Multimedia Features
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June 17, 2020
Helping the homeless
Read more about the Wolverine Street Medicine initiativeWhen the COVID-19 pandemic forced medical schools across the country to pull students from clinical settings in March, student leaders at the Medical School looked for new ways to help the community. This video explores how the student-led Wolverine Street Medicine initiative created a distribution network to bring donated hygiene and health supplies, like hand sanitizer and masks, to homeless people in southeast Michigan — a population especially at risk and vulnerable to the epidemic.
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June 10, 2020
Race and societal climate
Listen to the other podcastsAs protests take place across the nation to combat systemic racism and police violence during a pandemic that has disproportionately impacted African-American communities, faculty and staff from across U-M are conducting research projects and sharing personal experiences to better understand the health implications of racial discrimination and the potential outcomes of current social movements. This podcast by Elizabeth James, program assistant in LSA’s Department of Afroamerican and African Studies, is one of several episodes of Michigan Minds that are designed to provide informative analyses and personal narratives to empower the U-M community and the broader public.
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June 3, 2020
Wearing and caring for face coverings
Read more about university guidance regarding face coveringsWith Gov. Gretchen Whitmer lifting the coronavirus stay-at-home order and as campus research labs continue to gradually reopen, U-M’s Environment, Health & Safety department is clarifying when and where individuals should wear a face covering while on campus. This video from Business & Finance demonstrates how to properly wear and care for cloth face coverings and demonstrates why wearing them makes a difference in helping prevent the spread of COVID-19.
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May 27, 2020
Explaining coronavirus to kids
Read more about efforts to explain the coronavirus to kidsChildren are naturally curious, even when facing difficult challenges. This video was created by the School of Public Health for children and their families to share what is known about the coronavirus and outline proven public health methods for personal and community protection.
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May 22, 2020
Back to the lab
Read more about U-M’s research re-engagement processCatherine Polik, a research laboratory technician with LSA’s Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, has her temperature checked by Lt. Akin A. Bryant of the Division of Public Safety and Security before entering the North University Building on May 21 as DPSS Deputy Chief Crystal James looks on. U-M researchers have started the gradual resumption of on-campus laboratory and studio-based research activity, which is expected to ramp up in waves over the next several weeks. Limited numbers of people will be allowed into specified buildings for approved purposes only, and under new public health-informed safety procedures. (Photo by Roger Hart, Michigan Photography)
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May 21, 2020
Rise Up
Read more about the making of this video tributeTo salute all who are making an impact during this uncertain time, the music therapists at C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital put together a heartfelt musical tribute. The video involves the therapists singing “Rise Up” by Andra Day and playing instruments, and also includes spoken messages from pediatric patients, child life specialists and other Michigan Medicine team members who sent in video clips.
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May 20, 2020
Protecting workers
Read more about these two new devicesTreating patients with COVID-19 means health care workers are putting their own health and safety on the line each day. Now, two new devices, dubbed Aerosolve, could offer additional safety for health care workers, while allowing more effective treatment of patients with infections spread by respiratory droplets. In this video, researchers from U-M’s Center for Integrative Research in Critical Care describe the devices they designed: a portable negative-pressure helmet and a portable negative-pressure procedural tent.
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May 19, 2020
‘Blossom’ speaks volumes
See the winners and the As I See It photo competition submissionsArts at Michigan’s latest photography contest has ended, and “Blossom” has been voted the winner. The theme for the competition was “sound,” and this photo by Anders Lundin, an undergraduate studying art and design, was voted tops by the U-M community. Competitions take place periodically throughout the year, with different themes and media for each round.
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May 18, 2020
‘Four Years in Blue’
Read more about the medical students’ journeyIn 2016, the University of Michigan Medical School welcomed 172 new doctors-in-training. Out of this group, 15 students agreed to be followed throughout all four years of their medical training, documenting key milestones in their journeys from the first months on campus until just days before graduation for most of them. In this short film, they tell their stories in their own words with glimpses into the reality of med school life as they lived it.
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May 15, 2020
Plasma jet wands
Read more about the plasma jet wandsAn ion-emitting wand under development at U-M has the potential to enable quick decontamination of surfaces in hospitals and public places. The project has been funded with a rapid response grant from the National Science Foundation. In this video, John Foster, professor of nuclear engineering and radiological sciences and of aerospace engineering, and Mirko Gamba, associate professor of aerospace engineering, explain the science beyond this initiative.
