Videos, Podcasts & Slideshows

Security risks found in sensors for heart devices, consumer electronics

Thu, 16 May 2013 10:57:17 -0400

The type of sensors that pick up the rhythm of a beating heart in implanted cardiac defibrillators and pacemakers are ...

Fracking brings economic boost, but risks raise concerns

Greta Guest — Tue, 14 May 2013 11:50:49 -0400

Most Michigan and Pennsylvania residents say fracking is good for the economy, but have concerns about chemicals used and other ...

BioBlitz! U-M leads rapid biodiversity survey on Belle Isle for Detroit high school students

Jim Erickson — Wed, 08 May 2013 10:58:54 -0400

University of Michigan students organized a rapid biodiversity survey, called a BioBlitz, on Belle Isle for students from Detroit's Western ...

Video from Spring Commencement featuring Dick Costolo

Roger Sutton — Sat, 04 May 2013 12:05:00 -0400

Streaming video

Standard and high definition streams of the May 4 ceremony.

Main speaker Dick Costolo

U-M President Mary Sue Coleman

Student Anisha Ghadha

About honorary degree recipients

Hologram-like 3-D brain helps researchers decode migraine pain

Laura Bailey — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 10:14:10 -0400

Wielding a joystick and wearing special glasses, pain researcher Alexandre DaSilva rotates and slices apart a large, colorful, 3-D brain ...

U-M professor: Implications loom large in human gene patent case before U.S. Supreme Court

Greta Guest — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 12:12:42 -0400

A human gene patenting case before the U.S. Supreme Court next week could have major implications for biotechnology research and ...

Can you hear me now? Geladas' vocal lip smacks resemble human speech

Jared Wadley — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 09:19:30 -0400

The rhythmic vocal sounds made by lip smacking in wild gelada monkeys have similarities to human speech, a new University ...

Building better blood vessels could advance tissue engineering

Nicole Casal Moore — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 14:36:31 -0400

One of the major obstacles to growing new organs—replacement hearts, lungs and kidneys—is the difficulty building blood vessels that keep ...

Evocative exhibit, town hall foster conversation about race

Deborah Greene, (734) 763-4008, greenedm@umich.edu — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 10:25:59 -0400

A campuswide project promoting a deeper, meaningful conversation about race, identity and diversity will culminate April 18 in an exhibit ...

Paint-on plastic electronics: Aligning polymers for high performance

Fri, 22 Mar 2013 11:36:31 -0400

Semiconducting polymers are an unruly bunch, but U-M engineers have developed a method for getting them in line that could ...

After Newtown: A new use for a weapons-detecting radar?

Nicole Casal Moore — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 09:35:46 -0400

In the aftermath of the Newtown school shooting, a University of Michigan professor envisions a new use for a weapons-detecting ...

U-M's new solar car marks transition for nation's top team

Nicole Casal Moore — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 13:50:11 -0400

The name of the University of Michigan's next solar car, which will be one step closer to resembling a real-world ...

Poverty rate is highest in 15 years, says U-M professor

Greta Guest — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 10:50:06 -0500

The Great Recession leaves behind the largest number of long-term unemployed people, or 4.7 million, since records were first kept ...

Doctors who adopt electronic health records may lose money

Laurel Thomas Gnagey — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 17:00:00 -0500

Physician offices that move to electronic health record systems, but don't make additional changes in the practice to enhance revenue ...

Two-thirds of Americans now believe global warming is real

Greta Guest — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 12:55:07 -0500

An increasing number of Americans indicate that there is evidence of global warming, with 67 percent now expressing a belief ...