Multimedia Features

  1. May 20, 2021

    Optimizing transportation systems

    How can improved transportation systems better prepare communities for rare but catastrophic events such as the COVID-19 pandemic, improve quality of life and work to mitigate economic losses? In this video, Siqian Shen, associate professor of industrial and operations engineering and of civil and environmental engineering, explains how she is working with researchers across U-M using computational science to answer those critical questions.

  2. May 19, 2021

    The peonies are coming

    Photo of people taking selfies at the peony garden

    Following a pandemic year in which visitors were asked to stay away, the nearly 100-year-old peony garden in Nichols Arboretum is open to the public and getting ready to bloom. This photo is from 2019, the last year the garden was open to the public. It is the largest collection of heirloom peonies in North America. The garden, begun in 1922 with a gift of peony plants from University of Michigan alumnus W. E. Upjohn, will celebrate its 99th year of blooming from approximately Memorial Day through mid-June, weather depending. (Photo by Scott C. Soderberg, Michigan Photography)

    Read more about the peony garden reopening
  3. May 18, 2021

    Eye in the sky

    Ariel photo of The Cube taken from a drone camera. (Photo by Roger Hart, Michigan Photography)

    Everything looks a little different from above. This photo of The Cube is one of several images in Michigan Today that invite viewers to enjoy Ann Arbor from the vantage point of an autonomous drone that the Michigan Photography team used to capture these unusual shots. (Photo by Roger Hart, Michigan Photography)

    View the full gallery and learn more about drones
  4. May 17, 2021

    UM-Flint mural

    UM-Flint is partnering with the Flint Public Art Project to bring one of the iconic Flint murals to campus as a tribute to its students and graduates for persevering through challenges to earn their degrees. This video highlights the endeavor, which began April 15 at the corner of East Kearsley and Wallenberg streets. One of the mural artists is Isiah Lattimore, who graduated this spring from UM-Flint, and the mural he designed features alumna Egypt Otis who graduated in 2020.

  5. May 13, 2021

    Testing advanced space engines

    A $15 million NASA effort aims to advance highly efficient electric propulsion technologies to take humans to the moon, Mars and beyond. U-M’s Plasmadynamics and Electric Propulsion Laboratory, founded by Alec D. Gallimore, professor of aerospace engineering and the Robert J. Vlasic Dean of Engineering, plays a major role in the new Joint Advanced Propulsion Institute. This video gives a tour of the lab, which is home to the largest vacuum test facility of its kind at any university in the nation, and where six of the multi-university institute’s researchers conducted their graduate research.

    Read more about the new institute and U-M’s role
  6. May 12, 2021

    UM-Flint Student Art Exhibition

    This photo titled “In My Head” by UM-Flint student Shelby Shovein was awarded Best of Show in the campus’ annual Student Art Exhibition, which currently features more than 200 student art pieces in an online gallery. Ranging from ceramics, painting, photography, animation, printmaking and more, the selections represent the breadth of artistic disciplines students pursue at UM-Flint. View the full gallery online.

    Read more about the 2020-21 UM-Flint Student Art Exhibition
  7. May 11, 2021

    STEM doctors

    A new generation of diverse math scholars is being inspired to take their careers to the next level by the Marjorie Lee Browne Scholars Program at U-M. In this video, students and Trachette Jackson, professor of mathematics, discuss the program, which has reimagined the Department of Mathematics’ master’s degree program as a space where underrepresented students can hone their abilities while engaging with faculty and a network of peers.

    Read more about the Marjorie Lee Browne Scholars Program
  8. May 10, 2021

    Kinesiology Building is LEED Gold

    A skylight over a new atrium in the School of Kinesiology Building brings natural light deep into the building. it is one of the various energy-saving features that are part of a renovation and addition to the former Edward Henry Kraus Building that resulted in the project receiving a LEED Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council in recognition of sustainability efforts. (Photo courtesy of Architecture, Engineering and Construction)

    Read more about the LEED Gold recognition
  9. May 6, 2021

    Achieving herd immunity

    Since the beginning of the pandemic, herd immunity has been portrayed as the holy grail to overcome the COVID-19 pandemic. In this video, Abram Wagner, research assistant professor of epidemiology at the School of Public Health, explains why reaching herd immunity might not be as simple as we thought, and what vaccine hesitancy and availability have to do with it.

    Read a Q&A with Abram Wagner about herd immunity and the vaccine
  10. May 5, 2021

    The buzz about cicadas

    Noisy Brood X periodical cicadas will soon emerge in parts of southeastern Michigan and in a handful of other states in the eastern half of the country, after developing underground for 17 years. Cicadas are harmless to humans but can damage small trees and shrubs. In this video, Tom O’Dell, natural areas specialist at U-M’s Matthaei Botanical Gardens who witnessed the periodical cicadas emergence 17 years ago, explains what damage may occur to plants and young trees as the insects emerge again.

    Read a Q&A with Tom O’Dell about the cicadas