Multimedia Features

  1. March 4, 2022

    Fleming fire training

    The Ann Arbor Fire Department used the vacant Fleming Administration Building for a series of training sessions March 3-5. The department practiced techniques for fighting fires in high-rise structures where firefighters have to access a building’s internal fire-suppression systems, driver-operator Bryce McAlister said. While Ann Arbor city firefighters participated in the hands-on sessions, teams from the Ann Arbor, Scio and Pittsfield township departments also were able to observe. (Photo by Scott C. Soderberg, Michigan Photography)

    View a gallery of images from the training
  2. February 24, 2022

    Electrifying motorcycle taxis

    In a new U-M study, researchers set out to understand the air pollutant emissions impacts of electrifying motorcycle taxis in Kampala, Uganda. The findings indicate that electrified motorcycles can reduce emissions of global and some local air pollutants, yielding global and potentially local sustainability benefits. The green bike pictured is made by Zembo, an electric motorcycle taxi company. (Photo by Tom Courtright)

    In a new U-M study, researchers set out to understand the air pollutant emissions impacts of electrifying motorcycle taxis in Kampala, Uganda. The findings indicate that electrified motorcycles can reduce emissions of global and some local air pollutants, yielding global and potentially local sustainability benefits. The green bike pictured is made by Zembo, an electric motorcycle taxi company that has teamed up with the researchers. (Photo by Tom Courtright)

    Read more about the effort to reduce air pollution
  3. February 23, 2022

    Hamilton fountain

    Photo of the Hamilton fountain

    Francis Hamilton, mayor of Ann Arbor from 1905–07, bequeathed money to city of Ann Arbor for a fountain at North University Avenue and South State Street. The figures in the bronze bas relief represent Youth, Labor, Poetry and Philosophy. The Record periodically highlights pieces of public art from around U-M. Learn more about this piece.

    Browse an online collection of public artworks at U-M.
  4. February 21, 2022

    Seasons Meet

    Photo of snow-covered red flower buds

    This photo, titled “Seasons Meet” by Janet Azar, a senior engineering student, took first place in the most recent Arts at Michigan photo competition. Conducted periodically throughout the year, each competition features a different theme — this one was “Connection.”

    View this and other “As I See It” finalists
  5. February 17, 2022

    ‘Fiddler’ in concert

    Broadway singers will perform alongside U-M musical theatre students Feb. 19-20 at Hill Auditorium in a special concert performance of “Fiddler on the Roof,” featuring the first live performances of John Williams’ orchestral arrangement of the movie score. In this video, some of those involved in the presentation talk about the musical and what makes it special.

    Read about U-M students’ role in this event
  6. February 15, 2022

    InPACT at Home

    When childhood obesity began to rise during the COVID-19 pandemic, Rebecca Hasson, associate professor of kinesiology and director of the Childhood Disparities Research Laboratory, and her team adapted their classroom activity program, InPACT, so students could do it at home. InPACT at Home received $1 million in COVID-19 CARES funds and solidified a partnership with PBS Michigan Learning Channel to air homegrown exercise videos on television. This video explores how the program expanded to homes and families.
    Read more about InPACT at Home
  7. February 14, 2022

    Intimate partner violence

    At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, media reports warned of skyrocketing domestic violence. While the overall prevalence of domestic violence in Michigan didn’t increase, survivors of intimate partner violence experienced new, more frequent or more severe violence during the early months of the pandemic, a U-M study found. In this video, Sarah Peitzmeier, assistant professor of nursing, and of health behavior and health education, discusses the findings.

    Read more about the study
  8. February 11, 2022

    Prison from the inside out

    Photo of Bryan Jones speaking to class members

    For 15 years, the Inside-Out Prison Exchange program has encouraged UM-Dearborn students to think about crime and punishment mechanisms in human terms. Class topics include the origins of imprisonment and the construction of social order, reflects on how incarceration affects society outside the prison walls. In this photo, Bryan Jones (left), a former inmate who now works for the Chamber Music Society of Detroit, speaks with UM-Dearborn Associate Professor Anna Müller and students. (Photo by Sarah Tuxbury)

    Read more about the Inside-Out Prison Exchange program
  9. February 10, 2022

    Snow-resistant coating

    In an advance that could dramatically improve the productivity of solar panels in cold climates, a team led by U-M has demonstrated an inexpensive, clear coating that reduced snow and ice accumulation on solar panels, enabling them to generate up to 85 percent more energy in early testing. This time lapse video shows how panels coated with the formula shed ice and snow. 

    Read more about the formula
  10. February 8, 2022

    Learning sciences gift

    Photo of master's students working with elementary school students

    A $14.7 million gift from U-M alumna Eileen Lappin Weiser is establishing The Eileen Lappin Weiser Learning Sciences Center in the School of Education to help reshape teaching and learning to meet the needs of all different kinds of learners. In this photo, students in the Master of Arts with Elementary Teacher Certification program work with elementary school students at Ann Arbor Open School in July 2021. (Photo by Leisa Thompson)

    Read more about The Eileen Lappin Weiser Learning Sciences Center