Multimedia Features

  1. May 25, 2015

    Behavior and health

    The latest C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital National Poll on Children’s Health finds that many parents wouldn’t discuss with doctors the behavioral or emotional issues that could be signs of potential health problems in their children. In this video, Sarah J. Clark, associate director of the poll and associate research scientist in the Department of Pediatrics, discusses how behavioral and emotional health are tied to a child’s physical health.

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  2. May 21, 2015

    Insight into a legend

    Sifting through eight boxes of recently received material on Orson Welles, archivists at the U-M Special Collections Library made a stunning discovery: a raw draft of the legendary filmmaker’s incomplete, unpublished personal memoir, tentatively titled “Confessions of a One-Man Band.” In this video, Philip Hallman, curator of the Screen Arts Mavericks and Makers collection, discusses the material, the memoir and their significance. 

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  3. May 20, 2015

    Pile driver sensors

    Pile driving produces thousands of impacts every day and the resulting vibrations create cracks in deep foundations for nearby structures like bridges. A U-M team hopes a new sensor can predict soil settlement before an accident occurs. In this video, Adda Athanasopoulos-Zekkos, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering, discusses the team’s work.

  4. May 19, 2015

    Exposing nature’s beauty

    Every year, the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology invites its students, faculty and staff to share photos they took in the past year while working in the field, walking through the forest, or generally enjoying the natural world. Nearly 50 photos submitted for this year’s contest, with first place going to this photo of a desert banded gecko that approached doctoral student Pascal Title while he hiked through California’s Anza-Borrego Desert.

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  5. May 18, 2015

    ORCID at U-M

    In this video, U-M researchers discuss the benefits of ORCID, a new system to more reliably identify and link them with their work online. Thanks to a U-M Library initiative, soon all of the university’s researchers will have a unique identifier through ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor ID), an open, non-profit initiative to resolve authorship confusion in scholarly work, and to advance collaboration.

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  6. May 17, 2015

    Walking the Line of Blackness

    Sixteen black students from the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy share their thoughts, experiences, and struggles of being black in America.

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  7. May 14, 2015

    Mercury in the air

    Engineers at U-M have developed a method to reduce the amount of mercury emitted into the air from coal-fired power plants, while at the same time not adding a separate process to an already complex system. In this video, Herek Clack a research associate professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, discusses the technology to help keep harmful mercury from being released.

  8. May 13, 2015

    In plain sight

    Think you know where this is? Sometimes we don’t notice something because it’s too big, too small or too hard to find. The spring issue of LSA Magazine offers eight photos of often-overlooked objects from around U-M, and a chance to test your powers of recognition.

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  9. May 12, 2015

    Patients and family

    In the patient- and family-centered model of health care, patients and their families are members of their care teams, not just bystanders. In this video, U-M Health System staff and patients talk about what this model of care means to them. Read more about the new generation of patient- and family-centered care.

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  10. May 11, 2015

    Road Scholars

    Members of 2015 Michigan Road Scholars Tour study a traditional long house located at the Museum of Ojibwa Culture in St. Ignace. The stop was part of an annual five-day tour of Michigan to familiarize members of U-M’s faculty and staff with places the majority of our students call home, encourage university service to the public, and suggest ways faculty can help address state and local issues. (Photo by Becky Mueller)