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May 3, 2016

Bashing Boris

After surgeons at C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital removed a tumor from 10-year-old Casey Doyle’s throat in March, he was able to say he beat his cancer — literally. Teams at Mott created several 3-D replicas of the tumor — which Casey had nicknamed “Boris” — so he and his classmates could ceremoniously smash the villain. In this video, Drs. Glenn Green, Kyle VanKoevering and David Zopf share how they felt about being able to help Casey bash Boris.

May 2, 2016

Speaking on diversity

Martha Jones, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor, professor of history and Afroamerican and African studies; and co-director Michigan Law Program in Race, Law & History, explores the role faculty play in creating a diverse, inclusive and equitable U-M. 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 on the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion playlist.

April 29, 2016

Insta-grad!

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A graduate captures a selfie with hundreds of her fellow graduates in the background as they prepare to enter Michigan Stadium before Saturday’s Spring Commencement ceremony. (Photo by Scott C. Soderberg, Michigan Photography)

April 28, 2016

Lie detecting software

By studying videos from high-stakes court cases, U-M researchers are building unique lie-detecting software based on real-world data. In this video, Rada Mihalcea, professor of computer science and engineering, and Mihai Burzo, assistant professor of mechanical engineering at UM-Flint, discuss the applications for their prototype software that considers both the speaker’s words and gestures, and unlike a polygraph, it doesn’t need to touch the subject in order to work.

April 27, 2016

Promoting STEM education

Tim McKay, professor of physics, astronomy and education, and director of the LSA Honors Program, speaks with National Science Foundation Director France Córdova during an event Tuesday in Washington, D.C., organized by the Coalition for National Science Funding. At the event, McKay discussed his science, technology, engineering and mathematics education projects, which receive funding from the NSF. He also met with congressional aides about the importance of investing in NSF research and education programs. (Photo by Mike Waring, Washington Office)

April 26, 2016

Distinguished Dissertation Awards

The 2015 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 2015. The annual competition is co-sponsored by ProQuest and Rackham Graduate School. View a full list of the recipients. (Photo by Alexander Holmes)

April 25, 2016

Life Sciences Institute

The Life Sciences Institute is a hub for collaborative biomedical discovery at U-M. This video offers an overview of how LSI enables faculty to advance knowledge in critical areas of human health — including cancer, metabolic disorders, neurodegenerative diseases, and bacterial and viral infections.

April 24, 2016

Diversity planning

Amy Ku’uleialoha Stillman (left), director of the Asian/Pacific Islander American Studies Program, and Kim Bobby, director of the Inclusive Excellence Initiative at the American Council on Education, talk during “Asian and Asian American Faculty in LSA: A Glass Ceiling?” It was one of the many community engagement activities that have taken place as part of the Ann Arbor campus’ diversity, equity and inclusion strategic planning initiative.

April 21, 2016

Hands-only CPR

The Department of Emergency Medicine joined U-M Club Sports Teams recently to help train more than 350 students in hands-only cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Team members set up a training station in the heart of campus to teach students the lifesaving technique as they walked to class. In this video, faculty members explain the benefits of the hands-only technique, which is conducted without any mouth-to-mouth contact.

April 20, 2016

Leadership Crisis Challenge

Each year, hundreds of students at the Stephen M. Ross School of Business participate in the Leadership Crisis Challenge and experience firsthand what it’s like to take the helm of a company quickly spiraling out of control. This video follows first-year students Courtney Abram, Christopher Selle, and Courtney Black through a simulation in which a hospitality cruise ship business is being blamed for severe environmental contamination.