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March 6, 2017

Washington insights

U.S. Sen. Gary Peters, D-Michigan, met last week with more than 100 students from the Stephen M. Ross School of Business in Washington, D.C., during their participation in the Washington Campus program. Each year, U-M Masters in Accounting students visit the nation’s capital to learn about public policy and its implications for business. (Photo by Mike Waring, Washington Office)

March 1, 2017

M-BARC: 100-year orbiting time capsule

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They’re calling it the first space time capsule. As part of U-M’s bicentennial, a team of students will interview 1,000 members of the U-M community and launch their stories into orbit for 100 years. In this video, Aaron Ridley, professor of climate and space sciences and engineering, and honors academic adviser in the College of Engineering, discusses the project along with student team members.

February 23, 2017

‘They’re Not So Fragile’

One reason Jacqueline Kaufman, associate professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation, started a hockey team for kids with cerebral palsy, autism, ADHD and other conditions was to prove “they’re not so fragile.” In this video, Kaufman explains how she was motivated to create the team and how it helps its young members.

February 22, 2017

Global Graffiti & Mural Project

During 2016-17, international artists were brought to Ann Arbor to paint public murals and to engage with the campus and larger community, offering a global perspective on public art. In this video, Amanda Krugliak, assistant director of arts programming at the Institute for the Humanities, and Artemis Leontis, professor of modern Greek, discuss the work of artists Cacao Rocks and Olga Alexopoulou. A second video, explores the work of Iranian artist Mehdi Ghadyanloo.

February 21, 2017

Revolutionary surgical tool

U-M startup FlexDex Surgical’s first product — a simple, ergonomic and intuitive “needle driver” for stitching inside the body — has been used for the first time in a series of operations. In this video, FlexDex co-founders Shorya Awtar, associate professor of mechanical engineering, and James Geiger, professor of surgery, describe the mechanical platform that mounts to a surgeon’s arm. It enables the tip of the instrument to mimic the direction of movement of the surgeon’s hand.

February 19, 2017

Michigan Medicine Magnet

Members of the Michigan Medicine community celebrate Friday’s phone call informing them of the academic medical center’s Magnet recognition, the highest honor in nursing. In the video, Juanita Parry, director of nurse and physician assistant recruitment, and retention and Magnet program director, explains what it means for U-M to have received the designation from the American Nurses Credentialing Center.

February 16, 2017

Aurum at the Smithsonian

U-M’s award-winning solar car, Aurum, was highlighted this week at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., as part of the world premiere of a film focusing on human ingenuity and engineering marvels. Aurum, the current American Solar Challenge title holder and fourth-place finisher in the 2015 Bridgestone World Solar Challenge, was among the competitors featured in the IMAX movie “Dream Big: Engineering Our World.” Displaying the car at the National Air and Space Museum are (from left) U-M engineering students Jonathan Cha, Ian Larson and Pavan Naik. (Photo by Aaron Frantz)

February 15, 2017

Bicentennial colloquium

On Jan. 30, U.S. Justice Sonia Sotomayor and German Justice Susanne Baer were the featured guests of U-M’s first President’s Bicentennial Colloquium, titled “The Future University Community,” and at a separate discussion at the School of Music, Theatre & Dance. This video recaps highlights from that day.

February 13, 2017

‘Mass Observation’

The School of Music, Theatre & Dance’s Chamber Choir will perform the world premiere of “Mass Observation,” a new work for choir and percussion that composer Tarik O’Regan describes as “a meditation on the histories of our varied ambivalent relationships with surveillance in its myriad guises.” In this video, O’Regan joins Jerry Blackstone, professor of music (conducting), and Jonathan Ovalle, assistant professor of music, to discuss the work, which will be performed at 8 p.m. Wednesday at Hill Auditorium. Admission is free.

February 12, 2017

U-M Grammy winners

Two School of Music, Theatre & Dance faculty members have won Grammy Awards. In this video, recorded before the awards ceremony Sunday, Michael Daugherty and Joseph Gramley talk about being nominated for the awards, and balancing performing and teaching at U-M.