Multimedia Features

  1. February 12, 2020

    Energy saving contest

    UM-Dearborn College of Engineering and Computer Science graduate students Christine Li (left) and Viraj Tulaskar inspect a skylight in the Administration Building as part of the DTE Energy E-Challenge Competition. (Photo courtesy of UM-Dearborn)

    UM-Dearborn College of Engineering and Computer Science graduate students Christine Li (left) and Viraj Tulaskar inspect a skylight in the Administration Building as part of the DTE Energy E-Challenge Competition for Colleges and Universities. U-M’s Ann Arbor and Dearborn campuses are competing in the statewide contest that encourages students to develop innovative plans to help their schools reduce energy waste. (Photo courtesy of UM-Dearborn)

    Read more about the competition
  2. February 11, 2020

    Increasing student civic engagement

    U-M’s Edward Ginsberg Center for Community Service and Learning is committed to equipping students, faculty and staff with the knowledge, skills and commitment for socially responsible civic engagement. In this episode of the Michigan Minds podcast, Mary Jo Callan, the center’s director, discusses the importance of promoting civic education on college campuses and beyond.

    Read more about increasing student civic engagement
  3. February 10, 2020

    Future of graduate education

    Photo of Enrique De La Cruz and Edmund Graham at the reception and poster session.

    Enrique De La Cruz (left) of Yale University talks with Edmund Graham, the Rackham Graduate School’s minority-serving institutions coordinator, at a reception and poster session that was part of a symposium titled Advancing New Directions in Graduate Education. Participants exchanged ideas on the future of the graduate student experience, examined how universities have traditionally conducted graduate education and considered opportunities for rethinking that approach. (Photo by Jameson Staneluis, Rackham Graduate School)

    Read more about Advancing New Directions in Graduate Education.
  4. February 7, 2020

    AI and brain tumor diagnosis

    Neurosurgeons can leave the operating room more confident about their patient’s brain tumor diagnosis, thanks to the integration of a new system that employs optical imaging and artificial intelligence that are making brain tumor diagnoses quicker and more accurate. This video demonstrates how the technology is allowing them to quickly see diagnostic tissue and tumor margins in near-real time.

    Read more about how AI is helping diagnose brain tumors
  5. February 5, 2020

    Studying the sun

    The European Space Agency’s Solar Orbiter and NASA’s Parker Solar Probe are space weather sidekicks — on two separate, but complementary missions to study the sun with the aim of being able to better predict when solar wind might pose risks to our communications satellites, electrical grid and even astronauts. This video explains how Solar Orbiter and Parker Solar Probe work together — and how U-M engineers are helping lead the discovery in both missions.

    Read more about the Parker and Solar Orbiter missions
  6. February 4, 2020

    Pets and chronic pain

    According to a U-M study, pets can be helpful to older adults with chronic pain. In a Michigan Minds podcast, Mary Janevic, associate research scientist, School of Public Health, explains how pets can help with pain management. In this video, Janevic said one of the key messages in chronic pain self-management is to stay active even while you’re experiencing pain.

    Listen to the whole podcast with Mary Janevic
  7. February 3, 2020

    Saving the trees

    Workers from Blacy Tree Transplant guide a red oak into its new home at Palmer Field.

    Over six weeks last fall, a tree transplant company relocated 50 trees that stood on the site where Michigan Medicine is building a new 12-story hospital. They were moved to several spots around the Ann Arbor campus in what is believed to be the largest tree relocation effort in university history. In the above photo, workers from Blacy Tree Transplant guide a red oak into its new home at Palmer Field. The U-M Health System and Custodial & Grounds Services collaborated on saving the trees. (Photo by Roger Hart, Michigan Photography)

    Read more about the effort to relocate the trees
  8. January 31, 2020

    Immune system and blood clots

    Serious infections increase the risk of life-threatening conditions such as deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolisms, conditions that affect one in 1,000 adults and lead to approximately 200,000-300,000 deaths per year. In this video, Andrea Obi, a vascular surgeon and investigator at the Frankel Cardiovascular Center, explains how her lab is exploring the connection between the immune system and blood clots.

    Read more about the immune system’s connection to blood clots
  9. January 30, 2020

    Public engagement in Washington

    Photo of Debbie Dingell, Johua Edmonds, Time Walberg

    Joshua Edmonds (center), the city of Detroit’s director of digital inclusion and a digital inclusion policy fellow with Poverty Solutions at U-M, talks with U.S. Reps. Debbie Dingell, D-Dearborn, and Tim Walberg, R-Tipton, at a congressional hearing before the Communications and Technology Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee on Wednesday. The hearing focused on how to create more “digital equity” for older adults, veterans, low-income families, disabled residents, small business owners and unemployed Americans. Meanwhile, Kao-Ping Chua, assistant professor of pediatrics, spoke at a separate subcommittee hearing. Read more about his testimony. (Photo by Mike Waring, Washington Office)

  10. January 29, 2020

    Drone security

    Drones and unmanned aerial vehicles are vulnerable to hackers who might try to take control of the craft or access data stored on-board. U-M researchers are part of a team building a suite of software to keep drones secure. In this video, Westley Weimer, professor of electrical engineering and computer science, discusses how the team is focused on integrating the different applications into a holistic system that can prevent and combat attacks in real time.