Multimedia Features
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October 23, 2014
Nanolobes
Read MoreIn designs that mimic the texture of starfish shells, Michigan engineers have made curved ordered crystals. Such shapes are found readily in nature, but not in a lab. Crystals that engineers typically make either have facets with flat surfaces and hard angles, or are smooth but lack a repeating molecular order. In this video, Olga Shalev, a doctoral student in materials science and engineering, describes how researchers came to discover the crystals they call “nanolobes.”
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October 22, 2014
Wolverines for Life
Read MoreWith about 120,000 people — slightly more than a game-day crowd at Michigan Stadium — waiting for organ transplants, the Wolverines for Life partnership is kicking off its fall campaign for organ, blood and marrow donors. This video is the cornerstone of the effort that includes a massive donor drive at Michigan Stadium on Nov. 16, and also is designed to spur participation in the annual fall donor challenges between U-M and Ohio State.
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October 21, 2014
Fireproofing batteries
Read MoreU-M researchers have developed an impressive new way to make the world’s most popular batteries, lithium-ion, safer and more efficient. In this video, Richard Laine, professor of materials science and engineering, and macromolecular science and engineering, discusses the new method and materials that could be a game-changer in our battery-dependent destiny.
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October 20, 2014
Mail order pharmacy
Read MoreThe Benefits Office is encouraging employees covered under the U-M prescription drug plan to use the mail order pharmacy program program, which provides free home delivery and savings of one-third on the cost of copays for 90-day supplies of many prescriptions. This video illustrates how the program works.
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October 19, 2014
Afterhouse
Read MoreStudents work in the former basement of a burned-out Detroit home that is being repurposed as a semi-subterranean, passive geothermal greenhouse that will serve the neighborhood. The basement will hold earth and be the growing area for numerous plants, come spring. Looking on is Steven Mankouche, associate professor of architecture and a leader of the project. Read more about how the Afterhouse project is bringing hope to one urban neighborhood. (Photo by Ali Lapetina)
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October 16, 2014
Lighting UM-Flint
Read MoreInstallation of new LED lighting at UM-Flint, part of a seven-year process, is nearing completion and will improve the efficiency and brightness of lighting across campus. While the cost was about $350,000, the savings in energy use has averaged $66,012 annually, and the efforts to date have meant a reduction of 825,000 kilowatts of electricity annually. (Photo by Mel Serow, UM-Flint)
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October 15, 2014
SSC open house
Read MoreThe Shared Services Center conducted an open house on Oct. 10 for campus staff, faculty, family and friends. The event included self-guided tours, an opportunity to engage with current staff, and information about the facility at 1000 Victors Way as well as the processes that it handles. (Photo courtesy of Administrative Services Transformation Project Team)
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October 13, 2014
Presidential vaccine
Read MorePresident Mark S. Schlissel receives his flu vaccination from Deborah Rinna, a registered nurse for Michigan Visiting Care, which is partnering with MHealthy to conduct a series of flu shot clinics this fall. Schlissel got his vaccine Monday at the Michigan League. The last MHealthy clinic at the Ann Arbor campus will be from 10 a.m.-2 p.m.Thursday in the Michigan Union’s Anderson Room. (Photo by Austin Thomason, Michigan Photography)
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October 12, 2014
‘Into the Wind’
Read More“Into the Wind” is a dance piece that does more than entertain. This video explores the collaboration involving students and faculty from U-M, Grand Valley State University and Muskegon community members. Culminating in a pair of August performances in Muskegon, the project was designed to inspire dialogue about wind as a source of energy.
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October 9, 2014
Nano mechanical center
Read MoreEngineering students, faculty and U-M leaders cut the ribbons on ceremonial balloons to open the $46 million Center of Excellence in Nano Mechanical Science and Engineering, which opened Friday on North Campus. From left are: mechanical engineering doctoral students Will LePage and Kaitlyn Mallett, mechanical engineering department chair and professor Kon-Well Wang, College of Engineering Dean David Munson, Gov. Rick Snyder, President Mark S. Schlissel and Jason Boehm, director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Program Coordination Office. (Photo by Joseph Xu, College of Engineering)
