Multimedia Features
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November 15, 2022
President’s November message
President Santa J. Ono delivers the first of what he plans will be monthly video messages to the U-M community. In this video, he talks about what drew him to the university, things for which we should be thankful, and reminds viewers to watch his Leadership Welcome online Nov. 17.
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November 14, 2022
MBioFAR Award winners
Read more about the 2022 MBioFAR Award winnersTop row from left, Sami Barmada, Jianping Fu, Costas Lyssiotis and, bottom row from left, James Moon, Alison Narayan and Elizabeth Speliotes are recipients of the 2022 Mid-career Biosciences Faculty Achievement Recognition Award. The award, which recognizes exceptional mid-career faculty in the biosciences, provides discretionary funds — $250,000 per year for two years for each awardee — to encourage innovative, high-risk research.
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November 10, 2022
Getting to know Tabbye Chavous
Read the Q&A interview with Tabbye ChavousTabbye Chavous became U-M’s vice provost for equity and inclusion and chief diversity officer in August. A professor of education and of psychology, Chavous most recently was director of the National Center for Institutional Diversity and associate dean for diversity, equity, and inclusion in. In this Q&A interview, she reflects on her personal experiences and DEI efforts at U-M.
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November 9, 2022
Election Day 2022
View more photos from Election Day on campusVoters took to the polls at various locations across the Ann Arbor campus on Nov. 8 to cast their ballots in the 2022 midterm election. The Ann Arbor City Clerk operated two satellite offices on campus, including at the Duderstadt Center on North Campus where students lined up to register and complete their ballots. (Photo by Austin Thomason, Michigan Photography)
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November 8, 2022
Go Blue and go vote
Read more about how and where to voteElection Day is here, with a variety of races at the statewide, congressional, legislative and local levels. Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. for in-person voting, and absentee ballots can be dropped off at city or township clerks’ offices until 8 p.m. In this video, Martino Harmon, vice president for student life; Chris Kolb, vice president for government relations; and a host of students explain their reasons for voting.
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November 7, 2022
Healthy Schools
Read more about Project Healthy SchoolsProject Healthy Schools, a collaboration among U-M and communities across the state, is designed to reduce childhood obesity and improve the current and future health of Michigan’s youth. More than 150 middle schools in 47 Michigan counties have implemented the project since it began in 2004. In this video, program managers and participating students discuss the benefits of the program.
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November 4, 2022
Student teams yield engineers
Read more about the student teams at the Wilson CenterThe Wilson Student Team Project Center hosts dozens of student organizations who design and build different projects, often for competitions against other teams across the nation or globe. For many students, their time on those teams often turns out to be one of their most formative experiences at the College of Engineering. From left to right, Concrete Canoe team members Xanthe Thomas, Gillian James, Eli Richards, Deborah Reisner and Ben Routhier of the Concrete Canoe team fill their canoe with water to prove it can float just below the surface — a requirement for their competition. (Photo by Brenda Ahearn, College of Engineering)
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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.
