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March 31, 2015

Auction action

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Richard Friedman, one of six law professors-turned-auctioneers, urges students to drive up the bidding during the school’s recent Student-Funded Fellowships Auction, which raised money for grants to U-M law students who plan to work at public-interest jobs during their 1L summers. View a gallery of images from the event. (Photo by Elizabeth Wight)

March 30, 2015

Sexual assault awareness

In recognition of April as National Sexual Assault Awareness Month, the university has released this video in which U-M leaders speak about the institutional commitment to providing a safe environment free of sexual misconduct for students to live, work and grow.

March 29, 2015

Sustainability progress

The 2014 Sustainability Progress Report is packed with stories, images and videos that highlight U-M’s sustainability accomplishments in the areas of education, research and campus engagement and operations.

March 26, 2015

Prisoner art

“Season of Love” by Oliger Merko is one of the pieces of art featured in the 20th annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners, curated by Janie Paul, professor of art and social work, and Buzz Alexander, professor of English language and literature, and art and design. Learn more about the exhibit, read an interview with Paul and view slideshows of selected artworks.

March 24, 2015

Congressional Breakfast

President Mark Schlissel talks with Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Dearborn, at the annual University of Michigan Congressional Breakfast. 300 alumni, corporate sponsors, members of Congress and others attended the annual event in Washington on Wednesday.

March 24, 2015

Teach-In + 50

U-M will commemorate the 50th anniversary of the historic 1965 teach-in to end the Vietnam War with a similar event this Friday and Saturday titled “End the War Against the Planet.” This video recalls that first teach-in and urges people to revive its spirit in support of the environment.

March 23, 2015

Sirius

An open-source computing system built by U-M engineering researchers accepts voice commands and is designed to spark a new generation of “intelligent personal assistants” for wearables and other devices. In this video, Jason Mars and Lingjia Tang, assistant professors of electrical engineering and computer science, describe how the free and customizable Sirius is an important platform for research into the next-generation of warehouse computing.

March 22, 2015

Match Day

More than 500 friends, family and professors joined U-M medical students in celebrating the annual Match Day ritual on Friday. This video shows some highlights from the event in which students found out where they’ll go for their next round of training, after they graduate in two months.

March 19, 2015

Coming down

A worker sprays water to control dust Thursday during the demolition of the Museums Annex, which, along with North Hall, is being torn down to make way for the new Biological Sciences Building. The new building will house the Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology and the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, as well as the museums of Anthropology, Natural History, Paleontology and Zoology. (Photo by Eric Bronson, Michigan Photography)

March 18, 2015

Hail Yeah!

Students line up on the Diag during the fourth annual Hail Yeah! Student Day of Thanks to write postcards and personal thank-you messages to U-M alumni who gave gifts of $50 or less to the university. The event Wednesday, conducted at various locations campuswide, was designed to help students understand the importance of philanthropy to their U-M experience. (Photo by Scott C. Soderberg, Michigan Photography)