Multimedia Features

  1. January 6, 2023

    All about the Blood Bank

    Deep inside University Hospital lies a gleaming new bank, devoted to handling priceless treasure and storing it safely. It is the Michigan Medicine Blood Bank, which recently opened in a new facility that took six years to plan. It replaces a cramped 36-year-old space just next door in University Hospital. In this video, Robertson Davenport, director of transfusion medicine and professor of pathology, explains the mission and the needs of the Blood Bank.

    Read more about the Michigan Medicine Blood Bank
  2. January 5, 2023

    More efficient hydrogen harvesting

    A new kind of solar panel, developed at U-M, has achieved 9% efficiency in converting water into hydrogen and oxygen — mimicking a crucial step in natural photosynthesis. Outdoors, it represents a major leap in the technology, but the biggest benefit is driving down the cost of sustainable hydrogen. In this video, Zetian Mi, professor of electrical engineering and computer science, explains the process and its benefits.

    Read more about solar water splitting
  3. January 4, 2023

    Fish pee: A passport to global food security?

    Jacob Allgeier, assistant professor of ecology and evolutionary biology in LSA, studies how nutrients and energy cycle through tropical ecosystems in order to better manage fisheries. The artificial reefs he’s building are an inexpensive, effective way to sustainably improve fisheries’ productivity. It’s important work, Allgeier says, “because people are hungry. It’s really that simple.”

    Read more about Allgeier’s work and its potential impact
  4. December 21, 2022

    Hope, kindness and unity

    As the Ann Arbor campus quiets for the winter break, thoughts turn to a diverse array of community celebrations and events. Along with scenes from the C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital tree lighting, Michigan Athletics’ annual food drive, and the Division of Public Safety and Security’s participation in the Washtenaw County Sheriffs Office Shop with a Cop program, President Santa J. Ono evokes the true meaning of the season in a wish for hope, kindness and unity.

  5. December 18, 2022

    2022 Winter Commencement

    Enjoy this video of scenes from Winter Commencement when the Class of 2022 officially became U-M alumni. Several hundred graduates, along with their families and supporters, filled the Crisler Center on Dec. 18 to hear from university leaders and commencement speaker Vera L. Songwe, chair of the United Nations Liquidity and Sustainability Facility and co-chair of the High Level Panel on Climate Finance.

    Read more and view photos from Winter Commencement
  6. December 16, 2022

    Puppy pause

    Sarah Krizan, academic adviser at LSA's Newnan Academic Advising Center, gets a kiss from Maizey, one of the shelter dogs from Friends of Detroit Animal Care and Control who visited the center Dec. 14 for Pop in for Puppies and Popcorn.

    Sarah Krizan, academic adviser at LSA’s Newnan Academic Advising Center, gets a kiss from Maizey, one of the shelter dogs from Friends of Detroit Animal Care and Control who visited the center Dec. 14 for Pop in for Puppies and Popcorn. Students and community members were invited to destress from final exams to enjoy some time with puppies and dogs from DACC and enjoy a midday popcorn snack. (Photo by Daryl Marshke, Michigan Photography)

    See a photo gallery from Pop in for Puppies and Popcorn
  7. December 15, 2022

    Getting to know CID

    A year ago, the Stone Center for Inequality Dynamics launched at U-M. This video explores how CID engages in foundational research on social inequality, trains the next generation of inequality scholars, creates new data and helps envision a more just world.

    Learn more about the Stone Center for Inequality Dynamics
  8. December 13, 2022

    Greetings of the season

    As the holiday season gets underway, President Santa J. Ono uses his monthly video message to encourage the campus community to have a joyous celebration, and reminds everyone that the university’s Well-being Collective is available for those facing seasonal stress. In this video, he also voiced support for the people of Iran and introduced a new feature, Portrait of a Wolverine, which this month focuses on Michigan News communications representative Jared Wadley and his therapy dog, Legend.

  9. December 12, 2022

    The (R)evolution of MLK

    The theme of the 2023 MLK Symposium is "The (R)evolution of MLK"

    U-M will explore “The (R)evolution of MLK” as the theme of its annual January symposium honoring civil rights leader the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. The MLK Symposium is one of the nation’s largest celebrations of King’s life and legacy sponsored by higher education. Its Jan. 16 keynote memorial lecture will feature a panel discussion with physician Aletha Maybank and filmmaker Edward Buckles.

    Read more about the speakers and theme of the MLK Symposium
  10. December 8, 2022

    Ginsberg plans approved

    Artist's rendering of Ginsberg Building

    The Board of Regents on Dec. 8 authorized construction to proceed on the approximately 11,000-square-foot Edward and Rosalie Ginsberg Building at 1024 Hill St. The board also approved the project’s schematic design. The new, environmentally sustainable building will replace the 7,500-square-foot Madelon Pound House and enhance the Edward Ginsberg Center’s focus on community engagement and student learning. (Image courtesy of Architecture, Engineering and Construction)

    Read more about the new Ginsberg Building