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February 6, 2024

‘Caged Bird’ collaboration

“When the Caged Bird Sings,” a new commission by American composer Nkeiru Okoye that makes its world premiere Feb. 10, is a collaboration between the University Musical Society and the School of Music, Theatre & Dance. This video explores the multi-movement musical ceremony that fuses elements of oratorio, theater and opera in what Okoye describes as “a gathering” that invokes the ritual of the concert experience as a ritual of community.

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February 5, 2024

How North Campus came to be

U-M had been growing since the early 1900s, and with G.I.s returning from World War II it was “bursting at its seams” by the late ’40s. Farm fields north of the Huron River offered not only space to accommodate growth, but also a site where the university could fully embrace research applied to an urban, industrial society. These two students of the 1940s are shown against a backdrop of the farmland that would soon become North Campus. (Courtesy of the Bentley Historical Library)

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February 1, 2024

Multi-robot 3D printing

By implementing human-guided, interactive, multi-robot technology, Mania Aghaei Meibodi, assistant professor of architecture in the A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture and Planning, and her U-M colleagues are working together to enhance standard 3D printing practices for construction, making the process more efficient, accurate and cost effective. In this video, Meibodi, Kira Barton and Kathy Velikov share how their innovative approach to 3D printing methods has strong potential to sustainably transform the future of the industry.

January 31, 2024

Distinguished Diversity Leaders Awards

U-M faculty and staff celebrated the exceptional contributions of staff Jan. 30 with presentations of the Distinguished Diversity Leaders Awards. The ceremony honored 10 staff members and five teams for their dedication to diversity. The individual recipients, shown here, are, top row from left, Brandon Bond, Stephen W. Brabbs, Patricia Brainard, Alex Franklin and Paula Hathaway; bottom row, from left, Hilary Murmers, Mina Nourbakhsh, Whitney Peoples, Ari Renda and Caitlin Taylor.

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January 30, 2024

Rec center progress

A beam-signing ceremony marking the next stage of construction on the new Hadley Family Recreation and Well-Being Center took place Jan. 26. The event brought campus community members together to reflect on the former Central Campus Recreation Building and look ahead to the new center that will replace it. In this photo, project donors Ross and Samantha Partrich sign the ceremonial beam. The new $165 million facility, named in recognition of Philip and Nicole Hadley’s $20 million contribution, is scheduled for completion by fall 2025. (Photo by Marc-Gregor Campredon, Office of University Development)

Introducing Coach Moore

Sherrone Moore was introduced as U-M’s 21st head football coach at a Jan. 27 press conference. Moore becomes the J. Ira and Nicki Harris Family Head Football Coach after six years as a member of the Wolverines’ offensive staff, most recently as offensive coordinator. Moore, who served as interim head coach for four games during the 2023 national championship season, is the first African American to lead the U-M football program. (Photo by Luke Hales, Michigan Photography)

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January 25, 2024

Snow science

How deep is the snow at the field station in northern Michigan? Hourly data is publicly available on the Snowpack Dashboard, which scientists are monitoring to analyze changes in winter, forest health and water quality. In this video, researcher Karin Rand explains how monitoring the snowpack is important to understanding its impact on ecosystems.

Read more about the Snowpack Dashboard in northern Michigan

January 24, 2024

Carbon footprint of urban farming

A new University of Michigan-led international study finds that fruits and vegetables grown in urban farms and gardens have a carbon footprint that is, on average, six times greater than conventionally grown produce. However, as this video shows, a few city-grown crops equaled or outperformed conventional agriculture under certain conditions.

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January 22, 2024

Helping solve a teacher shortage

The Michigan Alternate Route to Certification, operated through the Marsal Family School of Education, allows participants with a bachelor’s degree, and who want to become teachers in Michigan, to work as certified teachers while they earn a standard teaching certificate. In this video, teachers who have been through M-ARC talk about their experiences.

Sarah Goddard Power Awards

Recipients of the 2024 Sarah Goddard Power Awards are, clockwise from upper left, Ruth Behar, Yan Chen, Holly Hughes and Amanda Esquivel. The Sarah Goddard Power Awards are given by the Academic Women’s Caucus along with the Rhetaugh G. Dumas Progress in Diversifying Award, which went to the Marsal Family School of Education, and the Carol Hollenshead Inspire Award for Excellence in Promoting Equity and Social Change, presented by the Center for the Education of Women+ to two U-M advocacy groups — Disabilities, Research, Education and Advocacy Movement, and Braids Twists and Surgical Knots.