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June 11, 2024

Sustainable lab shopping

Visitors to U-M’s new Lab Swap Shop sign in and and pick up slips used to track inventory during the shop’s first day on June 6. The shop allows researchers to browse for free, pre-owned laboratory equipment — or donate equipment they no longer need — while supporting the university’s waste-reduction goals. (Photo by Ashlee Bise, Office of Campus Sustainability)

U-M’s newest falcon

Michigan Department of Natural Resources workers band a female peregrine falcon chick that hatched this spring in a nesting box at U-M’s North Quad. The unnamed chick hatched alongside three other unhatched eggs in the nest. The male parent was identified as Ranger, a falcon that parented chicks at U-M last year. The female parent had not been banded and was unknown. The DNR advises members of the public that, if chicks are found on the ground, they should contact the DNR’s southeast Michigan peregrine falcon nest coordinator at 989-313-0283. (Photo courtesy of Michigan DNR)

May 24, 2024

Cutting waste and energy

Grace Maves (left), UM-Dearborn sustainability coordinator, and Bridget Lawson, sustainable operations intern, weigh compost at a zero-waste event that diverted 100% of waste from landfill. That effort helped the Dearborn campus win first place in one of the Green Events categories of the Campus Race to Zero Waste competition. The Ann Arbor campus won first place in the Zero Waste category among large campuses, as well as the University category of the separate the statewide Battle of the Buildings energy reduction challenge. (Photo by Natalie Albrecht)

Read more about U-M’s contest-winning sustainability efforts

May 21, 2024

Making a U-M degree a reality

Michigan’s Upper Peninsula is famous for its epic snowfalls, charming towns and stunning natural beauty. When Shaylee Menhennick began her journey at U-M in 2020 through the U.P. Scholars Program, she found her footing in Ann Arbor, helping the transition to university life. In this video, Menhennick shares the impact the U.P. Scholars Program had on her and how it helped make a U-M degree a reality.

Read more about the U.P. Scholars Program

May 17, 2024

Racing hydrogen cars in Detroit

Henderson Academy students Damontay Shufford (left) and Zadrian King work with Haley Hart, director of the Michigan Engineering Zone, on testing a car they built. Earlier this month, 27 eighth-graders from Henderson Academy in Detroit were the first to build and race model hydrogen cars at the MEZ. The event was sponsored by MI Hydrogen, U-M’s hydrogen initiative, which provided Hydrogen Grand Prix kits from Horizon Educational. (Photo by Marcin Szczepanski, College of Engineering)

Read more about the students’ experiences and takeaways

May 16, 2024

Making phones more annoying

Phone overuse is common in today’s society, and current interventions are not effective at helping users decrease screen time. College of Engineering researchers are developing an app called “InteractOut,” which works by slightly modifying common phone interactions, like tap and swipe, to gradually ease a user off their phone. In this video, Anhong Guo, assistant professor of computer science and engineering, discusses the app.

Read more about how the app can help manage screen time

May 14, 2024

Farm to table

Divine McNear (right) and Sara Gradillas (left) from the MDining team at Mary Markley Hall took a break from their culinary duties to lend a hand at the Campus Farm at Matthaei Botanical Gardens. Swapping their aprons for gardening gloves, they joined the Campus Farm team to plant peppers, which will be harvested and served in U-M’s dining halls, providing students with fresh, locally-grown food. (Photo by Kerry Sprague, Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum)

May 13, 2024

Mother-son heart bond

When Mackenzie Lampe learned her son, Jeremiah, would need the same aortic valve repair that she had, she knew exactly who she wanted to oversee her son’s care: pediatric heart surgeon Richard Ohye, who as a Michigan Medicine fellow helped perform the procedure on Lampe at C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital in 1998. In this video, Lampe and Ohye discuss the aortic valve repair that was performed on Lampe and her son, Jeremiah.

Honoring an historic athlete

Athletic director Warde Manuel and Marlene Dortch, granddaughter of Olympic track-and-field gold medalist Jesse Owens, unveil a World Athletics Heritage Plaque commemorating Owens and the four world records he set in a 45-minute span on May 25, 1935. Owens set records for the 100-yard dash, long jump, 220-yard dash and the 220-yard low hurdles at U-M’s Ferry Field when he was a student-athlete at Ohio State University. The plaque unveiling took place May 9 at Ferry Field. Looking on is master of ceremonies Jack Hollobaugh. (Photo by Jaime Crawford, Michigan Photography)

May 7, 2024

Focusing on mental health

In his May video message to the university community, President Santa J. Ono acknowledged U-M’s focus on well-being, and particularly its efforts to promote mental health. May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and Ono recognized Kelcey Stratton, chief behavioral health strategist at University Human Resources, as this month’s Portrait of a Wolverine.