Multimedia Features
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February 2, 2022
Presidential pop-in
Back on campus, President Mary Sue Coleman speaks to students in a Fundamental Physics for the Life Sciences II class, taught by Jens-Christian Meiners, professor of physics and of biophysics, in the new Central Campus Classroom Building. Coleman stopped by during her first day working in the Alexander G. Ruthven Building, which is connected to the CCCB and is the central administration’s new home. (Photo by Austin Thomason, Michigan Photography)
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February 1, 2022
The business of biowaste
Read more about developing biowaste as an energy sourceJose Alfaro, an assistant professor of practice at the School for Environment and Sustainability, has pioneered new ways to harness sustainable energy from biowaste through innovative gasification technology. In this video, Alfaro, also a senior research fellow at U-M’s William Davidson Institute, discusses how the institute explored multiple pathways to commercialize and and expand his work.
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January 31, 2022
Visions of safety
Read more about Sara Fess’ Hidden Voices projectIt’s one thing to order a soy latte at a coffee shop. It’s quite another to be asked about sexual violence. That juxtaposition was what U-M senior and SAPAC volunteer Sara Fess was hoping for with her Hidden Voices project that asked M-36 Coffee Roasters Café customers: Imagine a world without sexual violence. What would be different?
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January 28, 2022
Locating lead
Read more about this Innovation Partnerships connectionU-M researchers designed software that uses machine learning to help the city of Flint bring clarity to lead service line inventory and replacement. Innovation Partnerships collaborated with researchers Eric Schwartz and Jacob Abernethy to launch BlueConduit, which has helped communities nationwide save millions of dollars, locate and fix lead service lines faster, and protect the health and safety of residents. This video explains the need for the software and how BlueConduit was launched.
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January 27, 2022
A gift of calligraphy
Read more about the Lo Chia-Lun Calligraphy CollectionThese are four items from a collection of Chinese calligraphy valued at more than $12 million that has been donated to the U-M Museum of Art by the family of Lo Chia-Lun. The Lo Chia-Lun Calligraphy Collection will contribute significantly to contemporary scholarship on Yuan and Ming dynasty calligraphy.
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January 26, 2022
Controlling the spread of omicron
Read a Q&A about the omicron varientWith more than 800,000 cases a day in the United States, it is now likely that you or someone you know has had COVID-19. In this video, Laraine Washer, professor of internal medicine, talks about some common questions, issues and strategies related to the highly contagious omicron variant.
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January 25, 2022
Pass the whitefish
Read more about this Michigan Dining effortFrank Turchan, executive chef at University of Michigan Dining, has been visiting markets, farms and fisheries across the state of Michigan to provide fresh, local and sustainable foods within the dining halls at U-M. Michigan Dining serves about 20,000 meals across nine dining halls on a daily basis, and all students have access to local produce and whitefish. This video shares how the connections Turchan has made benefits U-M students and the local businesses.
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January 24, 2022
Are lockdowns worth it?
Read more about the lockdown researchThe COVID-19 pandemic led to U.S. lockdowns in 2020, and now some European nations are locking down again. But do these drastic measures save lives? Are they worth massive job and income losses? In this video, Olga Yakusheva, associate professor of nursing, discusses the study’s findings.
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January 20, 2022
An open-source bionic leg
Read more about the bionic-leg collaborationAn open-source, artificially intelligent prosthetic leg designed by U-M researchers will be brought to the research market by Humotech, a Pittsburgh-based assistive technology company. This video explores how the goal of the collaboration is to speed the development of control software for robotic prosthetic legs, which have the potential to provide the power and natural gait of a human leg to prosthetic users.
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January 19, 2022
Day of Service at UM-Dearborn
Read more about UM-Dearborn’s MLK Day of ServiceUM-Dearborn Chancellor Domenico Grasso, standing, chats with volunteers who were making fleece blankets during UM-Dearborn’s 29th Annual MLK Day of Service. For nearly three decades, volunteers have come together at UM-Dearborn on MLK Day to create positive change throughout metropolitan Detroit. This year’s event, a partnership between UM-Dearborn and Henry Ford College, included more than 10 volunteer projects. (Photo by Scott C. Soderberg, Michigan Photography)
