Multimedia Features

  1. April 30, 2020

    Documenting life under quarantine

    When the coronavirus pandemic sent most students home and redirected U-M classes online, the lenses of David Turnley’s documentary photography students shifted inward. The associate professor of art and design asked his class to document themselves and those closest to them during this historic moment. As shown in this video, the result is a poignant package of photos from 26 students capturing the daily moments of life under quarantine.

    Read more about this project
  2. April 29, 2020

    Negative pressure, positive attitude

    A Michigan Medicine worker looks at a "thank you" message on a window.

    In early March 2020, the threat of coronavirus seemed distant for many Michiganders. However, leadership at Michigan Medicine recognized that the pandemic would be hitting the state soon and quickly started preparations to admit COVID-19 positive patients. A broad team converted the 12 East unit from general care pediatric rooms to adult ICU rooms, operating completely under negative pressure, in one week. (Photo by Steve Upton)

    View a gallery of photos and read more about this effort
  3. April 28, 2020

    Helping K-12 learners

    The Collabrify Roadmap Platform provides remote K-12 teachers with customizable scheduling templates to lay out all activities that would normally take place in their classrooms. This video describes how the system, developed by researchers in U-M’s Center for Digital Curricula, guides students through the day, points them to the resources they need to complete their work and enables them to collaborate with teachers and each other.

  4. April 27, 2020

    Alumni message of hope

    U-M alumni can be found around the globe, and these days of the global pandemic, they can be found in their homes, adhering to social distancing guidelines. In this video, several U-M alumni share their message of hope and encourage others to wash their hands, follow social distancing and wear a mask if out in public, and stay home to flatten the spread of COVID-19.

  5. April 24, 2020

    Responding to a need

    As experts predicted a surge in coronavirus cases and a possible shortage in intensive care unit equipment in March, U-M teams immediately got to work on a solution. The mission: quickly develop an efficient, affordable and more controlled way to expand ventilator capacity. This video explains how the VentMI, a vent-splitter designed by U-M, may help support multiple patients with varying degrees of the disease from one ventilator.

    Read more about the VentMI device
  6. April 23, 2020

    A defining launch

    For more than a decade, a global coalition of engineers developed the unprecedented scientific payload aboard Solar Orbiter. A team from U-M helped lead that journey. In this video, join them on launch night — a defining moment for them, solar science and our future as a spacefaring species.

    Read more about the Solar Orbiter launch
  7. April 22, 2020

    IPE awards go virtual

    The Center for Interprofessional Education presented its second annual Awards for IPE Innovation and Excellence recently under rather unusual circumstances. Although the ceremony went ahead the same day it was scheduled, it was changed to a virtual presentation due to the restrictions imposed by the coronavirus pandemic. In this video, center director Frank Ascione introduces the faculty members receiving awards.

    Read more about the Awards for IPE Innovation and Excellence
  8. April 21, 2020

    Athletics says ‘thanks’

    Screen shot of Carol Hutchins in thank you video to essential workers Watch the video

    A pair of videos posted by Michigan Athletics offers thanks to those helping to fight COVID-19 and provide vital services during social and workplace restrictions imposed by the coronavirus. Coaches, athletes and other athletics officials share their gratitude in a video for essential services workers and a video for health care workers.

  9. April 18, 2020

    A snowy spring day

    A daffodil blooms with Burton Memorial Tower in the background

    An unusually late snowfall dropped a wet, white blanket across the Ann Arbor campus April 17, as signs of spring competed with winter’s last gasp for one more day. View more scenes of this late snowfall at various locations across the now-quiet university. (Photo by Austin Thomason, Michigan Photography)

    More photos from a snowy spring day
  10. April 17, 2020

    Accessing artists

    A new livestreaming video series, “House Calls: Virtual Studio Visits with Michigan Artists in a Pandemic,” will showcase 10 artists across the state via video chat with staff of the Institute for the Humanities. “House Calls” is the first foray into virtual programming from the Institute for the Humanities Gallery. This video gives a preview of what to expect and an excerpt from the first edition that aired April 15.

    Read more about the “House Calls” livestreaming series