Multimedia Features
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August 30, 2024
Harold R. Johnson Diversity Service Awards
Read more about the Harold R. Johnson Diviersity Service AwardsRecipients of the 2024 Harold R. Johnson Diversity Service Awards are, top row from left, Paul J. Fleming, Gretchen Keppel-Alecks and Fiona Lee; bottom row from left, Tiffany Ng and Deborah Rivas-Drake. The five were recognized for their exceptional contributions to fostering a culturally and ethnically diverse community at U-M.
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August 28, 2024
Honey and chocolate
Read more about the collaborationBrian Stork, assistant professor of urology in the Medical School, took up beekeeping about 10 years ago. He connected with Patricia Christopher from Patricia’s Chocolate in Grand Haven, which resulted in the idea to make a tiny chocolate beehive filled with honey ganache and decorated with 22 karat edible gold leaf. More than $10,000 in proceeds from the sale of Stork’s Happy Hive Honey Chocolates have gone to Step Up in Muskegon, which helps unsupported young adults with stable housing, adult mentors and other services so they can become independent. This video explains the collaboration and how it benefits those in need.
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August 27, 2024
Band, take the (new practice) field
Read more about the band’s new practice fieldAs the Michigan Marching Band prepares for its upcoming season, it is now rehearsing at its new Elbel Field location. Elbel is now at the corner of South Fifth Avenue and Madison Street, a block north of its former location, and features several improvements. It was moved to allow construction of the Central Campus residential complex. In this photo, John Pasquale, director of Michigan Marching and Athletic Bands, leads the band in a rehearsal at the new facility. (Photo by Daryl Marshke, Michigan Photography)
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August 26, 2024
Welcome to U-M
Read more about the New Student ConvocationNew students were welcomed to the Ann Arbor campus during the New Student Convocation on Aug. 25 at Crisler Center. President Santa J. Ono, Provost Laurie McCauley and Martino Harmon, vice president for student life, were among the administrators who spoke to the students, who afterward gathered at nearby Michigan Stadium for a group photo on the field in the shape of a Block M. This video includes highlights from the day’s events.
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August 20, 2024
A commitment to sustainability
In his monthly message to the U-M community, President Santa J. Ono discusses how the university is committed to achieving carbon neutrality and fostering a campuswide culture of sustainability. Ono acknowledged the Planet Blue Ambassadors in this month’s Portrait of a Wolverine.
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August 9, 2024
Voting precautions
Read a Q&A about voting rulesWith polls predicting a close 2024 presidential election, swing-state outcomes could be decided by relatively small margins, particularly in areas where tougher election laws have been enacted since 2020. In this video, Barbara McQuade, professor from practice at the Law School, explains why voters must be proactive about checking their registration status and confirming poll locations, which sometimes change.
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August 2, 2024
Ancient pot of gold
Read more about the discovery of ancient gold coinsA team of researchers led by U-M archaeologist Christopher Ratté has uncovered a hoard of gold coins, likely used to pay mercenary troops, buried in a small pot in the ancient Greek city of Notion in western Turkey. In this photo, Ratté records architectural details of the Temple of Athena at Notion. Inset: Two of the gold Persian coins, called darics, show a figure of a kneeling archer. (Photos courtesy of Notion Archaeological Project, University of Michigan)
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July 28, 2024
National solar car champs
Read more about the Solar Car Team’s victoryStudents on the U-M Solar Car Team race crew flank their vehicle, Astrum, while electrical engineering student Daryl Day drives it across the finish line of the American Solar Challenge in Casper, Wyoming, on July 27. The U-M team won the eight-day, distance-based race from Tennessee to Wyoming, reclaiming its title as national champions. U-M had won six consecutive American Solar Challenges until finishing second in 2018. This is the first U.S. race they’ve competed in since then, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo by Holly Zumbrunnen)
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July 24, 2024
Discussing disability and accessibility
President Santa J. Ono used his July video message to share a discussion with Oluwaferanmi Okanlami, director of student accessibility and accommodation services in Student Life, about disability and accessibility at U-M. Ono also announced that Okanlami, who also is an assistant professor of family medicine, of physical medicine and rehabilitation, of urology and of orthopaedic surgery in the Medical School, is this month’s Portrait of a Wolverine.
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July 17, 2024
Moving in the right direction
Read more about the Mobility InitiativeLaToya Freeman, director of quality safety and patient experience at Michigan Medicine, shares a moment with Therese Campos, an undergraduate movement science students at the School of Kinesiology. Michigan Medicine and the School of Kinesiology have created a pilot partnership called the Mobility Initiative that aims to provide patient experience for students interested in health care careers while supplying Michigan Medicine with additional personnel who can assist with an important element of care. (Photo by Erin Kirkland, Michigan Photography)
