oversee her son’s care: pediatric heart surgeon Richard Ohye, who as a Michigan Medicine fellow helped perform the procedure on Lampe at C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital in 1998. In this video, Lampe and Ohye discuss the aortic valve repair that was performed on Lampe and her son, Jeremiah.

Honoring an historic athlete

Athletic director Warde Manuel and Marlene Dortch, granddaughter of Olympic track-and-field gold medalist Jesse Owens, unveil a World Athletics Heritage Plaque commemorating Owens and the four world records he set in a 45-minute span on May 25, 1935. Owens set records for the 100-yard dash, long jump, 220-yard dash and the 220-yard low hurdles at U-M’s Ferry Field when he was a student-athlete at Ohio State University. The plaque unveiling took place May 9 at Ferry Field. Looking on is master of ceremonies Jack Hollobaugh. (Photo by Jaime Crawford, Michigan Photography)

May 7, 2024

Focusing on mental health

In his May video message to the university community, President Santa J. Ono acknowledged U-M’s focus on well-being, and particularly its efforts to promote mental health. May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and Ono recognized Kelcey Stratton, chief behavioral health strategist at University Human Resources, as this month’s Portrait of a Wolverine.

May 4, 2024

Commencement surprise

From left, Heisman Trophy winner Desmond Howard, commencement speaker Brad Meltzer, and Blake Corum and J.J. McCarthy, both members of the national championship Michigan football team, reveal shirts bearing the Block M from under their gowns at the May 4 Spring Commencement ceremony. At the end of his address, part of which suggested how magic could offer insight for graduates’ future lives, Meltzer sprung “a final trick” on his audience by bringing the past and present football stars to the stage. (Photo by Eric Bronson, Michigan Photography)

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May 3, 2024

Helping Michigan grow

Undergraduate students in the A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning’s new Urban Technology program have partnered with the state of Michigan to develop technology-driven urban services aimed at attracting and acclimating — aka “onboarding” — young people to the state. In this photo, program participants engage in roundtable discussions with Taubman Dean Jonathan Massey and guest reviewers following presentations to the state’s population growth campaign, Let’s Grow Michigan. (Photo by Dori Sumter)

“W4”

The winner of the U-M Arts Initiative’s recent ACTIVE-themed Photo Competition is “W4” by Ava Muntner, an undergraduate student in the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design.

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April 29, 2024

Roman’s battle

Roman DiLeo was born in June 2022 with what U-M Health C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital pediatric cardiologist David Peng described as “the most extreme and severe case of newborn dilated cardiomyopathy” he’d ever seen. Roman has had his share of life-saving medical procedures, from heart pumps to a heart transplant. But what his parents didn’t expect was what came after he received his new healthy heart. Like his namesake, professional wrestler Roman Reigns, Roman is not only a fighter but a cancer survivor. This video chronicles young Roman’s battles.