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February 11, 2018

‘Porgy and Bess’

Despite its undisputed place in American music history, “Porgy and Bess” has never had a definitive score. Over the last three years, editors at U-M’s Gershwin Initiative have worked to create a new edition of the opera. A test performance of the new score will take place at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Hill Auditorium. This video explores what the audience can expect from this crucial step of the editorial process.

February 8, 2018

Time to evolve

The Museum of Natural History ended nearly 90 years in the Ruthven Museums Building on Dec. 31, 2017, as it prepares to move into the new Biological Science Building. This video commemorates the memories of visitors and staff, and offers a sneak peek at what is in store for the future of the museum inside its new home.

February 7, 2018

Military to medical

UM-Dearborn bioengineering student Samer Habeel (left) and Joe Lo, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, study a military-grade rifle scope with the intent of building a prototype medical device that harnesses the power of ultraviolet light to differentiate between different types of tissues. (Photo by Lou Blouin)

February 6, 2018

Less power, more performance

John Heron, assistant professor of materials science and engineering, believes that high-entropy alloys — metal mixtures that contain as many as 20 different elements instead of an ordinary alloy’s two or three — could one day drive a new generation of post-silicon computing devices. In this video, Heron explains the techniques his lab is using to develop multiferroic materials, which may lead to devices that deliver superior performance while consuming a fraction of the power.

February 4, 2018

Women in economics textbooks

In this video, Betsey Stevenson, associate professor of public policy, talks about a new study that examines gender bias in introductory economics textbooks. She and co-author Hanna Zlotnick, a graduate student at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, found women are underrepresented in fictionalized accounts, in choice of pronoun, and in the real people that enliven and motivate discussion of economic phenomena.

February 1, 2018

Opportunity Hub walk-through

The new home for LSA’s Opportunity Hub, in an LSA Building addition currently under construction, is scheduled to open in 2019. Take a virtual stroll through the space that’s designed to help LSA students connect what they’re learning in the classroom to the world that’s waiting outside it.

January 31, 2018

The flu hits home

The flu is hitting hard across the nation, and Michigan is no exception. In this video, Arnold Monto, Thomas Francis Jr. Collegiate Professor of Public Health, and professor of epidemiology, and global public health, shares what is happening closer to home, and says Michigan and the rest of the country may continue to see flu in the months ahead.

January 29, 2018

Neighborhood health project

This video outlines the unique partnership among U-M’s Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation and several outside agencies in Detroit’s Cody Rouge neighborhood. It is one of the projects highlighted in the Poverty Solutions first-year progress report.

January 29, 2018

Diversity presentations

Tabbye Chavous (center), director of the National Center for Institutional Diversity at U-M, speaks at the Association of American Colleges and Universities annual meeting in Washington, D.C., Jan. 24-27. Chavous presented on transformative strategies to support faculty diversity, as well as her work with a National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine committee. She was among a small group of U-M faculty and staff who presented on innovative and promising diversity scholarship and practices at the conference. (Photo by Laura Sánchez-Parkinson)

January 28, 2018

Cardboard cradle

Allen Samuels, a retired U-M dean and professor, has worked with School of Social Work alumna Lindsay “Charlie” Brink to develop a set of low-cost products to potentially enhance infant safety during sleep time, including a cardboard cradle shown in this video. Samuels uses his spare time to help U-M students develop their own designs and launch businesses that tackle social issues and empower others.