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October 27, 2016

Faculty awards

Provost Martha Pollack presents a Faculty Recognition Award to Yukiko Yamashita, James Playfair McMurrich Collegiate Professor of the Life Sciences, research associate professor, and associate professor of cell and developmental biology. Yamashita was one of 27 faculty members honored for their scholarship and service at a ceremony Wednesday. (Photo by Austin Thomason, Michigan Photography)

October 26, 2016

2016 Neubacher Award recipient

Board of Regents Chair Mark J. Bernstein (left) presents the 27th annual James T. Neubacher Award to Cooper Charlton, co-founder of the Wolverine Support Network, former Central Student Government president, and president of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee. After injuries forced Charlton’s retirement from varsity lacrosse, he shifted his focus to destigmatize mental health issues and foster a campus community that is more welcoming to people with disabilities — both seen and unseen. The Council for Disability Concerns established the Neubacher Award in 1990 as a memorial to alumnus Jim Neubacher, who was a Detroit Free Press columnist and an advocate for equal rights and opportunities for people with disabilities. (Photo by Roger Hart, Michigan Photography)

October 25, 2016

Be a hero

U-M will kick off its 35th annual Blood Battle against Ohio State with “Be a Hero at the Big House,” a blood donation and organ donor drive from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday at Michigan Stadium. In this video, Board of Regents Chair Mark Bernstein talks about his experience as a bone marrow donor, and urges others to sign up for bone marrow and organ registries.

October 24, 2016

Targeting opioid abuse

America’s opioid drug epidemic has struck hard in Michigan. But now, a team from U-M — the Michigan Opioid Prescribing Engagement Network, or Michigan-OPEN — is striking back at a key factor: opioid prescriptions for patients before and after surgery. This video explains the factors contributing to the crisis and how Michigan-OPEN aims to combat them.

October 23, 2016

Many Voices, Our Michigan

On Oct. 6, university leaders introduced U-M’s Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Strategic Plan through a series of special discussions and events. This video recaps highlights from those events, which launched a plan representing the shared overarching themes and strategies present across 49 individual plans created by U-M’s 19 schools and colleges, Student Life, Athletics, the U-M Health System and other administrative units.

October 20, 2016

Angry Neptune, Salacia and Strider

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Located on the east side of Alumni Memorial Hall, these three headless bronze figures are part of the collections of the U-M Museum of Art. They were created by alumna Michele Oka Doner. The Record periodically highlights pieces of public art at U-M. Learn more about this piece, or browse an online collection of public artworks.

October 19, 2016

Injectable computers

With a radio specifically designed to communicate through tissue, U-M researchers are adding another level to a computer platform small enough to fit inside a medical grade syringe. In this video, David Blaauw, professor of electrical engineering and computer science, and David Wentzloff, associate professor of electrical engineering and computer science, discuss how the technology will allow real time information to be applied to devices monitoring heart fibrillation as well as glucose monitoring for diabetics.

October 18, 2016

Mayville mastodon

A team led by U-M researchers excavates the skull of a mastodon discovered near Mayville in Michigan’s Thumb region. The excavation earlier this month was a joint project between U-M and the Fowler Center for Outdoor Learning, where bones were found. It included 10 Tuscola County teachers, as well U-M undergraduate and graduate students, and staff members from the Museum of Paleontology and Museum of Natural History. (Photo by Levi Stroud)

October 17, 2016

‘The Golden Hour’

Over the summer, Arts at Michigan conducted a “Second Chance” photo competition featuring submissions from its 2015-16 As I See It photo competitions. The winner was “The Golden Hour,” taken on Peelee Island, Canada, by 2016 graduate Olivia Raxter. View other finalists.

October 16, 2016

Engineering a debate advantage

With presidential debate season upon us, computer science researchers at U-M have developed an algorithm that can analyze and measure the amount that one candidate linguistically matches their opponent, and have found that matching an opponent in a debate leads to higher polling numbers. In this video, Daniel Romero, assistant professor of information, electrical engineering and computer science, and complex systems, explains the research.