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April 22, 2014

Water and health

The Integrated Assessment Center at the Graham Sustainability Institute brings together interdisciplinary research teams, decision-makers, and key stakeholders to develop pathways toward real solutions. This video explains how teams are working in Ghana and Peru to address major water issues.

April 21, 2014

Strike back at severe weather

As the severe-weather season approaches, university officials would like to remind members of the campus community about important information to help plan for and respond to various weather situations. When severe weather strikes, be prepared to “strike back” by signing up for Emergency Alerts.

April 20, 2014

Michigan Experience Day

The Center for Educational Outreach recently welcomed 130 top high school students from across the Lower Peninsula for Michigan Experience Day. They visited a residence hall, a classroom lecture, and a roundtable discussion with current U-M students. Ryan Lorch, right, leads an aspiring group of natural science scholars on a campus tour. “We hope to inspire these students to apply to U-M in the fall and inform them of the value of attending college,” said CEO Program Coordinator Emily Flinkstrom. (Photo by Roger Hart, Michigan Photography)

April 17, 2014

Purple gang

There was a decidedly younger set of students on the Diag on Thursday as children and staff from U-M’s children’s centers performed a flash mob, sporting purple outfits and singing songs to raise awareness for the importance of early childhood education. (Photo by Austin Thomason, Michigan Photography)

April 16, 2014

Robot companions?

Will advances in artificial intelligence bring us closer to having robots in our homes? In this video, Satinder Baveja, a professor of computer science and engineering who works in artificial intelligence and machine learning, discusses the goals and outlook for research in making robots that think like humans.

April 15, 2014

Energy efficiency

Five 2013 Dow Sustainability Fellows from U-M have partnered with the City of Ann Arbor to create financial incentives for landlords and renters to increase energy efficiency. This video highlights the collaboration that is having an on-the-ground sustainability impact.

April 14, 2014

Warm-weather Wolverines

The staff that works to support the Brain Attack Surveillance in Corpus Christi project donned blue fleeces featuring the Block M this year to ward off what was a chilly winter by Texas standards. But this U-M field office is still marked by palm trees and sunshine most of the time. The BASIC researchers work with patients and hospitals to learn why Mexican Americans have a greater burden of stroke than non-Hispanic whites. (Photo by Dr. Lewis Morgenstern)

April 13, 2014

Translation for a cause

Volunteers representing 15 different languages were among 67 people who signed up for the second annual Translate-a-thon, during which 50 projects were translated for various non-profit organizations. In this video, participants and organizers discuss the benefits of the event, which ran March 28-30.

April 10, 2014

Robotics Day

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YiBin Jiang, a Medical School research technician, plays soccer with a robot during Robotics Day at the North Campus Research Complex on Thursday. The event showcased leading autonomous systems and robotics research coming out of U-M, other Michigan universities and in government and industry in the region. View more photos from Robotics Day. (Photo by Joseph Xu, College of Engineering)

April 9, 2014

Tea and sympathy

Although workers on fair-trade tea plantations in India’s Darjeeling region harvest some of the world’s most expensive tea, they do so for less than a dollar a day. In this video, Sarah Besky, assistant professor of anthropology and natural resources and environment, discusses why “fair trade and other programs that purport to provide justice to plantation workers in the age of global ‘ethical consumption’ are not having much effect in providing justice to the tea pluckers, who are mainly Indian Nepali, or Gorkha, women.”