Multimedia Features

  1. October 1, 2015

    Fall fun

    School of Public Health staff members Megan Turf, an application programmer and analyst senior, and Dina Kurz, a program manager, try their hand at archery during the SPH Fall Fest on Thursday. The event was a chance for SPH students, faculty and staff to get to know each other and share a variety of fun activities. (Photo by Peter Smith Photography)

  2. October 1, 2015

    The science of ‘The Martian’

    “The Martian,” a film adaptation of Andy Weir’s bestseller about an astronaut left behind on Mars, opens today. In this video, College of Engineering researchers Nilton Renno, professor of climate and space sciences and engineering, and Ryan Miller and Jon Van Noord, lead engineers in research at the Space Physics Research Lab, explore some of the science portrayed in the story.

  3. September 30, 2015

    Munger dedication

    The university Wednesday marked the dedication of the new Munger Graduate Residences with a ceremony that included the unveiling of a special MCard for U-M alumnus Charles T. Munger, whose $110 million gift funded the residence hall construction and fellowships for graduate students. Posing with the card, from left, are President Mark Schlissel, Senior Munger Fellow Marco Hidalgo, Vice President for Student Life E. Royster Harper, Senior Munger Fellow Catherine Cheung, and Senior Munger Fellow Jeff Choi. (Photo by Austin Thomason, Michigan Photography)

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  4. September 29, 2015

    Cattail harvest

    A team of researchers based at the U-M Biological Station is using a $500,000 federal grant to test a novel approach for restoring the biological diversity of Great Lakes coastal wetlands. In this video, researchers explain their work to remove 10-15 tons of cattails from Cheboygan Marsh, at the northernmost tip of Michigan’s Lower Peninsula. Removing the cattails stimulates the growth of native plants whose seeds have been dormant for 50 years or more.

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  5. September 28, 2015

    A different health insurance model

    Value-Based Insurance Design, a health insurance model designed to improve care and cut costs that grew out of work at U-M, will be tested in seven states through the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. In this video, Dr. Mark Fendrick, director of the Center for Value-Based Insurance Design, based in the School of Public Health and the Medical School, discusses how the model came about.

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  6. September 27, 2015

    Dead zone boat

    Researchers at U-M are developing an autonomous unmanned vehicle that has temperature sensors to define hypoxic or dissolved oxygen areas in Michigan’s smaller lakes. In this video, Branko Kerkez, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering, and Brandon Wong, a graduate student research assistant, discuss how the vessel works and how eventually it could be scaled up to take readings inside Lake Erie, an area with a history of hypoxic problems.

  7. September 24, 2015

    Interprofessional education

    Educators from U-M’s seven health science schools shared innovations and best practices recently during the first Health Professions Education Day. Dr. David Hughes (seated), assistant professor of surgery, demonstrates a system that allows faculty and surgical residents to provide immediate, relevant and documented feedback for students. Looking on, from left, are Adam Levick, a market research and analytics analyst from the Office of Digital Education and Innovation; Frank Ascione, director of the Michigan Center for Interprofessional Education; and Dr. Andrea Aagesen, instructor in physical medicine and rehabilitation at the Medical School. View a slideshow from the event. (Photo by Scott C. Soderberg, Michigan Photography)

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  8. September 23, 2015

    Canvas experience

    More than 130 courses, with 150 instructors and 10,000 students, were involved in a one-year pilot of the Canvas learning management system, which has been chosen to replace CTools. Evaluations showed 74 percent of faculty respondents prefer Canvas to CTools, while 18 percent are neutral. In this video, several faculty members discuss their experience with the new system.

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  9. September 22, 2015

    Coffee killer

    A fungus called coffee rust is ravaging farms in Mexico and Central America. John Vandermeer, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, and natural resources and environment, and Ivette Perfecto, professor of natural resources and environment, are studying how the fungus spreads through fields. In this video, they and some of the graduate students who joined them on a research trip this summer discuss their work that could save coffee.

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  10. September 21, 2015

    Saving lives at 2,000 feet

    Elaine Philipson says she was afraid of heights before she became a Survival Flight Nurse at the U-M Health System. Now she works in jets and helicopters daily, helping patients while flying through the air at 160 miles per hour. She discusses her work in this video.