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September 8, 2022

Helping veterans smile

Over the past decade, the School of Dentistry has provided free, comprehensive care valued at about $1.7 million to more than 480 military veterans statewide. The school expanded on the success of that first initiative by establishing a second clinic in Brighton and a third in Pontiac. In this video, School of Dentistry staff, students and patients talk about the positive impact of the Victors for Veterans program.

Building the Block M

A recent tradition for incoming U-M freshmen is to have them gather for a group photo in the shape of the Block M. This year, there were so many attendees that two photos were taken, and this time-lapse video shows them moving into position for each one at Elbel Field. The group photos are coordinated through the Office of New Student Programs and Student Life, and will hang in the Michigan Union for the next four years.

September 6, 2022

Participatory planning

Through a Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning project led by Associate Professor Ana Paula Pimentel Walker, urban planning students are working with low-income communities to help combat Brazil’s severe affordable housing deficit and promote environmental stewardship. This video shows the impact the project is having on these communities.

Festifall North

Megan Smania, a program coordinator for student philanthropy, distributes information about the Student Giving Council during the Festifall information fair at The Grove on North Campus on Aug. 30. More than 650 student organizations, campus departments and community vendors share information at the annual two-day event. The Central Campus Festifall will take place from 2:30-8:30 p.m. Sept. 1 on the Diag. (Photo by Scott C. Soderberg, Michigan Photography)

Learn more about Festifall 2022

August 31, 2022

New UMAP Scholars

The African Studies Center welcomes 12 early and mid-career faculty from universities in Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa and Uganda. Established in 2009, U-M African Presidential Scholars has been U-M’s flagship program for engagement with colleges and universities on the African continent. Pictured are the UMAPS fall 2022 cohort, from left: Samuel Boahen, Joseph Sieka, Celso Monjane, Anne Jepkempboi, Uwitonze Pierre Celestin, Narh Hargoe (seated), Ann L. Moagi, Rodwell Makombe, Nancy Awori, Thembelihle Luthuli, Ugochi Adaku Okengwu, Justine Germo Nzweundji. (Photo by Teyei Pam)

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

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.

August 23, 2022

The Galileo forgery

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.

Fleming coming down

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

August 12, 2022

Fleming starts to fall

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