Multimedia Features
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September 4, 2014
High fives for #UMPres14
Read MorePresident Mark S. Schlissel greets students lining the procession route into the ceremony marking his formal installation as U-M’s 14th president Friday. View a gallery of images from the day’s inauguration festivities. (Photo by Photo by Eric Bronson, Michigan Photography)
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September 4, 2014
Practice Plunge
Read MoreFirst-year School of Public Health students cull the tomato crop at Food Gatherers in Ann Arbor as part of the annual Practice Plunge, which is designed to provide hands-on experience in the practice of public health. The annual daylong event is an opportunity for students to step outside the classroom and into public health practice, engage in public health through service to a local community health organization and visit a local public health department. (Photo by Leslie Stainton, SPH)
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September 3, 2014
Law School service
New Michigan Law students paint a mural at the Tindal Recreation Center in Detroit as part of the school’s day of community service on Aug. 28. Some students stayed in Ann Arbor, others traveled to Detroit. Some worked to renovate a house, others painted the mural. The Law School began including a community service event in new student orientation in 1993. View a slideshow of images from the work sites. (Photo courtesy of the Law School)
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September 2, 2014
Victories start here
Read MoreThe U-M Health System debuted a new TV commercial over the Labor Day weekend. Like previous commercials, the purpose of this spot is to showcase the kind of care only an academic medical center can provide.
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September 1, 2014
Welcome to a new year
As a new school year starts today, U-M’s 14th president, Mark S. Schlissel, begins his first year by welcoming faculty, staff and students with this video discussing the strengths of the institution and opportunities ahead.
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August 27, 2014
President’s open house
President Mark S. Schlissel and his wife, Monica Schwebs, greet Erica Lucas, Allison Powell and Jenna Roby during the new president’s first open house Thursday afternoon. Schlissel carried on a presidential tradition by starting the new academic year welcoming students and parents to an ice cream social at the President’s House. (Photo by Austin Thomason, Michigan Photography)
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August 21, 2014
Citizenship Day
Read MoreStudents from the Stephen M. Ross School of Business’ Executive MBA program, some who traveled across the country for their orientation, participated in Citizenship Day on Wednesday. The 105 students volunteered with Habitat for Humanity of Huron Valley, helping 17 low-moderate income families in the West Willow Neighborhood in Ypsilanti. Above, Tom Chepucavage of Los Angeles hauls brush from a yard. Also pictured are, from left, Greg Bauske, Brent Chamberlain, Mike Fairman, Saby Bandyopandhyay and John Fauster, all of Ann Arbor. (Photo courtesy of the Ross School of Business)
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August 17, 2014
A common bond
Read MoreUniversal themes and differences in their communities connect students from the U-M School of Nursing and their counterparts at the Salokaya School of Nursing in Delhi, India. In this video, U-M students and faculty discuss how a weekly videoconference between the two schools helps foster international collaboration.
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August 10, 2014
New life for MABEL
Read MoreMABEL, the walking and running bipedal robot created at U-M by Jessy Grizzle, Elmer G. Gilbert Distinguished University Professor of Engineering and professor of electrical engineering and computer science, and mechanical engineering, is part of a biomechanics exhibit at the Field Museum in Chicago through Jan. 4. This video explores MABEL’s trip to the Windy City and how it is helping teach people about the science of movement.
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August 4, 2014
The first 100 days
Read MorePresident Mark S. Schlissel watched his first “football” game at Michigan Stadium as he took in the soccer match between Manchester United and Real Madrid on Saturday. The experience is one of many being documented in a photo series marking the first 100 days of U-M’s 14th president. (Photo by Scott C. Soderberg, Michigan Photography)
