Multimedia Features
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March 11, 2019
Buddy-to-Buddy
Read MoreMany veterans and service members have difficulty adjusting to civilian life, and often are too proud to ask for help. No one knows what it’s like to have served except for those who have served. This video looks at the U-M Depression Center’s Buddy-to-Buddy Program is training veterans throughout the state of Michigan on how they can provide resources, support and camaraderie to other vets and service members in their communities.
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March 8, 2019
Moving toward inclusion
Read MoreThe 37th annual U-M Women of Color Task Force career conference Friday featured a keynote discussion with Cynthia H. Bowman (second from left), chief diversity and inclusion officer for Bank of America. Joining the conversation at Hill Auditorium about differences between diversity, equity and inclusion strategies at corporations and educational institutions were, from left, Laurita Thomas, associate vice president for human resources; Bowman; Dilip Das, assistant vice provost for academic affairs; and moderator Taryn Petryk, director of diversity and inclusion at the Stephen M. Ross School of Business. (Photo by Austin Thomason, Michigan Photography)
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February 28, 2019
Solar storm risks
Read MoreJustin Kasper (right), associate professor of climate and space sciences and engineering, speaks with U.S. Sen. Gary Peters, D-Michigan, ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee on Wednesday before testifying before the committee about solar geomagnetic disturbances and ways to better predict their occurrence. (Photo by Andrew Loeb, Washington Office)
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February 27, 2019
Election system integrity
Read MoreJ. Alex Halderman (right), professor of electrical engineering and computer science, testified Wednesday before the U.S. House Appropriations Committee’s Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee about ensuring that states and local governments have the federal assistance they need to eliminate paperless voting and deploy voter-marked paper ballots, optical scanners and assistive devices for the disabled. (Photo by Andrew Loeb, Washington Office)
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February 26, 2019
Infrastructure and climate change
Thomas Lyon (second from left), Dow Professor of Sustainable Science, Technology and Commerce, and professor of business economics and public policy, and of environment and sustainability, testified Tuesday before the U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure about ways that infrastructure improvement, as well as the free market, can help lessen the impacts of climate change. (Photo by Andrew Loeb, Washington Office)
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February 25, 2019
A look inside prison
Read MoreAaron Kinzel (right) experienced prison life for 10 years following felony convictions. But after being paroled he earned a series of degrees and now is a lecturer in criminology and criminal justice studies at UM-Dearborn. Last semester, he took his students to the Ohio State Reformatory, a former state prison in Mansfield, Ohio, that was used as the setting for the movie “The Shawshank Redemption.” (Photo by Roger Hart, Michigan Photography)
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February 24, 2019
Trigger warnings
Read MoreThe trigger warning debate evokes strong views on both sides. Some see them as helpful notifications about potentially disturbing content, while others see them as coddling. In this video episode of the Michigan Minds podcast, doctoral student Izzy Gainsburg talks about his study on the effectiveness of trigger warnings.
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February 20, 2019
Zoology letters
Read MoreWhen the Museum of Zoology collection moved to the Research Museums Center south of campus, curators uncovered boxes filled with correspondence related to conservation efforts in the 1920s and ’30s. Clark Schmutz, who graduated in December, spent more than 100 hours reading and digitally scanning hundreds of letters to make them available online. In this video, Schmutz and Cody Thompson, the museum’s mammal collections manager, discuss the project and some of the intriguing stories that illustrate the links between museum collections and conservation.
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February 18, 2019
Tour the Union
Read MoreNew life is coming to the Michigan Union with its new entrance area, year-round courtyard, lounges that work for today’s students and an IdeaHub where student organizations make things happen. At the same time, great care is being taken to retain the historic charm, the architectural details and warmth of the iconic campus gathering place as it undergoes major renovations. This 3-D virtual tour offers a glimpse of how the old and the new will complement and elevate one another in the Union’s second century.
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February 17, 2019
‘Mother’
Read MoreThis 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.