Multimedia Features

  1. May 31, 2023

    Little trees, big impact

    The Bonsai and Penjing Garden at Matthaei Botanical Gardens is celebrating its 10th year in June with a month-long celebration, including workshops, demonstrations and family-friendly activities. Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum’s Bonsai collection actually began in 1977 and was formally established as the Bonsai and Penjing Garden at Matthaei Botanical Gardens in 2013. This video showcases how these little trees make a big impact.

    Read more about the Bonsai and Penjing Garden
  2. May 25, 2023

    New gun safety laws

    With Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s recent signing of the third piece of firearms safety legislation into law, Michigan joins Washington, D.C., and 20 other states that are turning to extreme risk protection orders to prevent violence and deaths by firearms. In this video, April Zeoli, policy core director for U-M’s Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention, explains the three new gun safety laws and details the purpose and history of red flag laws.

    Read more about the new gun safety laws in Michigan
  3. May 19, 2023

    chaos

    Winning contest photo, "chaos," of a person in a cave

    This photo by Anders Lundin, a senior at the time in the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design and the School of Information, took first place in Arts at Michigan’s “As I See It” March photo contest. The photo, taken in St. Paul, Minnesota, is titled “chaos.” The contest’s theme was “Surreal.”

    View all the contest winners and finalists
  4. May 18, 2023

    Morning glory garden

    Pictured is a research plot where morning glory diversity is studied at Matthaei Botanical Gardens. A new morning glory garden coming to Matthaei Botanical Gardens will show off how diverse a single group of closely related plants can be while connecting the botanical gardens’ visitors to faculty research. The new morning glory garden is part of a larger “Broader Impacts Garden” at Matthaei Botanical Gardens. (Photo by Grace Zhang)

    Pictured is a research plot where morning glory diversity is studied at Matthaei Botanical Gardens. A new morning glory garden coming to the gardens will show off how diverse a single group of closely related plants can be while connecting the botanical gardens’ visitors to faculty research. The new morning glory garden is part of a larger “Broader Impacts Garden” that will bring MBGNA’s faculty research from behind the scenes. (Photo by Grace Zhang)

    Read more about the new morning glory garden
  5. May 17, 2023

    Onus

    Photo of the bronze sculpture Onus

    A gift of the Class of 1961, this bronze sculpture titled Onus sits on the east side of Pierpont Commons on North Campus. It was created by Jon Rush, a professor of sculpture at U-M from 1962-2006. The Record periodically highlights pieces of public art at U-M. Learn more about this piece. (Photo by Austin Thomason, Michigan Photography)

    Browse an online collection of public artworks at U-M
  6. May 15, 2023

    Building curious machines

    Despite thousands of years of exploration, the vast majority of Earth’s oceans and lakes are uncharted and unknown to humans. Could artificial intelligence change that? This video explores how a team led by Katie Skinner, assistant professor of robotics and of naval architecture and marine engineering, is developing technology that uses artificial intelligence to scour sonar data and quickly identify areas that warrant a closer look.

    Read more about the effort to better map the world’s seabeds
  7. May 15, 2023

    New falcons

    Photo of three peregrine falcon chicks

    These three peregrine falcon chicks hatched recently at a nesting box atop North Quad. In past years, newly hatched chicks have been banded by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources and a naming process would take place. The DNR was unable to perform the banding — which also would have included determining the birds’ sex — this year, so no naming occurred. (Photo by Danielle Durham, Michigan DNR)

  8. May 12, 2023

    A gift for moms

    Mother’s Day is May 14 and a U-M researcher says it should serve as a reminder to mothers to be good to themselves and to celebrate their accomplishments. In other words, Brenda Volling, professor of psychology, says in this video, the greatest gift moms can give themselves is self-compassion and kindness because “their best is more than good enough.”

    Read a Q&A with Brenda Volling
  9. May 11, 2023

    Geo-exchange progress

    Photo of two workers using specialized machines to drill at the Hayward Street Geothermal Facility.

    Workers use specialized machines to drill about 700 feet below surface at the site of the the Hayward Street Geothermal Facility on North Campus. Drilling is almost complete for the first major geo-exchange facility at U-M, which will heat and cool the Leinweber Computer Science and Information Building. The project represents an important step in advancing U-M’s carbon neutrality goals. (Photo by Marcin Szczepanski, College of Engineering)

    Red more about the geo-exchange project
  10. May 9, 2023

    Tulip rescue

    Photo of tulips after watering.

    The tulips waving in the breeze on the Diag and Ingalls Mall might have been damaged or destroyed by cold weather just before Spring Commencement if it hadn’t been for quick action and a new idea from members of Grounds Services. Workers borrowed a technique that orange growers use to protect their trees — early morning watering, which kept the petals from freezing. (Photo by Bradley Whitehouse)

    Read more about the effort to protect U-M’s tulips