Innovation
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An uncommon education: Ep 5
U-M was the nation’s first university to own and operate its own hospital. Watch ‘A Miracle Cure,’ by Detroit Public Television.
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The courage to resist
In the escalating struggle between the individual and the state technology favors the powerful. That’s why this computer scientist revels in righting the balance.
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Oh my cube!
Engineering students install a giant Rubik’s Cube on campus — believed to be the world’s largest hand-solvable, stationary version of the famous puzzle.
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Can math help explain our bodies?
The legacy of mathematician Alan Turing inspires researchers to create computer models to explore ‘the beauty of us.’
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Everybody walk the dinosaur
As experts prepare to move the Museum of Natural History, they reimagine the visitor experience.
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An Uncommon Education: Ep. 2
Watch ‘An Eye for Science,’ the latest installment in Detroit Public Television’s series about U-M history.
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Not your father's time capsule
Students prepare to launch a time capsule into orbit to mark U-M’s bicentennial. The plan is to retrieve it in 100 years.
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U-M pioneers new walking robot
New bot is loosely modeled on the cassowary, a flightless bird with backward-facing knees.
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Power to the pixel
In 1988, while most of the digital technology we take for granted was unknown, a revolutionary software named Photoshop began to develop at U-M.