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November 30, 2017

More of the Bristle Mammoth

U-M paleontologists conducted a second excavation this week at the Chelsea-area farm where the skull, tusks and dozens of intact bones of an ice age mammoth were pulled from the ground in late 2015. In this video, Daniel Fisher, director of the Museum of Paleontology, Claude W. Hibbard Collegiate Professor of Paleontology, and professor of earth and environmental sciences, and of ecology and evolutionary biology, discusses the latest excavation.

November 29, 2017

Provost’s Seminar on Teaching

Paula Wishart (left), assistant dean for student development and career initiatives at LSA, and Anne McNeil, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor, professor of chemistry, and of macromolecular science and engineering, talk during the fall Provost’s Seminar on Teaching, which looked at issues surrounding the U.S. educational grading system and things consider when rethinking ways to present student achievements. (Photo by Austin Thomason, Michigan Photography)

November 27, 2017

New athletic facilities

University leaders and coaches joined donors and other members of the U-M athletic community Saturday for a ribbon-cutting ceremony celebrating the opening of the South Competition and Performance Project. The $168 million, 280,000-square-foot facility along South State Street provides state-of-the-art competition and training spaces for student-athletes. Click the photo for a full list of those pictured, read more about the facility’s dedication, and view a video of athletes touring their new home. (Photo by Austin Thomason, Michigan Photography)

November 21, 2017

Giving Blueday 2017

Giving Blueday 2017 gives U-M supporters a special opportunity to continue the bicentennial commemoration and throw U-M one big birthday celebration. This video shows how donors can use the 24-hour Nov. 28 event to support the causes, schools, units or student organizations that you feel most passionate about.

November 20, 2017

Learning from burning

In October, researchers and firefighters established a sixth controlled “burn plot” at the U-M Biological Station near Pellston, Michigan, in a long-running experiment to approximate, on a tiny scale, the lumbering and wildfire disturbances that transformed Upper Great Lakes forests more than a century ago. In this video, researchers explain how burn plots established over the years provide information about how forests recover from such disturbances.

November 19, 2017

Faster 3-D printing

Researchers at the College of Engineering have developed algorithms to speed up consumer 3-D printers without sacrificing quality. This video outlines the research conducted in the Smart and Sustainable Automation Research Lab under Chinedum Okwudire, associate professor of mechanical engineering. The research was led by Ph.D. candidates Deokkyun Yoon and Molong Duan.

November 16, 2017

Navigate to Michigan

U-M values the unique experiences and perspectives that veterans and military members bring to the diverse campus community, and it provides the resources and expertise to help them thrive. In this video, student veterans discuss what drew them to the university.

November 15, 2017

Staff Impact Awards

To recognize the outstanding contributions of its staff, U-M has created the Staff Impact Awards to celebrate those who champion volunteerism and service within the university — going above and beyond by taking on additional challenges. In this video, Kevin Hegarty, executive vice president and chief financial officer, describes what the university is seeking to recognize with the new awards.

November 14, 2017

Dramatizing injustice

Racially motivated criminal injustice is the topic of “Blood at the Root,” a drama by School of Music, Theatre & Dance alumna Dominique Morisseau being presented Thursday through Sunday by the Department of Theatre & Drama. Each performance will be followed by moderated discussions about the play’s issues, which reverberate today. In this video, the director and some of the student actors discuss the impact of the play, which centers around the 2006 “Jena Six” case in Louisiana.

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)