Multimedia Features
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October 12, 2020
The Weight of the World
Read more about the DEI SummitAmanda Hudeck, public engagement coordinator at the Center for Educational Outreach, submitted this piece titled “The Weight of the World” as one of the creative contributions being solicited as part of the 2020 DEI Summit. It’s described as “a tribute to the women who hold up the movements for equality in the United States and beyond. The colors are taken from the suggested colors for Black Lives Matter materials as well as the colors of several flags from African countries. The woman is rendered in reds and golds as if she were the sun — her radiance lighting the world.”
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October 9, 2020
Community Sampling and Tracking Program
Read more about the new testing procedureU-M is shifting its COVID-19 surveillance-testing program to a saliva-based collection method that will allow the university to increase testing capacity to 6,000 people weekly. In this video, Chief Health Officer Preeti Malani updates the U-M community about COVID-19 on campus, including the shift to the new method.
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October 8, 2020
Exercising the franchise
Read more about services available at the satellite officePresident Mark Schlissel carries out his plan to vote in the 2020 general election by casting his absentee ballot in the drop box at the Ann Arbor City Clerk’s satellite office in the U-M Museum of Art. With concerns about the potential impact of coronavirus on traditional in-person voting, people are reminded that registered voters can cast an absentee ballot, either by mail, in an official drop box or at their municipal clerk’s office. U-M students, faculty and staff can register to vote and cast their absentee ballots at the UMMA satellite election office through Nov. 3. (Photo by Eric Bronson, Michigan Photography)
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October 7, 2020
Monitoring and mitigating COVID-19’s spread
Read more about U-M’s COVID-19 strategyTo protect the health and safety of the university community, U-M is working diligently to analyze public health data, monitor the spread of COVID-19, and ensure that proper actions are taken to help mitigate risk. Testing paired with prompt case investigation and contact tracing is critical for preventing the further spread of the virus. This video explains the process for monitoring various data that informs the university’s response and mitigation of that spread.
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October 6, 2020
Socially distanced table for 12
Read more about the Taubman College projectFaculty and students at the A. Alfred Taubman Collage of Architecture and Urban Planning recently created an outdoor, socially distanced instructional space at the Art and Architecture Building’s inner courtyard. Two health-informed work tables each accommodate up to 12 people and adhere to health and safety guidelines. (Photo by Eric Bronson, Michigan Photography)
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October 4, 2020
Campus COVID-19 briefing
Read more at the Campus Maize & BlueprintThe first of what is to be a weekly video briefing about issues related to COVID-19 on campus took place Oct. 2 with President Mark Schlissel, Provost Susan M. Collins, Vice President for Student Life Martino Harmon, Chief Health Officer Preeti Malani and Associate Professor of Epidemiology Emily Martin. Topics included the Campus Health Response Committee’s rationale associated with guidelines for further responses and strategies during the pandemic, decision-making behind the hybrid fall semester, COVID-19 testing and the potential for spread. Subsequent briefings are planned for 1 p.m. each Friday, with a link to the video on the Campus Maize & Blueprint website and in the following Monday’s Record.
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October 2, 2020
A safe zone
Construction is difficult, stressful work, with equipment and machinery posing hazards to workers. Since many construction accidents can be traced back to unsafe behavior, a team of researchers led by Sanghyun Lee, professor of civil and environmental engineering, College of Engineering, is placing inexpensive, wearable sensors on construction workers to measure anxiety, fatigue and heat stress while on the job. This video explains how the technology can help identify when workers are most susceptible to injury. (Note: This video was made before before the implementation of COVID-19 precaution requirements for construction sites.)
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October 1, 2020
COVID-19 strategies
Read more about the Metrics and Mitigation StrategiesU-M is adding clarity and specificity to the factors used when considering further responses and strategies regarding campus operations during the COVID-19 pandemic. In this video, Preeti Malani, U-M’s chief health officer, discusses the Metrics and Mitigation Strategies document that spells out what will prompt consideration of actions such as increased testing and monitoring, increased physical distancing requirements and further campus density reduction efforts.
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September 30, 2020
Clinical trial Q&A
Read more about the clinical trialMichigan Medicine is partnering with AstraZeneca in a multi-site, international effort researching an investigational vaccine for the prevention of COVID-19. All vaccines must be tested in clinical research studies before they can be approved for public use. In this video, a panel of Michigan Medicine experts recently answered questions about vaccine and other clinical trials to prevent and treat COVID-19.
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September 29, 2020
A promising treatment
Read more about ECMO and how it can help COVID-19 patientsA study led by a U-M researcher shows the life-support option known as ECMO appears to be saving the lives of many critically ill COVID-19 patients who receive it. Facing high death rates, the actual death rate of the 1,035 patients in the study placed on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation was less than 40 percent.
