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February 17, 2019

‘Mother’

This drawing by sophomore nursing student Kaylee Yang, titled “Mother,” took first place in the recent Arts at Michigan As I See It Drawing Competition. As I See It is a series of arts contests for the campus community that take place periodically throughout the year. View the other winners and finalists in the drawing contest.

February 13, 2019

Town hall on felony SPG

Deirdre Spencer, senior associate librarian in the University Library, speaks during Wednesday’s town hall at which U-M community members discussed a new university policy requiring employees to disclose felony charges or convictions. Spencer is a member of the Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs, the executive arm of U-M’s central faculty governance system. (Photo by Daryl Marshke, Michigan Photography)

February 12, 2019

Ruthven remnants

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After the Ruthven Museums Building closed its doors to the public last year, Michigan Today explored its deserted halls, cupboards and cabinets to find a trove of fascinating and forgotten artifacts, such as the mysterious liquids, oil and rubber gloves in an artichoke jar found in this cabinet. As a renovated Ruthven prepares to house classrooms, labs and offices, and its former occupants are now in the new Biological Sciences Building, view a gallery showing some of what was left behind. (Photo by Deborah Holdship, Michigan Today)

February 10, 2019

Censored Planet

In an advance that could one day provide a comprehensive, publicly available window into worldwide internet censorship, a team of U-M researchers has turned public internet servers across the globe into automated sentries that can monitor and report when access to websites is being blocked. In this video, Roya Ensafi, research assistant professor of computer science and engineering, discusses the ideas behind Censored Planet and how the system works.

February 10, 2019

‘Ancient Color’

This portrait of a mummified woman was painted at nearly life size on a wood panel. It’s part of a new exhibition titled “Ancient Color,” which runs through May 26 at LSA’s Kelsey Museum of Archaeology. The exhibition debunks the common misconception that marble sculptures were intentionally all white by applying modern tools to uncover ancient Roman pigments, showing how colorful the ancient world could be. (Photo of the portrait and color reference by Carrie Roberts; pigment photos by Randal Stegmeyer)

February 7, 2019

Economic testimony

Matthew Shapiro (right), Lawrence R. Klein Collegiate Professor of Economics, testified Wednesday before the U.S. House Committee on Small Business about the potential impact the recent partial government shutdown had on small businesses. He used examples from his research into the effects of the 2013 government shutdown. Asked what another shutdown could mean for the economy, consumer confidence and spending, Shapiro responded that U-M’s Survey of Consumers showed a 7.2 percent decline in consumer confidence from December 2018 to January 2019. He warned that number would worsen with another shutdown, potentially leading to an economic slowdown. (Photo by Andrew Loeb, Washington Office)

February 5, 2019

Museum on the move

A team from Research Casting International of Toronto works to reassemble the Owosso mastodon in the Atrium of the Museum of Natural History, which will reopen in its new location, U-M’s new Biological Sciences Building, on April 14. (Photo by Michelle Andonian)

February 5, 2019

Internet art

These Plexiglas-encased computer components are part of a new exhibition at the U-M Museum of Art that launches a tour of the first major thematic group exhibition in the U.S. to examine the radical impact of internet culture on visual art. “Art in the Age of the Internet, 1989 to Today” runs through April 7 and features 36 artists, collaboratives and collectives, and more than 40 works across a variety of media. A variety of related events are scheduled, including appearances by featured artist Julianna Huxtable today and Thursday. (Photo by Mark Gjukich)

February 3, 2019

Carbon neutrality

In this video, President Mark Schlissel announces the formation of the President’s Commission on Carbon Neutrality, and discusses the ways the university will work to find long-term, comprehensive measures to mitigate human-influenced climate change.

February 3, 2019

Two Brothers and Their Dog

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This 1985 bronze sculpture by John W. Mills was a gift from Harry Towsley and is part of the Friends Meditation Garden on the north side of the Towsley Center for Continuing Medical Education. The Record periodically highlights pieces of public art at U-M. Learn more about this piece, or browse an online collection of public artworks.