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February 14, 2018

Calming the tremors

After 20 years of bothersome hand tremors, Harry Hahn, an active retiree, finally found relief through a procedure called deep brain stimulation. In this video, Parag Patil, associate professor of neurosurgery, anesthesiology, and biomedical engineering; and Kelvin Chou, Thomas H. and Susan C. Brown Early Career Professor of Neurology, and professor of neurology, and neurosurgery, explain how deep brain stimulation works, and what the results look like.

February 13, 2018

Risk aware autonomy

In this video, Dhanvin Mehta, a graduate student research assistant in electrical engineering and computer science, describes his work on the Risk Aware Multi-Policy Decision Making algorithm to help guide robots in uncertain environments with constantly changing variables, such as for autonomous vehicles driving among pedestrians who can suddenly change direction or speed without signaling.

February 12, 2018

Border Crossers

Students across campus will work with visiting artist Chico MacMurtrie this semester on a 40-foot robotic sculpture that explores the notion of borders and boundary conditions. This video explores the ideas behind the project, which is led by the Institute for the Humanities and symbolizes the humanities in action.

February 11, 2018

‘Porgy and Bess’

Despite its undisputed place in American music history, “Porgy and Bess” has never had a definitive score. Over the last three years, editors at U-M’s Gershwin Initiative have worked to create a new edition of the opera. A test performance of the new score will take place at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Hill Auditorium. This video explores what the audience can expect from this crucial step of the editorial process.

February 8, 2018

Time to evolve

The Museum of Natural History ended nearly 90 years in the Ruthven Museums Building on Dec. 31, 2017, as it prepares to move into the new Biological Science Building. This video commemorates the memories of visitors and staff, and offers a sneak peek at what is in store for the future of the museum inside its new home.

February 7, 2018

Military to medical

UM-Dearborn bioengineering student Samer Habeel (left) and Joe Lo, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, study a military-grade rifle scope with the intent of building a prototype medical device that harnesses the power of ultraviolet light to differentiate between different types of tissues. (Photo by Lou Blouin)

February 6, 2018

Less power, more performance

John Heron, assistant professor of materials science and engineering, believes that high-entropy alloys — metal mixtures that contain as many as 20 different elements instead of an ordinary alloy’s two or three — could one day drive a new generation of post-silicon computing devices. In this video, Heron explains the techniques his lab is using to develop multiferroic materials, which may lead to devices that deliver superior performance while consuming a fraction of the power.

February 4, 2018

Women in economics textbooks

In this video, Betsey Stevenson, associate professor of public policy, talks about a new study that examines gender bias in introductory economics textbooks. She and co-author Hanna Zlotnick, a graduate student at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, found women are underrepresented in fictionalized accounts, in choice of pronoun, and in the real people that enliven and motivate discussion of economic phenomena.

February 1, 2018

Opportunity Hub walk-through

The new home for LSA’s Opportunity Hub, in an LSA Building addition currently under construction, is scheduled to open in 2019. Take a virtual stroll through the space that’s designed to help LSA students connect what they’re learning in the classroom to the world that’s waiting outside it.

January 31, 2018

The flu hits home

The flu is hitting hard across the nation, and Michigan is no exception. In this video, Arnold Monto, Thomas Francis Jr. Collegiate Professor of Public Health, and professor of epidemiology, and global public health, shares what is happening closer to home, and says Michigan and the rest of the country may continue to see flu in the months ahead.