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January 24, 2020

U.S.-Iranian relations

Recent events have brought up many questions about relations between Iran and the United States. In a Michigan Minds podcast, Juan Cole, Richard P. Mitchell Collegiate Professor of History, explains the relationship between the U.S. and Iran and possible implications of the current turmoil. This video covers a portion of that podcast dealing with talk on social media of a renewed draft.

Listen to the full podcast with Juan Cole

January 23, 2020

Analyzing the Amazon

Valeriy Ivanov, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, started as a coder before traveling to Brazil for hands-on field research in Tapajós National Forest. The Amazon is a challenging environment, but the data he and other researchers gather is essential to understanding life and climate change in the rainforest, and around the world. In this video, Ivanov discusses the importance of the work and the difficulty of transitioning from the field to the office.

Read about one of Ivanov’s graduate student’s experiences

January 22, 2020

Making their way

Merging goals, dreams, ideas and inspiration with parts, pieces, productivity and creativity is what the Brightmoor Maker Space in northwest Detroit is all about. It’s a decade-long collaboration between Nick Tobier, professor of art and design at the Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design, and Bart Eddy, founder of Detroit Community School. In this video, Tobier and Eddy talk about what goes on at the space and how it affects the surrounding community.

Read more about the Brightmoor Maker Space

January 21, 2020

Angela Davis delivers MLK keynote

Activist, scholar and author Angela Davis delivered the 34th annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Symposium keynote memorial lecture on Jan. 20. Speaking to a packed Hill Auditorium, Davis said, “I think it is important for us to learn how to pay tribute to those whose names we don’t necessarily know, and to recognize that the agents of history are not so much the leaders and the spokespeople, but rather the masses of people who develop a collective imagination regarding the possibility for a new future.”

Read more about Davis’ keynote lecture

January 20, 2020

WHOOO’s the winner?

This photo by graduate student John David Curlis, titled “A family of camouflage” and showing the natural hiding abilities of great horned owls, took first place in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology’s 2019 Photographer at Large Contest. “I cannot emphasize enough how much luck went into actually photographing them,” Curlis said of his winning photo, which was taken in Ann Arbor’s Island Park. View other entries in the EEB contest.

Read more about this photo and other winners

January 16, 2020

Teaching biodiversity

Cindee Giffen, a lecturer in LSA’s Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, confers with students on their lab projects as part of a hands-on teaching module that uses preserved specimens from the Museum of Zoology. The teaching unit was developed to allow first- and second-year biology students access to specimens in U-M’s vast Museum of Zoology where they could form questions, collect data and test their hypotheses. (Photo by Dale Austin)

Read more about the biodiversity teaching module

January 15, 2020

Combusting siloxanes

Siloxanes are a family of chemicals used more and more in everyday products, but must be scrubbed from landfill gas harvested for energy generation because they pose serious risks to engines when combusted. In this video, College of Engineering researchers discuss a study of siloxane combustion chemistry that could help find a solution.

Welcome to Re:Union

Visitors to the Michigan Union’s reopening ceremony were invited to color a mural welcoming people to the renovated facility. The university’s iconic central building underwent a 20-month, $85.2 million facelift, which was celebrated with a ceremony and tours Jan.13. (Photo by Daryl Marshke, Michigan Photography)

Read more about the Union reopening festivities

January 13, 2020

One minute for your mind

While mental health is discussed more in the media today, there is still stigma around it — particularly in the black community. In this episode of Michigan Minds, a podcast about public engagement, Riana Elyse Anderson, assistant professor of health behavior and health education, discusses how a video series is helping to reduce that stigma.

Read more about Our Mental Health Minute

January 10, 2020

Native American photos

The William L. Clements Library has added a collection of Native American photos to the library’s renowned archive of early American history. This video explores how the vintage prints from noted collector Richard Pohrt Jr., taken primarily between 1860 and 1920, can be used to help tell the history of Native Americans.