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November 19, 2018

Regulating vaping

Recently the U.S. Food and Drug Administration added restrictions on sales of flavored vaping products in convenience stores and gas stations to keep them out of the hands of minors. In this episode of Michigan Minds, Clifford Douglas, program manager and adjunct professor of health management and policy, explains that while e-cigarettes provide a less harmful alternative to people trying to quit cigarettes, they also can be a gateway to nicotine addiction for young people.

November 18, 2018

Wolverine Express

LSA Outreach Coordinator Jenna Munson guides students at Battle Creek Central High School through an interactive science activity during a visit by the Wolverine Express, which takes faculty, staff, students and alumni to under-resourced high schools across the state to promote higher education. (Photo by Peter Matthews, Michigan Photography)

November 14, 2018

Wallenberg Medal recipients

Representatives from the youth activist groups B.R.A.V.E. and March For Our Lives talk about their experiences working to fight gun violence during a discussion following their presentation of the 2018 Raoul Wallenberg Medal on Wednesday. From left are Rie’Onna Holmon (B.R.A.V.E.), Sofie Whitney (March For Our Lives), Ke’Shon Newman (B.R.A.V.E.) and Alex Wind (March For Our Lives). Watch a video of the full ceremony and discussion. (Photo by Scott C. Soderberg, Michigan Photography)

November 14, 2018

The president’s residence

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This photo of the President’s House was taken about 1890. One of four similar structures built in 1840 for U-M’s professors, the building has been been home to university presidents since 1852. View a gallery of photos of the President’s House over the years, and read more about the building andits surroundings. (Photo courtesy of the Bentley Historical Library)

November 13, 2018

“Positron”

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This bonze and stone sculpture, titled “Positron,” was created by U-M alumna Michele Oka Doner, and was installed in 1996 as a gift of the physics department in memory of professor Art Rich. The sculpture sits on the east side of Randall Laboratory, which housed Rich’s lab. The Record periodically highlights pieces of public art at U-M. Learn more about this piece, or browse an online collection of public artworks.

November 11, 2018

Fighting fake news

Facebook is working hard to keep fake news off its platform. But it’s not an easy battle. In this episode of Michigan Minds, Cliff Lampe, professor of information, a leading expert and researcher on the societal and technical aspects of social media, explains just what Facebook is up against.

November 8, 2018

“Deluge”

This photo taken on the Lawshe Plantation, South Carolina, in October 2015 is part of “Deluge,” a riveting five-channel video installation showing the human effects of flooding and climate change, on view through Dec. 18 at the Institute for the Humanities. It is the culmination of artist and photographer Gideon Mendel’s 11-year “Drowning World Project,” which explores the global scale, universality and personal impact of recent catastrophic natural disasters.

November 7, 2018

Finding their BLiSS

The U-M Bioastronautics and Life Support Systems team won a NASA X-Hab grant to design and prototype a portion of a Mars habitat. BLiSS is a student-run, multidisciplinary team that designs, builds and tests space habitats. This video highlights aspects of the project, which focuses on the entrance, airlock module and a small portion of the interior.

November 5, 2018

Exercising their political franchise

Like millions of others around the country, members of the U-M community turned out to vote in Tuesday’s midterm elections. Students lined up to cast ballots at several locations on campus, including two precincts that voted at the Michigan League. View more scenes of Election Day at U-M. (Photo by Eric Bronson, Michigan Photography)

November 5, 2018

Future world changers

A UM-Flint First-Year Experience course, So You Want to Change the World, is designed to acclimate students to university life and expose them to new ways of learning and doing. In this video, two first-year pre-med students and a second-year wildlife biology student talk about the practical benefits of the course and how it is helping to equip them for success at UM-Flint and beyond.