Multimedia Features
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March 19, 2014
Connected vehicle test site
Read MoreThis is an artist’s rendering of the new testing environment for connected and automated vehicles at the North Campus Research Complex. The Board of Regents on Thursday approved the site’s design, which will simulate a dynamic urban environment. It is a critical element of a joint project with industry and government to develop and implement an advanced system for moving people and freight on the streets of southeast Michigan by 2021. (Image courtesy of the U-M Office of Research)
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March 19, 2014
Hail Yeah!
From left, Allison Schaffer and Rachel Bonds join other students in writing postcards and personal thank-you messages to U-M alumni who gave gifts of $50 or less to the university. U-M Student Philanthropy hosted the annual Student Day of Thanks, Hail Yeah! event Wednesday at various campus locations, including this session at the Chemistry Building. (Photo by Austin Thomason, Michigan Photography)
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March 18, 2014
Icy implications
The record levels of Great Lakes ice during the cold 2014 winter has implications for the lakes’ future water levels and shipping and tourism industries that depend on them. In this video, Andrew Gronewold, adjunct assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering, discusses those implications as well as efforts underway to obtain better ice and water level measurements.
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March 16, 2014
3-D lifesaver
Read MoreDevices created on a 3-D printer saved 18-month-old Garrett Peterson’s life by restoring his breathing. The bioresorbable splints were developed and manufactured at U-M and surgically implanted at C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital. This video tells the story of Garrett and the high-tech procedure that saved him.
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March 13, 2014
Thank you, Mary Sue
Read MoreStudent Willie Filkowski captures a “selfie” with President Mary Sue Coleman on Friday during a celebration thanking her for her 12 years of leading U-M. This video takes a look back at the amazing progress the university has made during Coleman’s leadership. (Photo by Austin Thomason, Michigan Photography)
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March 13, 2014
NextGen successes
Read MoreThrough its NextGen Michigan initiative, Information and Technology Services is changing the way it delivers information technology at U-M. In this video, Chief Information Officer Laura Patterson describes the program’s goals and asks for success stories of how next generation technologies and service models are used across campus. Send them to [email protected].
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March 12, 2014
Copyright discussion
Melissa Levine (left), lead copyright officer for the U-M Library, talks with Karyn Temple Claggett, associate register of copyrights for the Library of Congress and a U-M alumna. Levine participated this week in a Washington, D.C., roundtable discussion hosted by the Copyright Office on mass digitization policy and the issue of “orphan works.” Levine said many historic copyrighted works would be lost without libraries working hard to create depositories for digitized works. The Copyright Office has urged Congress to consider updating U.S. copyright laws. (Photo by Mike Waring, Washington Office)
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March 11, 2014
Hoops at the hospital
The Big Ten champion Wolverine men’s basketball team brought smiles to the faces of patients and parents during a recent visit to C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital.
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March 10, 2014
Michigan Sea Grant
Read MoreMichigan Sea Grant Director Jim Diana (center), professor of natural resources, and Mark Breederland (left), Michigan Sea Grant Extension Agent from Michigan State University, talk with U.S. Rep. Dan Benishek, R-Crystal Falls, in Washington D.C. last week at the annual Great Lakes Breakfast on Capitol Hill. Diana and Breederland met with members of the Michigan congressional delegation to share information about Michigan Sea Grant’s efforts to assist coastal communities with research, education and outreach. (Photo by Mike Waring, Washington Office)
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March 9, 2014
A tribute to Mary Sue Coleman
Read MoreToday’s University Record is a special edition honoring Mary Sue Coleman’s 12 years as U-M’s 13th president. It includes this graphic presentation indicating some of the ways the university has changed during her tenure. View a larger, PDF version of the illustration. (Graphic by Jeff Knudson, Michigan Creative)
