Multimedia Features
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September 1, 2022
Festifall North
Learn more about Festifall 2022Megan 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)
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August 31, 2022
New UMAP Scholars
Read more about the UMAP ScholarsThe 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)
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August 30, 2022
Fossils’ untold stories
Read about Matt Friedman, the museum’s director and associate curatorResearchers 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.
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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.
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August 23, 2022
The Galileo forgery
Read more about the Galileo forgeryThis 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.
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August 16, 2022
Fleming coming down
Read more about Fleming demolition and view a photo galleryAn 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)
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August 12, 2022
Fleming starts to fall
Read more about Fleming demolition and view a photo galleryAn 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)
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August 10, 2022
College confidant
Read more about the Michigan College Advising CorpsThrough the Michigan College Advising Corps, a diverse group of recent U-M graduates works full-time as college advisers in under-served high schools throughout the state of Michigan to help students navigate every aspect of the college application process and identify their best fit among post-secondary options. The program, started in 2010, has helped more than 20,000 students throughout the state select and apply for colleges and scholarships.
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August 2, 2022
Concussion research
Read more about Steven Broglio and his concussion researchConcussions are a fundamental concern facing the United States military, the sports medicine community and society at large. Supported by a $42 million award from the NCAA and the Department of Defense, Steven Broglio, professor of kinesiology and director of the Michigan Concussion Center, and his colleagues are leading the largest-ever concussion and repetitive head impact study. This video looks at how their findings aim to uncover long-term effects of concussions in student-athletes and military service members.
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July 27, 2022
DEI commitment
Read more about U-M’s DEI commitmentThe Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion this summer brought together university leadership teams — including deans, executive officers and unit directors — and DEI implementation leads for a series of retreats in which participants reflected on the outcomes of the previous plan and strategized for DEI 2.0. From left, College of Engineering Dean Alec D. Gallimore, Sheri Notaro, DEI director for the Institute for Social Research, and Associate General Counsel Maya Kobersy participate in a panel discussion during a DEI leadership retreat. (Lon Horwedel, Michigan Photography)
