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January 28, 2016

Life as a Ross BBA student

Over the course of the last academic year, a number of undergraduates at the Stephen M. Ross School of Business strapped on small video cameras to provide an inside look at their life as Ross students. This video provides a quick, immersive look.

January 27, 2016

Distinguished Diversity Leaders

These staff members were among those honored Tuesday with Distinguished Diversity Leadership Awards. The individual awardees shown here were joined by the members from five teams that received team awards. (Photo by Daryl Marshke, Michigan Photography)

January 26, 2016

New catering service

Chinyere Onimo, an employee of M|Catering, prepares for Tuesday’s showcase event that officially launched the new oncampus catering service at the Michigan League Ballroom. Attendees sampled a variety of menu items including smoked duck breast and risotto, gorgonzola and toasted walnut crostini, panini sandwiches, Mediterranean salads, and desserts. M|Catering is the exclusive caterer for the Michigan League, Michigan Union and Pierpont Commons, and is the inhouse caterer for Palmer Commons. (Photo by Daryl Marshke, Michigan Photography)

January 25, 2016

Musical cheer

On most Fridays, students from the School of Music, Theatre & Dance visit C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital to perform Disney songs and other musical favorites for children in the Family Center, as shown in this video. The Family Center is dedicated to meeting the special needs of families in a comfortable and relaxing environment through a variety of resources.

January 24, 2016

‘SmartCarts’

U-M researchers have received a custom, 3D-printed vehicle that could be the first in a fleet of “SmartCarts” to transport students, faculty and staff around North Campus. In this video, Edwin Olson, associate professor of electrical engineering and computer science, and members of his team talk about how they’re getting the test vehicle ready to go.

January 21, 2016

Dow Sustainability Fellows

The Dow Sustainability Fellows Program prepares future sustainability leaders to make a positive difference in organizations worldwide. In this video, some of the full-time graduate students and postdoctoral scholars in the program discuss how they are working to find interdisciplinary, actionable and meaningful sustainability solutions on local-to-global scales.

January 20, 2016

Safe teen driving

The C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital National Poll on Children’s Health shows that while parents believe they are setting limits for teen drivers their kids may not always perceive the same rules as their parents report. This video illustrates some of the poll’s findings and offers suggestions for what parents can do to help promote safe teen driving.

January 19, 2016

New hope for biodiversity

Biodiversity in tropical forest protected areas may be faring better than previously thought, according to a new study in the scientific journal PLOS Biology. In this video, lead author Lydia Beaudrot, assistant professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, explains how researchers with the Tropical Ecology Assessment and Monitoring Network use “camera traps” to monitor wildlife in protected areas.

January 18, 2016

Circle of Unity

Despite frigid temperatures and snow flurries, members of the campus community gathered at the Diag on Monday afternoon for the Circle of Unity, a traditional part of U-M’s annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Symposium. (Photo by Daryl Marshke, Michigan Photography)

January 17, 2016

Art-inspired solar cells

Solar cells capture up to 40 percent more energy when they can track the sun across the sky, but conventional, motorized trackers are too heavy and bulky for most rooftops. In this video, Max Shtein, associate professor of materials science and engineering, explains how U-M researchers are borrowing from kirigami, the ancient Japanese art of paper cutting, to develop solar cells that may expand efficiency while lowering the weight.