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November 13, 2017

Dynamic trios at UM-Dearborn

Showcasing innovative faculty research, the first UM-Dearborn MCubed event, “Hail to the Cube,” took place Monday with a poster session with more than 30 projects, including these involving student research assistants Malak Nasser (left) and Monica De Roche. Part of U-M’s larger MCubed research funding initiative, each project’s group has three faculty members granted various levels of funding — from $15,000 to $60,000 — in three-year cycles. Teams must have members representing at least two different academic departments at the Ann Arbor or Dearborn campuses. (Photo by Jason Bolton)

November 12, 2017

The way it was meant to be

“An American in Paris,” a tone poem by George Gershwin that premiered in 1928, is the first project of the George and Ira Gershwin Critical Edition to be published by the University of Michigan and Schott Music Group. In this video, Mark Clague, director of U-M’s Gershwin Initiative and associate professor of musicology, discusses notable findings of the new edition.

November 9, 2017

Swim with the robots

With a customized Iver 3 underwater drone, assistant professor of naval architecture and marine engineering Matthew Kai Johnson-Roberson, and his team in the Deep Robotic Optical Perception Lab have a new set of underwater eyes that could provide regulatory agencies, scientists and the public with a window into the health of the world’s lakes and oceans. This video shows how the drone is used to monitor and map the Great Lakes.

November 8, 2017

Trotter Center groundbreaking

Members of the university community gathered for a groundbreaking ceremony Wednesday at the site of the new William Monroe Trotter Multicultural Center on South State Street. Turning a ceremonial first shovelful of dirt are, from left, Vice President for Student Affairs E. Royster Harper; Logan Pratt, a recent graduate and member of the Trotter Advisory Committee; President Mark Schlissel; Leo Thornton and Satra Taylor, student staff members at the Trotter Center; and Michael Swanigan, the center’s interim director. (Photo by Daryl Marshke, Michigan Photography)

November 7, 2017

‘Double Helix’

This photo, titled “Double Helix” and taken by engineering student Monicka Chang at the Vatican Museum in Vatican City, is the first-place winner in the fall As I See It Black and White Photography Competition conducted by Arts at Michigan. View a page of photos by the other finalists and a description of their work.

November 6, 2017

The future of antibiotics

Nicholas Kotov, Joseph B. and Florence V. Cejka Professor of Engineering, and J. Scott In this video,VanEpps, assistant professor of emergency medicine, are collaborating to create a new class of antibiotics known as nanobiotics. In this video, VanEpps and Kotov explain how specific antibiotic-resistant bacteria pose problems for those with medical devices, and how they are engineering nanoparticles to provide a remedy.

November 5, 2017

All things Planet Blue

You’ve probably seen the Planet Blue slogan around campus for several years now. Did you know how wide-reaching it is. This video provides an overview of Planet Blue, the university’s initiative to promote sustainability efforts in the areas of education, research and campus operations and engagement.

November 2, 2017

Winfield Champion

Kelly Bates, call center associate supervisor at Michigan Medicine’s Canton Health Center, was presented the inaugural Dr. Robert A. Winfield Champion Award at Wednesday’s annual MHealthy Champion retreat. Created in honor of U-M’s former chief health officer, who died last year, the award recognizes an MHealthy Champion who is making a positive difference by building a culture of health in their work unit and embodies Winfield’s traits of compassion, motivation, grace and humor. From left are Daniel Winfield, Robert Winfield’s son; Bates; and LaVaughn Palma-Davis, senior director of health and well-being services. (Photo by Austin Thomason, Michigan Photography)

November 1, 2017

The power of three

Scott VanEpps, assistant professor of emergency medicine, speaks about his group’s project, Nanobiotics, at Wednesday’s MCubed Symposium. The annual event highlights projects from U-M’s innovative research funding initiative that pairs “cubes” of three researchers from at least two different disciplines. (Photo by Joseph Xu, College of Engineering)

October 31, 2017

Retirement health care planning

Health care is an important consideration for faculty and staff nearing retirement. This video provides an overview of what benefits are available to eligible U-M retirees, important things to know about Medicare and how to plan for the cost of health care in retirement.