Multimedia Features

  1. August 30, 2022

    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
  2. August 29, 2022

    Begin again

    From the early morning chimes of Burton Memorial Tower, to days filled with scholarship, research and athletics, to evenings of friendly fellowship, a vibrancy is returning to campus. This video welcomes back U-M students, faculty and staff, and urges them to embrace the power and promise of a new school year.

  3. August 23, 2022

    The Galileo forgery

    Section of the Galileo manuscript

    This is a section of the U-M Library’s “Galileo manuscript” that for nearly a century had been considered one of the jewels of the library’s collection. The library recently determined that the document, previously thought to have been written by Galileo himself in 1609 and 1610, was actually a 20th-century fake.

    Read more about the Galileo forgery
  4. August 16, 2022

    Fleming coming down

    An excavator sits near the half-demolished Fleming Administration Building on Aug. 15. (Photo by Daryl Marshke, Michigan Photography)

    An excavator equipped with powerful hydraulic jaws sits on the south side of the Fleming Administration Building a few days after workers for the Adamo Group began tearing down the structure. Exterior demolition of the 54-year-old campus landmark, once home to the offices of U-M presidents and the site of raucous student protests, began Aug. 11 and is expected to take about a month. The site will be filled in and landscaped while university officials consider future uses for it. (Photo by Daryl Marshke, Michigan Photography)

    Read more about Fleming demolition and view a photo gallery
  5. August 12, 2022

    Fleming starts to fall

    Photo of excavator tearing in the Fleming Building

    An excavator equipped with hydraulic jaws tears into an upper floor of the east side of the Fleming Administration Building on Aug. 11. Exterior demolition of the 54-year-old campus landmark, once home to the offices of U-M presidents and the site of raucous student protests, is expected to take about a month. The site will be filled in and landscaped while university officials consider future uses for it. (Photo by Austin Thomason, Michigan Photography)

    Read more about Fleming demolition and view a photo gallery
  6. August 10, 2022

    College confidant

    Through the Michigan College Advising Corps, a diverse group of recent U-M graduates works full-time as college advisers in under-served high schools throughout the state of Michigan to help students navigate every aspect of the college application process and identify their best fit among post-secondary options. The program, started in 2010, has helped more than 20,000 students throughout the state select and apply for colleges and scholarships.

    Read more about the Michigan College Advising Corps
  7. August 2, 2022

    Concussion research

    Concussions are a fundamental concern facing the United States military, the sports medicine community and society at large. Supported by a $42 million award from the NCAA and the Department of Defense, Steven Broglio, professor of kinesiology and director of the Michigan Concussion Center, and his colleagues are leading the largest-ever concussion and repetitive head impact study. This video looks at how their findings aim to uncover long-term effects of concussions in student-athletes and military service members.

    Read more about Steven Broglio and his concussion research
  8. July 27, 2022

    DEI commitment

    The Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion this summer brought together university leadership teams — including deans, executive officers and unit directors — and DEI implementation leads for a series of retreats in which participants reflected on the outcomes of the previous plan and strategized for DEI 2.0. From left, College of Engineering Dean Alec D. Gallimore, Sheri Notaro, DEI director for the Institute for Social Research, and Associate General Counsel Maya Kobersy participate in a panel discussion during a DEI leadership retreat. (Lon Horwedel, Michigan Photography)

    Read more about U-M’s DEI commitment
  9. July 20, 2022

    Up North Impact

    From the Big House to the Mackinac Bridge, the impact of University of Michigan research, faculty, staff, alumni and students spans far beyond the borders of its three campuses, as shown in this video. University regents and other U-M leaders visited northern Michigan to strengthen the ties that bind U-M to all corners of the Great Lakes state. The trip included a Board of Regents meeting July 21 in St. Ignace.

    Learn more about U-M’s Up North Impact
  10. July 17, 2022

    Dead tree removed

    Grounds Services crews removed a dead American elm tree east of Mason Hall near the Diag on July 14-15. The 70-foot-tall tree, estimated to be between 150 and 200 years old, was determined to be a hazard. (Photo by Jose Juarez, Michigan Photography)

    See a photo gallery of the tree removal