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February 6, 2014

Moore project groundbreaking

With the ground frozen under heavy snow, U-M leaders headed indoors Thursday to celebrate the official groundbreaking for the Earl V. Moore Building renovation and expansion project at the School of Music, Theatre & Dance. Turning a ceremonial first shovelful of dirt while confetti flies around them are, from left: Regent Julia Donovan Darlow, SMTD Dean Christopher Kendall, donors Delores and William Brehm, Professor Emeritus Glenn Watkins, President Mary Sue Coleman and Provost Martha Pollack. (Photo by Peter Smith Photography)

February 5, 2014

Welcome Wednesday

The weather outside may have been frightful Wednesday morning, but inside the Alumni Center the atmosphere was delightful as President Mary Sue Coleman helped hand out bagels to students stopping by for the Alumni Association’s Welcome Wednesday program. (Photo by Scott C. Soderberg, Michigan Photography)

February 4, 2014

Student-run free clinic

In every sense of the word, U-M’s Student-Run Free Clinic, located in downtown Pinckney, is student-generated. From scheduling appointments and ordering supplies to conducting physical exams and following up, the medical students are responsible for taking care of their uninsured patients. In this video, students discuss how the clinic gives them the chance to develop operational and leadership skills.

February 2, 2014

Shared services forum

Thom Madden (at podium), who is leading the implementation of the Administrative Services Transformation project, and Laurita Thomas (center), associate vice president for human resources, led an interactive forum Monday for future team members of the shared services center as preparations continue to co-locate some financial and human resources functions in a single location to lower costs. (Photo by Scott C. Soderberg, Michigan Photography)

February 2, 2014

U-M Olympians

U-M will be represented at the ice dancing and hockey venues when the Winter Olympics get underway this week. At left, from top, are ice dancers Charlie White and Meryl Davis, and Maia and Alex Shibutani, all current students; and alumnus Evan Bates with his partner Madison Chock. Former U-M men’s hockey team members playing for various national teams are, from top, Brian Lebler, Carl Hagelin and Max Pacioretty.

January 30, 2014

Concussion sensors

In recent years, the sports, science and medical communities have come to understand the devastating long-term effects that repeated concussions and even weaker blows to the head can have on athletes’ brains. This video shows how U-M engineers and doctors are testing two high-profile head impact sensors that could improve understanding of how the head and neck respond to hits that athletes might experience.

January 29, 2014

Bionic eye

Retina surgeons at the Kellogg Eye Center have performed the first — and second — surgeries in the United States to implant an artificial retina, or “bionic eye,” since the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the device last year. In this video, Dr. Thiran Jayasundera, assistant professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences, discusses the groundbreaking procedure.

January 28, 2014

Sunny but cold

Lynette Hoelter, a research investigator at the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research, is bundled up as she makes her way across the Diag on a bright but frigid Tuesday. While the Ann Arbor campus remained operational, classes were canceled as temperatures plunged below zero and wind chills were even colder. (Photo by Joel Johnson, Michigan Photography)

January 27, 2014

Containing epidemics

Researchers at the College of Engineering are working on computer models that could help tackle a challenging problem during the outbreak of an epidemic: Which facilities should a city close to help limit the public’s exposure to the illness? In this video, Siqian Shen, assistant professor of industrial and operations engineering, discusses her team’s work to help cities make those decisions quickly and effectively.

January 26, 2014

First spin

President-Elect Mark Schlissel gets his U-M career rolling Friday by spinning the Cube as students cheer him on in Regents’ Plaza. Earlier in the day, the Board of Regents approved Schlissel as the university’s 14th president. He will succeed Mary Sue Coleman on July 1. (Photo by Scott C. Soderberg, Michigan Photography)