Multimedia Features
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May 5, 2015
Safe travel computing
Read MoreWhether you are planning a vacation, a research or other professional trip, or just some local day trips this summer, you will likely take your laptop or a mobile device with you. This video offers some tips to safeguard your data —and the university’s.
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May 4, 2015
UM-Flint commencement
Read MoreUM-Flint’s spring commencement saw 748 graduates participate during two ceremonies Sunday at Perani Arena and Events Center. View more photos of the morning ceremony and afternoon ceremony, and read about the individual paths some of the students took to graduation. (Photo by Bob Mabbitt, UM-Flint)
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May 1, 2015
Congratulations Class of 2015
As U-M graduates made the transition from students to alumni Saturday, the Alumni Association welcomed them with this video — shown prior to the commencement ceremony at Michigan Stadium — of alumni from across the nation offering their Wolverine wisdom and congratulations.
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April 30, 2015
3-D breath of life
Read MoreThree boys — all with the same life-threatening condition, a terminal form of tracheobronchomalacia — became the first in the world to benefit from groundbreaking 3-D printed devices that helped keep their airways open, restored their breathing and saved their lives at C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital. In this video, Dr. Glenn Green, associate professor of otolaryngology, explains how the device came about.
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April 29, 2015
Distinguished Dissertation Awards
Read MoreThe 2014 ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Award recipients were honored Wednesday. Awardees received a $1,000 honorarium recognizing exceptional scholarly work and completion of their doctoral degrees in 2014. 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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April 28, 2015
Shakespeare, naturally
Read MoreFor 15 years Shakespeare fans have enjoyed “Shakespeare in the Arb,” which presents the Bard’s plays amid the flora and fauna of the Nichols Arborteum. In advance of this year’s production, Michigan Today has prepared a slideshow of photos from past years. Shakespeare lovers also can stroll through Shakespeare’s Garden in the Matthaei Botanical Gardens’ conservatory through May 4. The display features plants referenced in the Bard’s poems and plays. (Photo by Myra Klarman)
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April 27, 2015
Dance Cylinder
Read MoreA gift of A. Alfred Taubman, “Dance Cylinder” by Robert Graham sits in front of the Taubman Medical Library. The bronze sculpture conveys a “sense of movement, expressed in terms of the human form.” The Record periodically highlights pieces of public art at U-M. Learn more about this piece, or browse an online collection of public artworks.
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April 25, 2015
UM-Dearborn commencement
Read MoreGeri Pappas celebrates earning her Ed.D. during UM-Dearborn’s commencement ceremonies Sunday. She was among the more than 900 people — a record number of graduates — to receive degrees, including 619 bachelor’s degrees, 306 master’s degrees, one specialist degree and two doctoral degrees.
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April 23, 2015
Snake charmer
Read MoreThis image of a Moroccan snake charmer clowning around with a tourist was captured near the castle of Ksar Ait Ben Haddou, 120 miles southeast of Marrakech. Taken by Birgit Rieck, assistant director of the Knight-Wallace Journalism Fellows program, it’s part of a gallery of photos taken by students and staff around the globe and presented on the Global Michigan portal.
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April 22, 2015
Medical marijuana and kids
Read MoreWhile nearly two-thirds of people agree their state should allow medical marijuana for adults, half that number say it should be allowed for children, according to a new C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital National Poll on Children’s Health. Eighty percent of those responding go even further, saying adults shouldn’t be allowed to use medical marijuana in front of kids. In this video, Dr. Matthew M. Davis, director of the poll and professor of pediatrics and internal medicine, discusses the results.
