Multimedia Features

  1. January 13, 2021

    Building accessible software

    David Chesney, Toby Teorey Collegiate Lecturer, and lecturer IV in biomedical engineering and in electrical engineering and computer science, designed Software for Accessibility, which helps undergraduate students develop technology solutions for people with disabilities. When COVID-19 limited in-person learning, Chesney created an online version with a COVID-19 focus, called Software Against COVID-19. In this video, he discussed what the experience is teaching him about online learning and the future of education.

    Read a Q&A with David Chesney
  2. January 11, 2021

    2021 MLK Symposium special section

    Cover image for MLK section

    The 2021 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Symposium will feature a different format from past years, but with the same emphasis on the message and lessons of the late civil rights leader. This year’s symposium begins with a keynote at 10 a.m. Jan. 18 and is built around the theme “Where Do We Go From Here?” It is a largely virtual event due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Today’s Record includes a special section highlighting some of the symposium’s events. View the full calendar of MLK Symposium events.

    Read the Record’s MLK Symposium special section
  3. December 14, 2020

    COVID-19 vaccine — Day 1

    Michigan Medicine received its first shipment of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine on Dec. 14 and initially administered it to five frontline workers, with more to be vaccinated in the coming days and weeks. This video shows the exciting arrival of the vaccine, which President Mark Schlissel said represents “the beginning of the end of the COVID-19 pandemic.”

    Read more about the first vaccinations at Michigan Medicine
  4. December 11, 2020

    COVID-19 vaccine Q&A

    As news about COVID-19 vaccines breaks daily, Michigan Medicine hosted a Q&A session Dec. 11 with Sandro Cinti, professor of internal medicine in the Medical School and a specialist in emerging and infectious diseases, and Stanley Kent, chief pharmacy officer, associate dean for clinical affairs and clinical assistant professor of pharmacy in the College of Pharmacy. They answered questions about the efficacy, safety and status of vaccines on the horizon.

    Read more about COVID-19 vaccination at Michigan Medicine
  5. December 11, 2020

    Conversations with campus leadership

    Five members of the university’s leadership sat down, virtually, with five students to candidly discuss campus life amidst COVID-19, building communities, staying connected, and looking forward to life after the pandemic. This video offers a glimpse of the discussions with President Mark Schlissel, Vice President for Student Life Martino Harmon, Dean of Students Laura Blake Jones, Assistant Vice President for Public Affairs Rick Fitzgerald, and Associate Dean of Students Nicole Banks.

    Read more and listen to individual podcasts
  6. December 10, 2020

    Chaplains in a pandemic

    The majority of Americans say they are aware of chaplains and desire their services, yet few report previous experience with them in health care, according to a U-M study. In this video, Geila Rajaee, a Ph.D. candidate who is also a former hospital chaplain, explains how chaplains are helping families with loved ones in the hospital during the pandemic.

    Read a Q&A with Geila Rajaee
  7. December 9, 2020

    Dentistry during COVID-19

    The close proximities and confined spaces of a dental office environment in a pandemic pose a host of potential health risks, and it may be even more problematic in dental schools and other large dental offices with similar cubicle set-ups. This video explores how U-M engineers have sought to make such situations safer by analyzing the transport of aerosols within the clinics at U-M’s School of Dentistry.

    Read more about efforts to increase dental office safety
  8. December 8, 2020

    The next better battery

    “Anode-less” lithium metal batteries may provide the next leap forward in battery technology for electric vehicles that are increasingly replacing internal combustion cars and trucks on the road. Lithium metal batteries, capable of doubling the capacity of today’s standard lithium-ion cells, can be built utilizing much of the current battery manufacturing system according to U-M researchers. This would double the range of battery electric vehicles. This video explains the process involved.

    Read more about these range-doubling lithium metal batteries
  9. December 7, 2020

    Hollywood in the house

    You may have seen recent news stories that the new Steven Soderbergh film, which is set in 1950s Detroit, is also being shot in Detroit. It’s generated a bit of local buzz because of its big name cast, which includes John Hamm, Ray Liotta, Don Cheadle, Brendan Fraser, Matt Damon and Julia Fox ("Uncut Gems"). The crew is using several locations for the film, and it turns out one of them is Political Science Professor Dale Thomson and CEHHS Lecturer Anne Thomson’s Northwest Detroit home. Recently, we caught up with Dale to dish about the experience — and, of course, see if they got to meet any celebrities.

    Steven Soderbergh is directing “No Sudden Move,” a new movie set in 1950s Detroit, and went looking for locations to film. He found one in the northwest Detroit home of Dale Thomson, UM-Dearborn professor of political science, and Anne Thomson, lecturer II in education operations. The film includes a cast of A-listers such as John Hamm, Ray Liotta, Don Cheadle, Brendan Fraser and Matt Damon, and the Thomsons’ house was selected to be the one Liotta’s character in the film occupies. While the Thomsons did not get to meet any celebrities, Dale Thomson said it was a neat experience.

    Read more about the house and the new movie
  10. December 4, 2020

    Native Americans and photography

    The exhibition, “‘No, not even for a picture’: Re-examining the Native Midwest and Tribes’ Relations to the History of Photography,”

    A new online exhibition called “‘No, not even for a picture’: Re-examining the Native Midwest and Tribes’ Relations to the History of Photography” investigates the complex balance between violation of privacy and the quest for self-identification felt by Native peoples during the early era of photography. It includes these photos of Chief David Shopp-en-a-gon from Grayling, Michigan (left), and Prairie Band Potawatomi women. The photos are from the Richard Pohrt Jr. Collection of Native American Photography at U-M’s William L. Clements Library.

    Read more about the online exhibition