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September 29, 2017

Yoga in the Big House

Diane Barbeau, a yoga instructor for MHealthy, leads some of the more than 1,200 people who attended Yoga in the Big House at Michigan Stadium on Friday. The event, sponsored by MHealthy, Rec Sports, and University Health Service/Wolverine Wellness, is part of U-M’s yearlong bicentennial celebration and showcased the university’s ongoing commitment to personal well-being among faculty, staff and students. (Photo by Roger Hart, Michigan Photography.)

September 28, 2017

Flexible classrooms

The advantage to a flexible classroom is the ability to allow the classroom to disappear, everyone is in the front of the room no matter where they are. Utilizing the mobility of the furniture, professors can arrange their classes in a way that strengthens learning. In this video, Cindy Finelli, associate professor of electrical engineering and computer science and of education, postdoctoral researcher Aaron Johnson, and Steve Yalisove, professor of materials science and engineering, explain the benefits of this approach.

September 27, 2017

Defining Excellence

In support of U-M’s diversity, equity and inclusion strategic plan, units representing a cross-section of the university have highlighted their progress in the video series, “Defining Excellence: Michigan’s Commitment to Diversity, Equity & Inclusion,” which includes this introduction from Vice Provost for Equity & Inclusion and Chief Diversity Officer, Robert Sellers. View the full series.

September 26, 2017

Promoting digital access

Michael Furlough (left), librarian and executive director of the HathiTrust, speaks with U.S. Rep. Gregg Harper, R-Mississippi, prior to testifying at a hearing Tuesday in Washington, D.C., about the role of federal depository libraries and the federal government. HathiTrust, administered by U-M, is a consortium of more than 130 university and research libraries that focuses on providing digital access to document. Furlough urged Congress to encourage the use of digital databases as effective substitutes for many documents sought by the public. (Photo by Caroline Walker, House Administration Committee)

September 25, 2017

Confronting the climate crisis

“MC²: Michigan & the Climate Crisis” is a weeklong series of events focused around the topic of climate change and how it affects us politically, economically, socially and culturally. In this video, John Vandermeer, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, and students discuss how the activities will confront one of the most pressing problems affecting the world today.

September 24, 2017

Home sweet HomeLab

The U-M HomeLab, housed within the Institute for Social Research’s BioSocial Methods Collaborative, is geared toward helping researchers study how people interact with their environment — and with each other. HomeLab looks and feels like a complete apartment, but it is outfitted with technology that allows researchers to observe how people live. In this video, Alicia Carmichael, research process manager at the collaborative; Richard Gonzalez, the collaborative’s director; and Jacqui Smith, professor of psychology, discuss what happens at HomeLab.

September 21, 2017

EarthFest 2017

Carmela Marie Brown (center), associate director of new student services and orientation advising for LSA, and Jeff W. Kampf, research laboratory specialist lead for LSA, talk with Madelyn Celovsky about the Permaculture Design Team during EarthFest on Thursday. The annual event, billed as a “party for the planet,” focused this year on personal wellness while promoting sustainability initiatives and opportunities. (Photo by Elisse Rodriguez, Public Affairs)

September 20, 2017

70 years of CJS

The Center for Japanese Studies is celebrating its 70th anniversary this fall with a series of symposia, reflecting on the center’s seven decades and showcasing the future trajectories of its work. This video presents historical and modern footage from over the years.

September 19, 2017

Flu fighters

President Mark Schlissel receives his annual flu shot Monday from Janell Ball, a graduate student in nursing who was administering vaccines at a clinic in the Fleming Administration Building. MHealthy is offering walk-in flu shot clinics, in partnership with Michigan Visiting Nurses, at a variety of locations this fall for faculty and staff at the Ann Arbor, Flint and Dearborn campuses. (Photo by Eric Bronson, Michigan Photography)

September 18, 2017

Medical pioneer

You might not know his name, but you benefit from his work every day. This video highlights Frederick Novy, a U-M “microbe hunter” who paved the way for modern microbiology and infectious disease research, and for American medical schools to become powerhouses of all types of research.