Multimedia Features
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October 10, 2022
Well-being Day
Read about the new Well-being CollectiveJanelle 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)
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October 6, 2022
Asteroid-spawned tsunami
Read more about the asteroid and resulting tsunamiThe 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.
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October 4, 2022
When climate change hits home
Read more about GLISA’s work with Goshen and other communitiesGoshen, 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.
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October 3, 2022
Haven Elm marker
Browse an online collection of public artworksThis 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.
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September 30, 2022
DEI Summit 2022
Read more about the DEI SummitIn 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.
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September 28, 2022
Helping salons be healthy
Read more about the Michigan Healthy Nail Salon CooperativeA 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.
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September 27, 2022
‘Flint Is Family in Three Acts’
Read more about “LaToya Ruby Frazier: 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.
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September 26, 2022
Earthfest 2022
View more photos from EarthfestFrom left, Lisa Demond and Elizabeth Wallenberg of Michigan Dining hand out tomatoes grown on the Campus Farm at Earthfest 2022 on Sept. 22. The annual fall event celebrating sustainability initiatives across the university featured 40 student organizations, university units and local nonprofits sharing opportunities to learn about and get involved in sustainable operations, environmental advocacy, research and environmental justice. (Photo by Austin Thomason, Michigan Photography)
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September 23, 2022
Regents bid Mary Sue farewell … again
Read more about Mary Sue Coleman’s farewellPresident Mary Sue Coleman reacts upon hearing that the Board of Regents intends to grant her an honorary degree at the 2023 Spring Commencement. The Sept. 22 regents meeting was Coleman’s last before stepping down next month. Coleman served as president from 2002-14, and returned Jan. 15 to serve again in an interim capacity until a new president is in place. Santa J. Ono will become U-M’s 15th president Oct. 14. (Photo by Roger Hart, Michigan Photography)
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September 22, 2022
The ZEUS laser
Read more about the ZEUS laserThe laser that will be the most powerful in the United States is preparing to send its first pulses into an experimental target at U-M. ZEUS — for Zetawatt-Equivalent Ultrashort pulse laser System — will explore the physics of the quantum universe as well as outer space, and is expected to contribute to new technologies in medicine, electronics and national security. In this video, faculty members in the College of Engineering discuss how the Center for Ultrafast Optical Science, which houses ZEUS, may be used and why it will be a destination for researchers studying extreme plasmas around the U.S. and internationally.
