Multimedia Features

  1. October 14, 2022

    Welcome, President Ono

    The U-M campus community — including students from across the institution, an array of staff members, and the UM-Dearborn and UM-Flint chancellors — welcome Santa J. Ono for his first official day as the 15th president of U-M.

    Read a Q&A interview with President Ono
  2. October 12, 2022

    “DEI: Nurturing the Heart, Mind, & Soul”

    Dena Scott, clinical psychologist with Headspace Health, speaks Oct. 13 during the DEI Summit at the Power Center for the Performing Arts. Scott was one of three featured speakers focusing on the theme, “DEI: Nurturing the Heart, Mind, & Soul.” Todd Boyd, a.k.a “Notorious Ph.D.” and a professor at the University of Southern California, and Sarah Hurwitz, a clinical psychologist at Headspace Health, were the other two featured speakers. Members of the U-M community gathered in person for the first time in three years for this year’s DEI Summit. (Photo by Lon Horwedel, Michigan Photography)

    Read more about the DEI Summit
  3. October 11, 2022

    Creative Campus Voting Project

    Two installations at the Duderstadt Gallery and the U-M Museum of Art intend to make the voting process clear, welcoming and delightful for students on both Central and North Campus this fall. Stephanie Rowden and Hannah Smotrich, associate professors of art and design in the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design, are co-leads of the nonpartisan Creative Campus Voting Project. Their installations each feature a satellite location of the Ann Arbor City Clerk’s Office, where residents, including U-M students who live in Ann Arbor, will be able to register to vote, obtain absentee ballots, complete ballots on site if they wish, and return their absentee ballots to an official City of Ann Arbor dropbox.

    Read more about the Creative Campus Voting Project
  4. October 10, 2022

    Well-being Day

    Janelle Zora, right, a health educator with University Health Service, chats with attendees at the Well-being Day at the Diag on Oct. 9. The event highlighted World Mental Health Day, which takes place Oct. 10, and encouraged students to check in on their well-being, pause and reflect on how they feel, and discover services and opportunities that are available to help them feel their best. (Photo by Rebecca Cook)

    Janelle Zora, right, a health educator with University Health Service, chats with attendees at the Well-being Day at the Diag on Oct. 9. The event highlighted World Mental Health Day, which takes place Oct. 10, and encouraged students to check in on their well-being, pause and reflect on how they feel, and discover services and opportunities that are available to help them feel their best. (Photo by Rebecca Cook)

    Read about the new Well-being Collective
  5. October 6, 2022

    Asteroid-spawned tsunami

    The miles-wide asteroid that struck Earth 66 million years ago wiped out nearly all the dinosaurs and roughly three-quarters of the planet’s plant and animal species. It also triggered a monstrous tsunami with mile-high waves that scoured the ocean floor thousands of miles from the impact site on Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, according to a new U-M study. In this video, U-M researchers discuss how they found evidence that supports their models’ predictions about the tsunami’s path and power.

    Read more about the asteroid and resulting tsunami
  6. October 4, 2022

    When climate change hits home

    Goshen, Indiana, which experienced devastating flooding in 2018, is one of 12  Midwestern communities partnering with the Great Lakes Integrated Sciences and Assessments, a group led by U-M, to help them address infrastructure needs driven by changing climate realities. In this video, Goshen residents recall the impact of that flooded February, and GLISA leaders talk about efforts to head off similar problems in the future.

    Read more about GLISA’s work with Goshen and other communities
  7. October 3, 2022

    Haven Elm marker

    Photo of the Haven Elm marker

    This granite marker was placed by the Class of 1867 to mark the site of an elm tree honoring former U-M President Erastus Otis Haven. The tree is now gone, but the granite block remains, near Hatcher Graduate Library and Angell Hall. The Record periodically highlights pieces of public art at U-M. Learn more about this piece.

    Browse an online collection of public artworks
  8. September 30, 2022

    DEI Summit 2022

    In this video, U-M students and staff invite the campus to the 2022 Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Summit on Oct. 12. The campus community will have an opportunity to examine the role of the arts in supporting humanity, mental health and wellness, and religious and spiritual diversity.

    Read more about the DEI Summit
  9. September 28, 2022

    Helping salons be healthy

    A U-M program called the Michigan Healthy Nail Salon Cooperative aims to improve health and safety conditions at nail salons. Its mission is to investigate and raise awareness of health and safety issues faced by nail salon owners and employees and work together to find solutions to ensure healthy and safer work conditions. In this video, staff at the BeeQ Salon and Spa near the Ann Arbor campus talk about the program and the issues it addresses.

    Read more about the Michigan Healthy Nail Salon Cooperative
  10. September 27, 2022

    ‘Flint Is Family in Three Acts’

    The exhi­bi­tion “LaToya Ruby Frazier: Flint Is Family in Three Acts” brings together photographs from five years of research and collaboration between LaToya Ruby Frazier and two poets, activists, mothers and residents of Flint: Shea Cobb and Amber Hasan. “Flint Is Family In Three Acts” premieres 24 new works with Act III currently on display at Stamps Gallery, marking the first time the entire series is being shown in the U.S. In this video, Cobb and Hasan talk about the ongoing crisis and the creation of the exhibition.

    Read more about “LaToya Ruby Frazier: Flint Is Family in Three Acts”