Multimedia Features
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May 10, 2015
Community impact
Read MoreThe university’s new Community Relations website provides facts and figures, local partnerships and news, as well as a list of museums, lectures, community health programs, and business, career and workplace assistance.
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May 7, 2015
April flowers, May showers?
Read MoreThe main job of pollen is to help seed the next generation of trees and plants, but a new study from U-M and Texas A&M shows the grains might also seed clouds. In this video, Allison Steiner, associate professor of atmospheric, oceanic and space sciences, discusses how these wind-carried capsules of genetic material might affect the planet’s climate.
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May 6, 2015
Business and policy
Fifty-nine U-M business students are in Washington, D.C., this week as part of the Carson Scholar program. Wednesday they met with U.S. Sen. Gary Peters (left), D-Michigan, who discussed his own background in business prior to going into public service and took questions on broader issues. The one-week course allows students to learn about public policy as they look ahead toward careers in business. (Photo by Mike Waring, Washington Office)
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May 5, 2015
Safe travel computing
Read MoreWhether you are planning a vacation, a research or other professional trip, or just some local day trips this summer, you will likely take your laptop or a mobile device with you. This video offers some tips to safeguard your data —and the university’s.
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May 4, 2015
UM-Flint commencement
Read MoreUM-Flint’s spring commencement saw 748 graduates participate during two ceremonies Sunday at Perani Arena and Events Center. View more photos of the morning ceremony and afternoon ceremony, and read about the individual paths some of the students took to graduation. (Photo by Bob Mabbitt, UM-Flint)
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May 1, 2015
Congratulations Class of 2015
As U-M graduates made the transition from students to alumni Saturday, the Alumni Association welcomed them with this video — shown prior to the commencement ceremony at Michigan Stadium — of alumni from across the nation offering their Wolverine wisdom and congratulations.
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April 30, 2015
3-D breath of life
Read MoreThree boys — all with the same life-threatening condition, a terminal form of tracheobronchomalacia — became the first in the world to benefit from groundbreaking 3-D printed devices that helped keep their airways open, restored their breathing and saved their lives at C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital. In this video, Dr. Glenn Green, associate professor of otolaryngology, explains how the device came about.
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April 29, 2015
Distinguished Dissertation Awards
Read MoreThe 2014 ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Award recipients were honored Wednesday. Awardees received a $1,000 honorarium recognizing exceptional scholarly work and completion of their doctoral degrees in 2014. The annual competition is co-sponsored by ProQuest and Rackham Graduate School. View a full list of the recipients. (Photo by Alexander Holmes)
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April 28, 2015
Shakespeare, naturally
Read MoreFor 15 years Shakespeare fans have enjoyed “Shakespeare in the Arb,” which presents the Bard’s plays amid the flora and fauna of the Nichols Arborteum. In advance of this year’s production, Michigan Today has prepared a slideshow of photos from past years. Shakespeare lovers also can stroll through Shakespeare’s Garden in the Matthaei Botanical Gardens’ conservatory through May 4. The display features plants referenced in the Bard’s poems and plays. (Photo by Myra Klarman)
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April 27, 2015
Dance Cylinder
Read MoreA gift of A. Alfred Taubman, “Dance Cylinder” by Robert Graham sits in front of the Taubman Medical Library. The bronze sculpture conveys a “sense of movement, expressed in terms of the human form.” The Record periodically highlights pieces of public art at U-M. Learn more about this piece, or browse an online collection of public artworks.
