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May 9, 2018

Patent insights

Bryce Pilz (second from left) speaks at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday at a conference about how current patent laws and regulations are stifling innovation. Pilz, director of licensing for U-M’s Office of Technology Transfer, cited two examples of medical diagnostic tests developed at U-M that failed to get patent protection, hindering the development of those technologies. The conference focused on ways Congress and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office can improve the situation. (Photo by Mike Waring, Washington Office)

May 8, 2018

‘We Want a Veto’

The International Institute’s annual photo contest offers a window onto the unique places where students affiliated with the institute and its 17 centers and programs have gone to intern and study abroad the previous year. This photo by Matt Harmon, titled “We Want a Veto,” took first place in the Not Just a Tourist category. “Warsaw erupted when its government almost passed a bill that would put the Polish Supreme Court under government control. The people did not stay silent,” Harmon said.

May 7, 2018

Carbon pricing

When China formally announced plans to establish a national carbon market in December, it was double the European Union’s carbon market and 10 times the size of California’s cap-and-trade system. The effort to create a market for carbon pricing has been littered with stories of many failures but also some successes over the last two decades. In this video, Barry Rabe, the J. Ira and Nicki Harris Family Professor of Public Policy, discusses why political support for a carbon price remains one of the heaviest lifts in American politics and beyond.

May 6, 2018

Sustainability goals

U-M students, faculty and staff all play a role in creating a sustainable campus through four key areas: climate action, waste prevention, healthy environments and community engagement. This video outlines various ways the campus community can support U-M’s sustainability goals through Planet Blue.

May 3, 2018

First-gen grads

Graduates attending the ceremony for first-generation students recently shared their plans for the next step on their respective journeys. This video was created by the University Career Center, in partnership with the Comprehensive Studies Program, the First Generation office in Student Life, Multi-Ethnic Student Affairs, Office of Academic Multicultural Initiatives, and the Office of New Student Programs.

May 2, 2018

Abstract Ancestry

For his solo show “Abstract Ancestry: Machine-Works on Paper,” Detroit-based artist Matthew Angelo Harrison will produce a suite of mechanical drawings with his homemade 3-D printer. In this video, Harrison, the Institute for the Humanities’ Efroymson Emerging Artist in Residence, discusses his work, including new drawings that people can watch being made during the span of the exhibition, which runs through May 11 at the Institute for the Humanities Gallery, 202 S. Thayer.

May 1, 2018

Medicine + Science + Music

Dozens of faculty, staff, students and alumni from across U-M’s medical and science community come together every year to form the Life Sciences Orchestra. This video illustrates how, under the baton of student conductors from the School of Music, Theatre & Dance, they prepare and play two free concerts every year. The next concert is Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at Hill Auditorium.

April 30, 2018

Diagnosing breast cancer

Researchers from the University of Michigan have developed a diagnostic imaging pill enabling the early and more accurate diagnosis of cancerous tumors in breast tissue. In this video, Greg Thurber, assistant professor of chemical engineering and biomedical engineering, discusses how this method can be more effective and less invasive.

April 27, 2018

Forever, Go Blue!

A quartet of nursing majors celebrate their graduation with a batch of bubbles at Saturday’s 2018 Spring Commencement ceremony. An estimated 7,000 graduates, along with thousands of family and friends, were on hand for the festivities at Michigan Stadium. View a gallery of images from various graduation exercises across campus. (Photo by Eric Bronson, Michigan Photography)

April 26, 2018

Empowering diversity and disability

Performing standard patient examinations can pose challenges for doctors with limited mobility. Molly Fausone, a third-year U-M medical student paralyzed from the chest down with limited use of her hands, uses a special device that helps her overcome these basic obstacles. In this video, Fausone and David Lorch, program director for the Global Challenges for the Third Century Initiative on Deep Monitoring, discuss how the device was developed.