Multimedia Features | The University Record

May 6, 2018

Sustainability goals

U-M students, faculty and staff all play a role in creating a sustainable campus through four key areas: climate action, waste prevention, healthy environments and community engagement. This video outlines various ways the campus community can support U-M’s sustainability goals through Planet Blue.

May 3, 2018

First-gen grads

Graduates attending the ceremony for first-generation students recently shared their plans for the next step on their respective journeys. This video was created by the University Career Center, in partnership with the Comprehensive Studies Program, the First Generation office in Student Life, Multi-Ethnic Student Affairs, Office of Academic Multicultural Initiatives, and the Office of New Student Programs.

May 2, 2018

Abstract Ancestry

For his solo show “Abstract Ancestry: Machine-Works on Paper,” Detroit-based artist Matthew Angelo Harrison will produce a suite of mechanical drawings with his homemade 3-D printer. In this video, Harrison, the Institute for the Humanities’ Efroymson Emerging Artist in Residence, discusses his work, including new drawings that people can watch being made during the span of the exhibition, which runs through May 11 at the Institute for the Humanities Gallery, 202 S. Thayer.

May 1, 2018

Medicine + Science + Music

Dozens of faculty, staff, students and alumni from across U-M’s medical and science community come together every year to form the Life Sciences Orchestra. This video illustrates how, under the baton of student conductors from the School of Music, Theatre & Dance, they prepare and play two free concerts every year. The next concert is Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at Hill Auditorium.

April 30, 2018

Diagnosing breast cancer

Researchers from the University of Michigan have developed a diagnostic imaging pill enabling the early and more accurate diagnosis of cancerous tumors in breast tissue. In this video, Greg Thurber, assistant professor of chemical engineering and biomedical engineering, discusses how this method can be more effective and less invasive.

April 27, 2018

Forever, Go Blue!

A quartet of nursing majors celebrate their graduation with a batch of bubbles at Saturday’s 2018 Spring Commencement ceremony. An estimated 7,000 graduates, along with thousands of family and friends, were on hand for the festivities at Michigan Stadium. View a gallery of images from various graduation exercises across campus. (Photo by Eric Bronson, Michigan Photography)

April 26, 2018

Empowering diversity and disability

Performing standard patient examinations can pose challenges for doctors with limited mobility. Molly Fausone, a third-year U-M medical student paralyzed from the chest down with limited use of her hands, uses a special device that helps her overcome these basic obstacles. In this video, Fausone and David Lorch, program director for the Global Challenges for the Third Century Initiative on Deep Monitoring, discuss how the device was developed.

April 25, 2018

The value of studying abroad

Volker Sick, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor, professor of mechanical engineering, and associate vice president for research, natural sciences and engineering, talks about the importance of including international education as part of students’ college experience. Sick, who has promoted various study abroad programs for engineering students, is this year’s recipient of U-M’s President’s Award for Distinguished Service in International Education.

April 24, 2018

2017 Distinguished Dissertation Awards

The 2017 ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Award recipients were honored Tuesday. Awardees received a $1,000 honorarium recognizing exceptional scholarly work and completion of their doctoral degrees in 2017. Award winners pictured from left are Jeremy Hoskins, Yue Shao, Kevin Golovin, Wenyu Gu, Jordan Harrison and Sara Meerow. Not pictured: Kyle Grady, Jenny Kreiger, Oana Mateescu and Steven Roberts. The annual competition is co-sponsored by ProQuest and Rackham Graduate School. View a full list of winners and honorable mentions. (Photo by Jameson Staneluis)

April 23, 2018

MDining on ice

MDining’s John Merucci, chef de cuisine at South Quad, and Martin Folk, general Manager for Residential Dining, recently braved northern Canadian temperatures to compete in an ice carving competition at the Long John Jamboree 2018 in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. MDining received a bronze medal for the design showing the progression of the dining industry using the style of Diego Riviera’s Detroit Institute of Arts mural. The final design was developed and sketched out by William Kliber, assistant manager of MDining Retail. (Photo courtesy of MDining)