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September 15, 2022

Dentistry renovation

The renovation and expansion of the School of Dentistry incorporates the latest developments in patient care, dental education and research into the existing facility. This video explores how the four-year project, known as Blue Renew, has changed the school and what it can offer patients. An open house is scheduled from 2-5 p.m. Sept. 16.

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September 14, 2022

Record research volume

U-M reported a record $1.71 billion in research expenditures during fiscal year 2022, fueling innovations to address critical challenges ranging from global health disparities and Great Lakes water quality to firearm violence and driverless vehicle technologies. This video shares highlights of the many research areas undertaken by U-M, which has been ranked No. 1 in research volume among U.S. public universities for 11 consecutive years.

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September 13, 2022

Kessler Student Center

LSA Dean Anne Curzan and Tim McKay (right), LSA associate dean for undergraduate education, chat with Fred Wilpon (left) during the naming event for the new Kessler Student Center. Wilpon and his wife, Judy, have donated $61 million to create and expand the Kessler Presidential Scholars Program. The program and student center are named for Judy Wilpon’s parents, Irene and Morris B. Kessler. (Photo by Scott C. Soderberg, Michigan Photography)

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September 12, 2022

Teaching actively

Amy Gottfried, a lecturer IV in LSA, teaches Chemistry 230 in the Central Campus Classroom Building to students who are broken into small groups, each with their own video screen and whiteboard. The CCCB — filled with a variety of innovative features — is part of a movement to make teaching and learning a more active, engaging experience. (Photo by Austin Thomason, Michigan Photography)

Helping veterans smile

Over the past decade, the School of Dentistry has provided free, comprehensive care valued at about $1.7 million to more than 480 military veterans statewide. The school expanded on the success of that first initiative by establishing a second clinic in Brighton and a third in Pontiac. In this video, School of Dentistry staff, students and patients talk about the positive impact of the Victors for Veterans program.

Building the Block M

A recent tradition for incoming U-M freshmen is to have them gather for a group photo in the shape of the Block M. This year, there were so many attendees that two photos were taken, and this time-lapse video shows them moving into position for each one at Elbel Field. The group photos are coordinated through the Office of New Student Programs and Student Life, and will hang in the Michigan Union for the next four years.

September 6, 2022

Participatory planning

Through a Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning project led by Associate Professor Ana Paula Pimentel Walker, urban planning students are working with low-income communities to help combat Brazil’s severe affordable housing deficit and promote environmental stewardship. This video shows the impact the project is having on these communities.

Festifall North

Megan Smania, a program coordinator for student philanthropy, distributes information about the Student Giving Council during the Festifall information fair at The Grove on North Campus on Aug. 30. More than 650 student organizations, campus departments and community vendors share information at the annual two-day event. The Central Campus Festifall will take place from 2:30-8:30 p.m. Sept. 1 on the Diag. (Photo by Scott C. Soderberg, Michigan Photography)

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August 31, 2022

New UMAP Scholars

The African Studies Center welcomes 12 early and mid-career faculty from universities in Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa and Uganda. Established in 2009, U-M African Presidential Scholars has been U-M’s flagship program for engagement with colleges and universities on the African continent. Pictured are the UMAPS fall 2022 cohort, from left: Samuel Boahen, Joseph Sieka, Celso Monjane, Anne Jepkempboi, Uwitonze Pierre Celestin, Narh Hargoe (seated), Ann L. Moagi, Rodwell Makombe, Nancy Awori, Thembelihle Luthuli, Ugochi Adaku Okengwu, Justine Germo Nzweundji. (Photo by Teyei Pam)

Fossils’ untold stories

Researchers from around the world continue to explore the massive collections housed inside the U-M Museum of Paleontology in an effort to uncover Earth’s untold stories dating back as far as 2.1 billion years ago. This video shows how, from ancient plant fossils to more recent mammoth and mastodon skeletons found in Michigan, the museum is home to about four million specimens.

Read about Matt Friedman, the museum’s director and associate curator