Multimedia Features

  1. September 20, 2021

    10 years of Wallenberg Fellowships

    In its 10 years of existence, the Raoul Wallenberg Fellowship at U-M has become one of the most prestigious self-designed, independent study-abroad projects for students. Nine graduating seniors — one each year since 2013 — have had the opportunity to study abroad and immerse themselves in a new culture. That includes Adelia Davis, 2017 Wallenberg Fellow, shown here reading to children during a fellowship-based service project in Cape Town, South Africa. (Photo by Chris Duncan)

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  2. September 17, 2021

    Robotic first-responders

    A three-year project funded by a $1 million grant aims to equip bipedal walking robots to adapt on the fly and decide whether a given area is safe for walking. The technology could enable robots, like this Digit robot, to go into areas that are too dangerous for humans, including collapsed buildings and other disaster areas. (Photo by Joseph Xu, College of Engineering)

    Read more about the grant and the research it will support
  3. September 15, 2021

    A solar approach

    Producing the fertilizer that helps feed Earth’s 7.8 billion people comes with an environmental cost — one U-M engineers are hoping to lessen with a new strategy that favors sunlight over fossil fuels. The National Science Foundation has awarded U-M researchers $2 million to study the effectiveness of a new ammonia production process aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions. In this photo, Alexander Hill, a graduate student instructor, and Andrew Gayle, a graduate student research assistant, monitor a new reactor designed to produce ammonia for fertilizer without relying on fossil fuels. (Photo by Robert Coelius, College of Engineering)

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  4. September 14, 2021

    Video game nostalgia

    Since its establishment in the 1970s, the U-M Library’s popular Computer and Video Game Archive has offered students, staff, faculty and the general public a space to take a break, study, conduct research or play games among friends. The archive has remained quiet due to the pandemic, but there is a silver lining.

    Read more about the Computer and Video Game Archive
  5. September 13, 2021

    Ford Motor Company Robotics Building

    Photo of robotics demonstration at Ford Motor Company Robotics Building dedication

    Challen Adu (left), a robotics Ph.D. student in the College of Engineering, shows off the capabilities of the Boston Dynamics Spot and ANYmal C quadruped robots. The demonstration was among those that followed a Sept. 10 dedication ceremony for the new Ford Motor Company Robotics Building that houses the university’s robotics program and a floor of Ford research labs. The building brings together faculty and engineers with backgrounds from aerospace and artificial intelligence to biology and biomedicine. (Photo by Daryl Marshke, Michigan Photography)

    Read more about U-M’s robotics program
  6. September 10, 2021

    Mary Sue Coleman Hall

    Photo of a plaque being unveiled at the naming of Mary Sue Coleman Hall

    From left, President Emerita Mary Sue Coleman, President Mark Schlissel, Life Sciences Institute Director Roger Cone and Board of Regents Chair Jordan Acker unveil the replica of a plaque that will be installed on the newly named Mary Sue Coleman Hall. The Sept. 9 ceremony marked the formal naming of the building that houses the LSI, which Coleman helped bring to fruition as U-M’s 13th president. (Photo by Austin Thomason, Michigan Photography)

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  7. September 9, 2021

    The semester begins

    Students have moved in and classes are underway after the first week of the fall return to an in-person campus experience during the COVID-19 pandemic. In this video, U-M leaders offer their wisdom and welcome both incoming and returning students during the 2021 Fall Convocation ceremony amid scenes from the fall semester’s first week.

  8. September 8, 2021

    Tooth Fairy finds new home

    Sculptor Bill Barrett’s 14-foot-tall Tooth Fairy sculpture that he created in 1969 and was installed at the School of Dentistry in 1971 has a new home. It was removed from its location in July 2019 for the school’s renovations. With work on the new courtyard complete, Tooth Fairy was returned to the school in June and now greets visitors to the West Courtyard, which is open to the public. This video shows the construction of the courtyard and the installation of Tooth Fairy.

  9. September 7, 2021

    Robots in construction

    Photo of A U-M graduate student operating a KUKA robot

    A U-M graduate student operates a KUKA robot similar to the ones used in the robot apprentice research of Carol Menassa, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering. Menassa is lead principal investigator of a research team working on a $2 million National Science Foundation-funded project that aims to enable robots to learn from and cooperate with human construction workers. Robots are anticipated to make the global construction industry safer and more attractive to workers, easing a worker shortage in the United States. (Photo by Robert Coelius, College of Engineering)

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  10. September 3, 2021

    Festifall 2021

    Photo of Candace Dorsey and Justin Berent at Festifall.

    Candace Dorsey (left), Empowerment Self Defense Program coordinator, and Police Officer Justin Berent offer information about U-M’s public safety programs during Festifall 2021 on Sept. 2. Students and other members of the campus community filled the Diag and Ingalls Mall on Sept. 1 and 2 for the university’s annual back-to-school celebration and organization fair. (Photo by Scott C. Soderberg, Michigan Photography)