Multimedia Features

  1. January 28, 2015

    Legislative visitors

    State legislative leaders met with President Mark Schlissel during a visit to the Ann Arbor campus on Monday. Rep. Michael McCready, R-Bloomfield Hills, and Sen. Tonya Schuitmaker, R-Lawton, met with the president to discuss the state budget process. They also toured the School of Dentistry. McCready chairs the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Higher Education. Schuitmaker chairs the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Higher Education. (Photo courtesy of the Office of the Vice President for Governmental Relations)

  2. January 27, 2015

    Game changers

    At U-M, swimming, dance, gymnastics and golf were among the earliest sports available to women students. These golfers took to the tee in 1922. Women’s golf became a varsity sport in 1976. A slideshow and article at LSA Today illustrates how women have been been taking part in athletics at U-M for more than 100 years, even as they faced challenges on and off the field.

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  3. January 26, 2015

    Car-bike hybrids

    Not all the concept cars at the North American International Auto Show last week featured internal-combustion engines. Cameron Van Dyke, a graduate student at the Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design, displayed two of his human-powered Future Cycles. In this video, Van Dyke shows off the vehicles that combine the weather protection and carrying capacity of a car with the low energy usage of a bicycle. 

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  4. January 25, 2015

    Michigan Makers

    School of Information students learn to mentor and create programs that encourage young children to be make things with their own hands as part of the Michigan Makers course.

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  5. January 22, 2015

    Quake-proofing buildings

    Modern structures are designed to absorb damage without collapsing, but an event like an earthquake can quickly escalate construction repair costs for aging buildings. In this video, Jason McCormick, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, discusses how engineers at U-M are looking into materials rarely used in the construction world for retrofitting older structures to provide a type of affordable earthquake insulation barrier.

  6. January 21, 2015

    Pay-to-play and participation

    The cost of school sports keeps many children from participating, according to the latest U-M Mott Children’s Hospital National Poll on Children’s Health. In this video, Sarah Clark, associate research scientist at the Child Health Evaluation and Research Unit and associate director of the poll, discusses findings about how so-called “pay to play” fees suppress participation at all income levels.

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  7. January 20, 2015

    MLK service

    Volunteers from UM-Dearborn prepare food packages for Kids Against Hunger that will be divided between local, national and international food agencies. Their work was among a variety of Martin Luther King Jr. Day service projects Monday involving hundreds of faculty, staff and student volunteers from U-M’s regional campuses. See more photos and read about the service events at UM-Flint and UM-Dearborn. (Photo by Kate Malicke, UM-Dearborn)

  8. January 19, 2015

    MLK Symposium

    Henry Meares, assistant dean for recruitment, K-16 relations, and special projects at the School of Education, sings along with students participating in the annual MLK Children and Youth Program, one of various activities across campus that were part of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Symposium on Monday. (Photo by Daryl Marshke, Michigan Photography)

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  9. January 18, 2015

    Diving for new drugs

    David Sherman, professor of medicinal chemistry, microbiology and immunology, chemistry, and research professor at the Life Sciences Institute, explores biochemical pathways of marine microorganisms to find new drug candidates to treat infectious diseases and cancers. This video describes a November 2014 trip to Saudi Arabia with fellow Life Sciences Institute faculty member Georgios Skiniotis to collect marine microorganisms from the Red Sea. Read more about Sherman’s work.

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  10. January 15, 2015

    Athletes Connected

    This video outlines a new program led by the School of Public Health, Depression Center and Athletics, and supported by the NCAA takes on mental health as a core component of student-athletes’ overall well-being. A fall pilot of Athletes Connected, designed to raise awareness and encourage discussion, has been met with an overwhelmingly positive response, a U-M team told the NCAA Thursday.