Multimedia Features

  1. 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)

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  2. 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.

  3. 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)

  4. 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)

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  5. 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.

  6. 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.

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  7. 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.

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  8. 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.

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  9. April 19, 2016

    Social justice + music

    “Seven Last Words of the Unarmed,” a multi-movement work by Atlanta-based composer Joel Thompson that is inspired by the dying words of seven unarmed black men, was premiered recently by the Men’s Glee Club under the direction of Eugene Rogers, associate director of choirs and professor of conducting. In this video, Rogers, Thompson and others share their thoughts about the piece that seeks to engage audiences in thinking deeper about race and violence.

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  10. April 18, 2016

    Ship sensor

    A ship in a storm is a lot like a paperclip that’s been bent back and forth too many times: repeated strain can cause catastrophic failure, So U-M researchers have designed a simple mechanical sensor that can precisely measure that strain and predict structural failures before they occur. In this video, Mark Groden, a graduate student research assistant in naval architecture and marine engineering, discusses the process.