Multimedia Features
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June 14, 2016
Squeeze dial?
Read MoreWhat if you could control your phone by squeezing it? Thanks to U-M computer engineers, that’s a scenario that might one day be widespread. In this video, computer science and engineering doctoral student Yu-Chih Tung explains ForcePhone, software that allows any smartphone user to control their device with force and pressure.
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June 7, 2016
Campus culture: Owning the message
Will Sherry, director of the Spectrum Center, explores the importance of owning the work within the diversity, equity and inclusion effort to shift campus culture. Focused on sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression as its framework, the Spectrum Center is committed to enriching the campus experience and developing students as individuals and as members of communities. This video is part of a series — presented periodically throughout the summer — designed to engage the campus community in the diversity, equity and inclusion initiative President Mark Schlissel announced in November 2015. View the full series of videos.
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May 31, 2016
Peony time
Read MoreIt’s June and the peonies are bustin’ out all over — all over the Nichols Arboretum Peony Garden, that is. The garden’s annual peony bloom is about 20 percent underway with more flowers opening each day. That makes this week a perfect time for viewing.
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May 26, 2016
Art in nature
Read MoreThis unusual snow pattern, captured on a bridge at Ford Lake near Ypsilanti, is one of the winners in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology’s annual photo contest for students, faculty and staff. “Everything was covered in snow, when an uncommonly hot sun popped out from behind some clouds,” said the photographer, postdoctoral researcher Joseph Brown. The exposed snow melted, leaving behind this pattern formed by the railing’s shadows. View the winners and other entries from this year’s contest.
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May 25, 2016
Long-lasting turtle
Read MoreJustin Congdon, a turtle researcher and professor emeritus at the University of Georgia, holds the female Blanding’s turtle, believed to be at least 83 years old, that was captured this week at U-M’s Edwin S. George Reserve near Pinckney. Researchers say it is the oldest well-documented Blanding’s turtle and one of the oldest-known freshwater turtles. (Photo by Christopher Dick, E.S. George Reserve)
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May 24, 2016
An educational journey
Read MoreUM-Dearborn students, faculty, and staff from the College of Education, Health, and Human Services recently toured southwest Detroit, where they visited public schools and non-profit agencies to learn about efforts underway to help brighten the future of are neighborhoods. (Photo by Claudia Lugo-Meeks)
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May 23, 2016
Globe trotters
Read MoreEach year, LSA sends four graduating students around the world, providing them with $20,000 in support, and the only requirement is that they travel. A lot. This photo of Tyler Mesman at the 3D Art Museum in Chiang Mai, Thailand, is part of a slideshow and article in the spring edition of LSA Magazine that shows how some recent graduates used the Bonderman Fellowships to learn about the world.
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May 22, 2016
Gypsy Pond Music
Gypsy Pond Music is a sonic installation by the Digital Music Ensemble under the direction of Stephen Rush, professor of performing arts technology. In this video, Rush and students discuss this year’s project, which was installed on a pond near the School of Music, Theatre & Dance on North Campus. It used cutting-edge electronics, computer-based audio, and mythic exploration to create a magical ambiance.
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May 19, 2016
Cyber security
Millions of consumers are affected by cybercrime each year, and for a variety of reasons companies have not been able to stay ahead of cyber criminals. Quadmetrics, a company developed by College of Engineering faculty, predicts with up to 90 percent accuracy how a given company may be exploited by cyber criminals. This video outlines how the program works to help companies pick a cyber security solution best suited for them.
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May 18, 2016
Bioretention and beautification
Read MoreUniversity researchers joined project partners and others Wednesday to celebrate the transformation of vacant lots into four “bioretention gardens” designed to capture and soak up stormwater while beautifying Detroit’s Warrendale neighborhood. The U-M team is led by Joan Nassauer (far right), professor of landscape architecture. From left are Noah Webster, assistant research scientist at the institute for Social Research; Nathaniel Lichten, research associate at the School of Natural Resources and Environment; SNRE grad students Rachel Boswell, Lanfei Liu and Sanaz Chamanara; and Natalie Sampson, assistant professor of health and human services at UM-Dearborn. (Photo by Dave Brenner)
