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January 29, 2018

Neighborhood health project

This video outlines the unique partnership among U-M’s Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation and several outside agencies in Detroit’s Cody Rouge neighborhood. It is one of the projects highlighted in the Poverty Solutions first-year progress report.

January 29, 2018

Diversity presentations

Tabbye Chavous (center), director of the National Center for Institutional Diversity at U-M, speaks at the Association of American Colleges and Universities annual meeting in Washington, D.C., Jan. 24-27. Chavous presented on transformative strategies to support faculty diversity, as well as her work with a National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine committee. She was among a small group of U-M faculty and staff who presented on innovative and promising diversity scholarship and practices at the conference. (Photo by Laura Sánchez-Parkinson)

January 28, 2018

Cardboard cradle

Allen Samuels, a retired U-M dean and professor, has worked with School of Social Work alumna Lindsay “Charlie” Brink to develop a set of low-cost products to potentially enhance infant safety during sleep time, including a cardboard cradle shown in this video. Samuels uses his spare time to help U-M students develop their own designs and launch businesses that tackle social issues and empower others.

January 25, 2018

EEB photo contest

This photo of a venomous frog, taken by graduate student instructor Anat Belasen, won first place in the 10th annual Photographer at Large Contest for students, postdocs, faculty and staff of the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Other winners include luminescent mushrooms, bug sex, ember writing on a starry night and an iguana back scratch session. Read more about the winners, and view a gallery of all entries.

January 24, 2018

Privacy — we are our choices

Pervasive data collection can mean a loss in privacy. The choices we make can determine how much privacy we lose. This video explores why you may feel like you have the “Lost Privacy Blues.”

January 23, 2018

Organic solar cells

In an advance that could push cheap, ubiquitous solar power closer to reality, U-M researchers have found a way to coax electrons to travel much further than was previously thought possible in the materials often used for organic solar cells and other organic semiconductors. In this video, Stephen Forrest, the Peter A. Franken Distinguished University Professor of Engineering and Paul G. Goebel Professor of Engineering, discusses the process and the future of organic solar cells.

January 22, 2018

‘Pride’

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This drawing, titled “Pride,” by nursing student Kaylee Yang took first place in the recent As I See It Drawing Competition conducted by Arts at Michigan. View a page of photos by the other finalists and a description of their work. People can also vote through noon Feb. 2 for their favorite photos of campus architecture in the current round of the periodic contest.

January 21, 2018

Cheaper, stronger concrete

High prices for stronger, more durable concrete have kept it out of widespread use by local, state and federal governments. In this video, Sherif El-Tawil, professor of civil and environmental engineering, discusses a non-proprietary blend of ultra-high-performance concrete that he developed at the request of Michigan’s Department of Transportation. The concrete, which comes with a drastically-reduced cost, is in use on a bridge in St. Clair County and the formula is being made available for free.

January 18, 2018

Financial aid testimony

Susan Dynarski (left), professor of public policy, education, and economics, talks with U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, before Dynarski testified at a hearing by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions in Washington, D.C., on Thursday. Dynarski, an expert on financial aid for higher education, discussed how other countries have designed their loan programs, the differences between the repayment systems in America and other countries, and what lessons Congress can draw from different models. (Photo by Cindy Bank, Washington Office)

January 17, 2018

DEI training

At U-M, the commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion is central to its mission as an educational institution. This video explores how departments across campus have partnered to provide training and skill development opportunities to help create a community where people’s differences contribute to further learning and advancements in all fields of study and patient care.