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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.

July 13, 2015

President Schlissel in China

President Mark Schlissel and Shanghai Jiao Tong University President Jie Zhang celebrate the signing of a new research agreement that seeks to broaden the scientific and cultural ties between U-M and its Chinese partner SJTU. Also pictured in the front row are Jack Hu (left), interim vice president for research, and Hong Mei (right), vice president of SJTU. The ceremony took place during Schlissel’s recently concluded weeklong visit with alumni, students and Chinese research partners in Beijing and Shanghai. (Photo by Debing Su, Michigan News)

July 6, 2015

Views on vaccines

Over the same time period that multiple outbreaks of measles and whooping cough made headlines around the country, parents’ views on vaccines became more favorable, according to a new C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital National Poll on Children’s Health. In this video, Dr. Matthew M. Davis, director of the poll and professor of pediatrics and internal medicine, discusses the findings.

June 28, 2015

Soccer surgeon

There’s a World Cup for soccer-playing physicians, and U-M surgeon Dr. David Machado-Aranda will play defense for the U.S. as 18 countries compete in the 2015 World Medical Football Championships through July 4. In this video, he talks about the association and the benefits of playing in the championships.

June 25, 2015

New Leadership Academy

President Mark Schlissel greets Nelson Soto of Union Institute & University, a member of the 2015 New Leadership Academy cohort of 20 fellows. The National Center for Institutional Diversity hosted a retreat Thursday during which Schlissel and the fellows shared a candid conversation about the challenges, opportunities and rewards of leading U-M. Other fellows, from left, are Sarah Anthony of the Michigan College Access Network, Omar Lopez of Texas State University, and Catalina Ormsby, associate director of U-M’s Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program. (Photo by Scott C. Soderberg, Michigan Photography)