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September 7, 2015

Welcome back

As the campus begins another academic year, President Mark Schlissel and members of the university community welcome U-M students, faculty and staff to a fall semester of innovation, imagination and inspiration.

August 31, 2015

Wearable sensors

A wearable sensor developed at U-M may lead to the widespread use of a new vital sign that measures the amount of blood flowing through a patient more accurately than ever before. In this video, Dr. Kevin Ward, professor of emergency medicine, and Barry Belmont, a graduate student research assistant in biomedical engineering, explain how the device works and how it can be used by experienced physicians as well as patients at home.

August 24, 2015

Medical School curriculum

The Medical School’s Executive Committee has endorsed a new curriculum for medical students. In this video, Dr. James O. Woolliscroft, dean of the Medical School, highlights the top four changes that students and faculty will experience as the new curriculum develops and is phased in over the next several years.

August 16, 2015

West Quad renovation

Housing officials Friday took media representatives on a tour of the renovations at West Quadrangle, with spaces for student interaction, creation of community, study and practice rooms, and living and learning activities, as well as infrastructure upgrades, roof replacement, renovated bath facilities, and accessibility improvements. This photo shows how the quad’s original murals at the Thompson Street entrance have been preserved. View more photos. (Photo by Daryl Marshke, Michigan Photography)

August 9, 2015

D-SIP Showcase

UM-Flint student Nakshidil Sadien (left) speaks with Paul and Teresa Carroll about her internship at UM-Flint, where she worked on fundraising as part of the Development Summer Internship Program. D-SIP conducted its annual Project Showcase on Aug. 7, giving students a chance to present the results of their three-month internships around the Ann Arbor and U-M development communities. (Photo by Scott C. Soderberg, Michigan Photography)

August 2, 2015

Homestead living

Joe Trumpey, associate professor of art and natural resources, and his family live off the grid in their hand-built, 2,200-square-foot straw bale home on a 40-plus-acre farm near Grass Lake. They produce at least half of their own food by gardening, canning, freezing, and raising heritage-breed livestock. Mother Earth News magazine has recognized their efforts by featuring them as 2015 Homesteaders of the Year. In this video, Trumpey talks about the intersection of art and the environment.

August 2, 2015

Library transformation

Today, the University of Michigan reopened the doors to the A. Alfred Taubman Health Sciences Library, after a $55 million transformation from a traditional library to a dynamic, technology-filled learning space for medical students, graduate students and more. In this video, take a look inside.

July 29, 2015

#InternDetroit

President Mark Schlissel speaks with attendees of the “U-M + Detroit” reception honoring Detroit interns. The U-M Student Interns in Detroit Summer Celebration took place July 28 at One Woodward Avenue. Nearly 300 people attended the event, including more than 150 interns. (Photo by Eric Bronson, Michigan Photography)

July 22, 2015

Researching Detroit

Two dozen U-M students are conducting summer research for Detroit nonprofits and public agencies as part of the Detroit Community Based Research Program. In this video, Jenna Steiner, assistant director of the Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program and coordinator the Detroit program, joins some of the students in discussing how the program works and what it seeks to achieve.

July 19, 2015

Mcity opens

U-M’s Mobility Transformation Center has opened Mcity, the world’s first controlled environment specifically designed to test the potential of connected and automated vehicle technologies that will lead the way to mass-market driverless cars. This video provides an overview of the 32-acre “mini-city” on North Campus.