Multimedia Features
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November 3, 2022
Creating equity in flood recovery
Flooding is the leading cause of property damage and deaths in the United States — bigger than earthquakes and forest fires combined. Branko Kerkez, an Arthur F. Thurnau Professor and associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, and his students at the Digital Water Lab partnered with researchers at the Center for Social Solutions to measure, better understand and prevent flooding and its aftermath in some of the most vulnerable communities. This video explains the partnership and the work involved.
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October 31, 2022
Pavilion progress proceeds
Read more about The Pavilion’s progress and view a photo galleryMichigan Medicine faculty, staff and learners celebrated a new phase of construction that will soon begin on The Pavilion at U-M Health. An all-day beam signing event recently drew nearly 2,000 employees who each signed one of the structural beams for The Pavilion, making their mark on the future of health care at Michigan Medicine. (Photo by Deanna Norris, Michigan Medicine)
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October 31, 2022
Winter Commencement honorary degrees
Read more about the honorary degree recipientsFrom left, Vera J. Songwe, chair of the Liquidity and Sustainability Facility and co-chair of the High Level Panel on Climate Finance; Rebecca M. Blank, an internationally respected economist and educator and former dean of the Ford School; and Melissa J. Moore, chief scientific officer emeritus of Moderna, have been recommended for honorary degrees at U-M’s Winter Commencement. Songwe will be the main speaker at the Dec. 18 commencement ceremonies at Crisler Center.
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October 28, 2022
Searching for accurate voting information
Read a Q&A with Arthur Lupia about voting informationVoters can easily find information about political issues and candidates from various sources, but the challenge is determining what’s accurate and why it’s being shared. In this video, Arthur Lupia, the Gerald R. Ford Distinguished University Professor of Political Science, talks about how voters can seek accurate information before going to the polls.
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October 26, 2022
Reducing single-use plastic
Read more about UM-Dearborn’s water bottle filling effortUM-Dearborn started installing water bottle filling stations in 2020, and it now has 19 across eight campus buildings, including four new stations that were installed this year. To date, the stations have replaced the equivalent of nearly 108,000 single-use plastic bottles. (Photo by Rudra Mehta)
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October 25, 2022
‘Race to the Sunset’
View all the finalists in the fall contest“Race to the Sunset” by LSA student Phoebe Huang is the first-place winner for Arts at Michigan’s fall 2022 photo contest. Competitions take place periodically throughout the year, with calls for art using different themes and mediums. The October contest’s theme was “Travels.” This photo was taken in Brooklyn, New York.
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October 23, 2022
Santa meets the students
View a gallery of photos from the receptionsHundreds of students turned out for receptions on Central and North campuses Oct. 21 to welcome President Santa J. Ono as he concluded his first week in office. During the reception on Ingalls Mall, the president took a turn directing students from the Michigan Pops Orchestra.
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October 20, 2022
Million-dollar surprise
Read more about the million-dollar surpriseColleagues, friends and family members gathered at U-M’s Indoor Track and Field facility Oct. 20, to surprise Feranmi Okanlami (center left, in yellow T-shirt) with an appearance on ABC’s “Good Morning America.” The surprise included a $1 million award from the Craig H. Neilsen Foundation for U-M’s Adaptive Sports & Fitness Program, which Okanlami oversees as director of Services for Students with Disabilities. Watch the full “GMA” segment. (Photo by Joe Borek, UMSocial)
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October 18, 2022
Leinweber groundbreaking
Read more about the ceremonyLarry Leinweber, founder and president of the Leinweber Foundation, signs a commemorative drawing of the new Leinweber Computer Science and Information Building, as his daughter, Ashley Leinweber, and wife, Claudia Babiarz, look on during an Oct. 14 ceremony to mark the North Campus building’s groundbreaking. A $25 million gift from the Leinweber Foundation will help fund the building, which will house the College of Engineering’s computer science and engineering division and the School of Information. (Photo by Dianna Oatridge for Michigan Photography)
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October 17, 2022
Celebrating U-M inventions
Read more about the 2022 Distinguished University Innovator of the YearPresident Santa J. Ono listens as Yan Zhang, assistant professor of biological chemistry, discusses her work on CRISPR-Cas3 during the Celebrate Invention event Oct. 13 at the Michigan Union. Looking on are Kelly Sexton (left), associate vice president for research – innovation partnerships, and Rebecca Cunningham, vice president for research. The annual celebration highlights U-M inventors and the impact of their innovations, and features the presentation of the Distinguished University Innovator of the Year, which this year was awarded to Wei Lu, professor of electrical engineering and computer science. (Photo by Eric Bronson, Michigan Photography)
