Multimedia Features
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January 25, 2024
Snow science
Read more about the Snowpack Dashboard in northern MichiganHow deep is the snow at the field station in northern Michigan? Hourly data is publicly available on the Snowpack Dashboard, which scientists are monitoring to analyze changes in winter, forest health and water quality. In this video, researcher Karin Rand explains how monitoring the snowpack is important to understanding its impact on ecosystems.
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January 24, 2024
Carbon footprint of urban farming
Read more about this urban farming studyA new University of Michigan-led international study finds that fruits and vegetables grown in urban farms and gardens have a carbon footprint that is, on average, six times greater than conventionally grown produce. However, as this video shows, a few city-grown crops equaled or outperformed conventional agriculture under certain conditions.
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January 22, 2024
Helping solve a teacher shortage
Read more about M-ARCThe Michigan Alternate Route to Certification, operated through the Marsal Family School of Education, allows participants with a bachelor’s degree, and who want to become teachers in Michigan, to work as certified teachers while they earn a standard teaching certificate. In this video, teachers who have been through M-ARC talk about their experiences.
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January 18, 2024
Sarah Goddard Power Awards
Read more about the awardsRecipients of the 2024 Sarah Goddard Power Awards are, clockwise from upper left, Ruth Behar, Yan Chen, Holly Hughes and Amanda Esquivel. The Sarah Goddard Power Awards are given by the Academic Women’s Caucus along with the Rhetaugh G. Dumas Progress in Diversifying Award, which went to the Marsal Family School of Education, and the Carol Hollenshead Inspire Award for Excellence in Promoting Equity and Social Change, presented by the Center for the Education of Women+ to two U-M advocacy groups — Disabilities, Research, Education and Advocacy Movement, and Braids Twists and Surgical Knots.
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January 16, 2024
Circle of Unity
Read about the MLK Symposium’s keynote memorial lectureCold temperatures prompted the MLK Symposium’s annual Circle of Unity to move inside the LSA Building, but that didn’t chill participants’ enthusiasm. In this photo, they write on a banner about what brings them joy. The event was one of several that took place Jan. 15 as part of U-M’s annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Symposium. (Photo by Shannon Schultz, Michigan Photography)
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January 14, 2024
Hailing the victors!
View a gallery of parade imagesThe thrill of a national championship apparently was more than enough to warm these Wolverine football players and Coach Jim Harbaugh during the Jan. 13 parade celebrating the Wolverines’ 12th national championship in the program’s history. Nor did the brisk weather deter thousands of fans who jammed the parade route along South State Street. (Photo by Erin Kirkland, Michigan Photography)
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January 12, 2024
New room to recharge
Read more about the Flourish Recharge RoomMarisa Streelman, strategic adviser in the Office of the Chief Nurse Executive at U-M Health, demonstrates the Flourish Recharge Room technology for Martin Tuck, whose contribution in memory of his late wife made the room possible. Recently, Michigan Medicine became the first health care system in the Midwest to bring Recharge Rooms to its employees. These innovative, immersive mental health interventions were designed to support the well-being and resilience of the hospital’s health care workers. The Flourish Recharge Room at Michigan Medicine features five different scenes to create an interactive mind-body experience. (Photo by Robert Felts, Michigan Medicine)
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January 11, 2024
Reimagining the Bentley
Read more about the project and the students’ proposed visionDiana Bachman, left, assistant director for reference services at the Bentley Historical Library, stands with School of Information students Ziyan Zhou, Stephanie Vettese and Clayton Zimmerman in front of the library’s welcome desk. After coordination with two professors, five students and several Bentley staff members, the students have proposed a makeover aimed at making the Bentley’s physical and digital spaces mirror the approachability of its staff. (Photo by Abigail McFee)
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January 9, 2024
Victors valiant!
Read a recap of the championship gameU-M football players cheer as head coach Jim Harbaugh hoists the College Football Playoff National Championship trophy following the Wolverines’ 34-13 win over the University of Washington on Jan. 8. The victory capped a 15-0 season, bringing the football program its 12th national title overall and the first since 1997. View a gallery of photos. (Photo by Roger Hart, Michigan Photography)
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December 17, 2023
Scenes of commencement celebration
Read more about the 2023 Winter Commencement ceremonyFrom the pageantry of a processional to celebratory selfies, U-M’s Winter Commencement was filled with joy and happy faces as students became alumni Dec. 17 at Crisler Center. Commencement speaker David Brooks told graduates, “The times are calling on your generation to offer that kind of defiant humanism.” (Photos by Daryl Marshke, Michigan Photography)