Multimedia Features

  1. October 26, 2023

    Smashing pumpkins, smashing stress

    Photo of a student smashing a pumpkin in mid-air

    A UM-Flint student takes a whack at a stress-relief pumpkin Oct. 25 as part of an event hosted by Counseling and Psychology Services to help students blow off steam during mid-term season. Students were invited to write their stressors on a pumpkin and then take a baseball bat to them. Outside of the splash zone, CAPS shared additional resources regarding stress awareness and healthy stress relief strategies.

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  2. October 24, 2023

    Medal of Science recipient

    Phot of President Biden and Huda Akil at the Oct. 24 White House ceremony

    President Joe Biden leads the applause for U-M neuroscientist Huda Akil at an Oct. 24 White House ceremony announcing her as a recipient of the National Medal of Science. The medal is the nation’s highest scientific honor. Akil, the Gardner C. Quarton Distinguished University Professor of Neurosciences, was recognized for her contributions to the understanding of depression, anxiety, addiction and more. (Photo by Ryan K. Morris and the National Science and Technology Medals Foundation)

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  3. October 23, 2023

    Introducing ZEUS

    What will be the most powerful laser system in the United States, built and run by the University of Michigan, is about to begin hosting research teams from around the world. The findings could advance health care and microelectronics, provide insights into extreme astrophysics, and more. The zettawatt-equivalent ultrashort pulse laser system — or ZEUS — was recently opened. This video offers a look at the new system and its potential.

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  4. October 19, 2023

    Learning about DEI 2.0

    More than 150 people attended the DEI 2.0 information session at the Michigan League Ballroom on Oct. 18, while others watched a livestream. The event was an opportunity to learn about and discuss the details of U-M’s second five-year strategic plan for diversity, equity and inclusion, which is designed to help propel the institution toward a more welcoming, diverse and inclusive future.(Photo by Scott C. Soderberg, Michigan Photography)

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  5. October 17, 2023

    Hisss-toric first

    The U-M Museum of Zoology recently acquired tens of thousands of scientifically priceless reptile and amphibian specimens, including roughly 30,000 snakes preserved in alcohol-filled glass jars. The newly acquired reptiles and amphibians boost the university’s collection of those animals to roughly half a million specimens, including some 70,000 snakes. With the latest additions, U-M now maintains the largest research collection of snakes anywhere in the world, according to museum curators. In this video, Ph.D. students unpack some of the new specimens and discuss what they will mean for future research.

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  6. October 13, 2023

    Student housing milestone

    Composite photo of residence hall groundbreaking activities

    A groundbreaking ceremony took place Oct. 13 for a new 2,300-bed housing and dining complex that will be the first residential facility built specifically for first-year students since 1963. The five-building, $631 million residential complex will be built near Hoover Avenue and Division Street on Central Campus. One of the buildings will be named after E. Royster Harper, vice president emerita for student life. (Photos by Eric Bronson, Michigan Photography)

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  7. October 12, 2023

    2023 Wallenberg Medalist

    LSA Dean Anne Curzan and President Santa J. Ono present the Wallenberg Medal to farmworkers’ rights advocate Lucas Benitez during a ceremony at which Benitez also delivered U-M’s annual Wallenberg Lecture. He call for a “vaccine” needed to combat the disease of worker exploitation throughout the world. (Photo by Erin Kirkland, Michigan Photography)

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  8. October 10, 2023

    Truth Telling

    Hip-hop artists David Banner (left) and Rapsody talk about their support for each other at the 2023 DEI Summit community assembly Oct. 9. They were part of a panel discussion that explored the summit’s theme, “Truth Telling: The Kinship of Critical Race Theory & Hip-Hop.” (Photo by Erin Kirkland, Michigan Photography)

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  9. October 9, 2023

    Godbots

    As generative artificial intelligence apps such as ChatGPT gain popularity, so have religious chatbots. In this video, Webb Keane, George Herbert Mead Distinguished University Professor of Anthropology and professor of anthropology in LSA, talks about what he calls “godbots,” and the danger of giving moral authority to artificial intelligence.

    Read a Q&A with Webb Keane about godbots
  10. October 6, 2023

    Begob

    Phboto of the sculpture Begob

    Created by Alexander Liberman, this steel sculpture, titled “Begob,” sits on the east side of the Lurie Engineering Center on North Campus, It was a gift of the College of Engineering class of 1945 and NROTC classes starting in 1942. The proportions of the piece reflect what Liberman describes as “…the two crucial elements for a sculpture to be successful. First, the use of scale. In America, sculpture must compete with the size of our country and our buildings. … Secondly, the sculpture must have a distinct form. The form created by the repetition of shapes; it is this repetition that gives the object a sense of rhythm.” The Record periodically highlights pieces of public art at U-M.

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