Multimedia Features

  1. April 3, 2022

    The fools are back

    Larger-than-life puppets, spring foolishness and smiling faces, young and old, returned to downtown Ann Arbor as the 2022 parade of FestiFools took over South State Street from North University Avenue and Williams Street for an hour or so the afternoon of April 3.

    View a gallery of images from FestiFools
  2. March 31, 2022

    Detroit Observatory

    The new 7,000-square-foot addition to the Detroit Observatory can be seen at right. (Photo courtesy of Bentley Historical Library)

    Nearly 170 years after it was built, and following a three-year expansion project, the Detroit Observatory is ready for the U-M community and public to again explore the stars. The observatory will launch its next phase with an April 8 symposium titled “Seeing Anew: The Detroit Observatory Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow.”

    Read more about the observatory’s reopening
  3. March 30, 2022

    Return to beauty

    The MorningSide neighborhood is a 1.5-square mile community located on Detroit’s east side. Once a stable neighborhood, MorningSide has been dramatically affected by population loss, and mortgage and property tax foreclosures. U-M Urban and Regional Planning Program graduate students and faculty helped develop “Stabilizing MorningSide,” providing tools and resources to build upon the assets of the community to strengthen its housing market and make it a neighborhood of choice again. This video details the needs of the community and the successes of the plan.

    Read more about “Stabilizing MorningSide”
  4. March 29, 2022

    Avian secret

    A collaboration between U-M aerospace engineers and University of British Columbia biologists has revealed that the key to agility in bird flight is quickly switching between stable and unstable gliding. It had long been assumed that bird flight was almost entirely unstable. In this video, researchers explain how this discovery is important to the design of aircraft, most specifically in the design of uncrewed aerial vehicles.

    Read more about this research
  5. March 24, 2022

    New recreation center

    Drawing of new recreation building

    Plans for a new 200,000-square-foot recreational sports center to replace the Central Campus Recreation Building took another step forward Thursday, as the Board of Regents approved the building’s schematic design. With an estimated cost of $165 million, the facility will allow greater opportunity for students, faculty and staff to improve their health and well-being. This is an artist’s depiction of the new building’s exterior. (Image courtesy of Architecture, Engineering and Construction)

    Read more about the new recreation building
  6. March 23, 2022

    Helping to teach sustainability

    The Dow Innovation Teacher Fellowship, a program created for K-12 teachers interested in sustainability issues, is the first program of the Andrew N. Liveris Institute, a partnership of the School of Education’s Center for Education Design, Evaluation, and Research, the Dow Company Foundation and Delta College. In this video, a Dow Innovation Teacher Fellowship fellows and students talk about the benefits of the program to help K-12 students learn about sustainability.

    Read more about the Dow Innovation Teacher Fellowships
  7. March 22, 2022

    Thomas Francis Jr. Medal in Global Public Health

    U-M is seeking nominations for the Thomas Francis Jr. Medal in Global Public Health, named after the renowned U-M physician, virologist and infectious disease researcher, and recognizing individuals who have made significant contributions to the advancement of global public health. In this video, F. DuBois Bowman discusses the accomplishments and contributions of Thomas Francis Jr. and those honored with the medal that bears his name.

    Read more about the nomination process
  8. March 21, 2022

    2022 Honors Convocation

    Photo of Mary Sue Coleman and Susan M. Collins at the Honors Convocation

    President Mary Sue Coleman and Provost Susan M. Collins greet students being honored March 20 at the 99th Annual Honors Convocation, the first time it’s been held in person since 2019. The ceremony at Hill Auditorium celebrated the academic achievements of students on all three campuses, as well as faculty members whose commitment to undergraduate education enriches and sustains U-M’s academic programs. Read more about the honorees in the event program.

    More about the Honors Convocation
  9. March 18, 2022

    Poland welcomes Ukrainian refugees

    The scale of the exodus from Ukraine is unprecedented and Poland is the No. 1 destination for shelter for the refugees. The central European country faces its biggest humanitarian crisis since World War II. In this video, Brian Porter-Szucs, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor and professor of history, discusses the factors affecting immigration to Poland, from Ukraine and elsewhere.

    Read a Q&A with Brian Porter-Szucs
  10. March 17, 2022

    Support for Ukraine

    Photo of Burton Memorial Tower in blue and gold light

    Rising over Central Campus in the deepening twilight, lights from Burton Memorial Tower shine with U-M’s maize and blue colors that also serve as a tribute to Ukraine and its defense against the ongoing invasion by Russia. The Ukrainian flag is blue and gold, and the colors will shine from the tower through the week. (Photo by Scott C. Soderberg, Michigan Photography)