Multimedia Features

  1. February 5, 2015

    Espresso Book Machine

    The Espresso Book Machine at the U-M Library can print and bind a book in minutes. For a nominal fee based on the number of pages, it can print books from the library catalog that are in the public domain, or be used for self-publishing. In this video, a pair of faculty members and a student discuss how they use the machine.

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  2. February 4, 2015

    Virtual training for engineers

    The MIDEN virtual reality cave gives U-M engineers an unprecedented insight into the way structures come together, buckle, and collapse. In this video, Sherif El-Tawil, professor of civil and environmental engineering, explains how the MIDEN foregoes physically constructing “steel sculptures” to teach structural engineers steel connections by allowing students to enter a 10-by-10 screen enclosure that projects an image of this teaching tool.

  3. February 3, 2015

    Research: A day in the life at U-M

    Dr. Jonathan Rubin, William Martel Collegiate Professor of Radiology, works on a “phantom lung” testing device to use with ultrasound imaging machines. Rubin’s work is among a variety of research from across the university that is highlighted in a photo slideshow in the current edition of Michigan Today.

  4. February 1, 2015

    Digging out

    Denise Schroeder of Grounds Services shovels snow from the steps of the Rackham Building on Monday as U-M dug out from the Sunday’s snowstorm that canceled classes and reduced services Monday. The Ann Arbor, Flint and Dearborn campuses are expected to be fully operational Tuesday. View more photos from the aftermath of Sunday’s snowfall. (Photo by Austin Thomason, Michigan Photography)

  5. February 1, 2015

    Sustainability leadership

    The Graham Sustainability Institute fosters sustainability at all scales by leading stakeholder-centric activities that systematically integrate talents across all U-M schools, colleges, and units. In this video, President Mark Schlissel joins other stakeholders to articulate the value provided by the institute’s focus on three key areas: translational knowledge, transformative learning and institutional leadership.

  6. January 29, 2015

    Engaging Ethiopia

    Valeria Bertacco and Todd Austin (with their son Renzo Bertacco), U-M professors of electrical engineering and computer science, talk with colleagues Yalemzewd Negash Shiferaw (right) and Mengesha Mamo Wogari of the Addis Ababa Institute of Technology in Ethiopia about cooperative opportunities for the two schools. Bertacco and Austin are in Addis Ababa with more than 30 U-M faculty and staff as part of EM-PACE (the Ethiopia-Michigan Platform for Advancing Collaborative Engagement), a Third Century Initiative program that includes units from across the U-M campus. View more photos from the trip. (Photo by Marcin Szczepanski, College of Engineering)

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  7. 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)

  8. 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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  9. 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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  10. 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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