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Photo Essay: The DC gives Detroit high school students a glimpse of what their future could hold

Posted on 2022-09-08 (2023-07-05) by jmerlinw

High school students from The School at Marygrove tour the multi-media Video Studio in the Duderstadt Center

“I can see myself being here.” “I didn’t know you could do this in college.” These were some of the comments made by 21 high school students after their tour of the Duderstadt Center and the advanced digital media technologies managed by the Digital Media Commons staff. This, from many

“Sing My Song” – School of Music, Theatre & Dance project brings the vision of renowned operatic baritone, Thomas Hampson, and Detroit high school students together in song

Posted on 2022-09-07 (2023-07-05) by jmerlinw

Composite Image showing the Marygrove high class

“In song, you have one of the most amazing diaries of any generation’s culture at a given time.” That statement, by Thomas Hampson, one of the world’s most renowned operatic baritones, is central to his vision of education and artistic research, and the impetus for a collaboration with the U-M

Building-wide LED lighting conversion project begins in the Duderstadt Center

Posted on 2022-07-18 (2024-03-01) by jmerlinw

Homepage Slide Announcing the Building-wide LED lighting conversion Project In TheDuderstadtCenterproject

A project to convert existing interior lighting throughout the Duderstadt Center to more energy efficient LED lamps has begun in the Duderstadt Center. When complete the anticipated energy savings in the DC alone could reduce the building’s contribution to carbon dioxide emissions by 190 metric tons per year. The Duderstadt

Technology collaborations that touch every aspect of the U-M experience.

Posted on 2022-01-30 (2024-03-01) by jmerlinw

U-M Rehabilitation patient VR experience in the Visualization Studio MIDEN

A partnership between the Digital Media Commons’ Visualization Studio and Michigan Health enables rehabilitation patients to create and explore new virtual worlds. Donn Hilker, Clinical Director for the University of Michigan Health Rehabilitation Engineering Program, leads a team who use engineering and new technologies to increase the functional capabilities and

A new frontier: Preserving computer and video games at the U-M Library

Posted on 2021-12-09 (2022-06-22) by jmerlinw

Interior view of the Computer and Video Games Archive with inset photo of U-M Librarian David Carter

(Note: as of June, 2022, the CVGA will be moving to the Shapiro Library. Updates will be announced on the U-M Library Computer and Video Game Archive page) Among the many unique resources that make the Duderstadt Center so special is the Computer and Video Games Archives, part of the

Why BFS “Classroom” status matters to the mission of the Duderstadt Center

Posted on 2021-09-29 (2024-03-01) by jmerlinw

You may have noticed recent construction activity in the Duderstadt Center. That’s because we have undertaken renovations on all four floors of the building to qualify for status as a classroom building under the standards of the State of Michigan Bureau of Fire Services (BFS). Our building has recently been approved

Melissa Coppola: “Lights in the Sky”

Posted on 2021-07-15 (2022-08-08) by jmerlinw

Students playing piano in front of big screen showing the Milky Way Galaxy

Melissa Coppola’s doctoral thesis “Lights in Sky”, a multimedia concert inspired by the cosmos, premiered Sunday, July 11, 2021, 2:30 PM at the Stamps Auditorium, Penny Stamps School of Art and Design on the U-M Ann Arbor Campus “In March 2020, COVID-19 forced me to cancel a space-inspired performance at

Melissa Coppola takes new Video Studio Steinway grand piano into the cosmos

Posted on 2021-07-08 (2021-12-09) by jmerlinw

Melissa Coppola performs her composition on the new Steinway grand piano, donated to the DMC Video Studio by the Demeulemeester family

Update: Wednesday, July 8, 2021 Melissa Coppola’s doctoral thesis “Lights in Sky”, a multimedia concert inspired by the cosmos, premieres Sunday, July 11, 2021, 2:30 PM at the Stamps Auditorium, Penny Stamps School of Art and Design on te U-M Ann Arbor Campus “In March 2020, COVID-19 forced me to

When it rains it pours… pianos?

Posted on 2021-06-01 (2021-12-10) by kreister

The Duderstadt Center (DC) is a prime resource for creative students at the University of Michigan. There are three professional-level audio studios and a 3600 square foot video studio. It is a place where students can make their imaginations come to life. While the largest audio studio, Audio Studio A,

Michigan Electric Racing hits top speed in the Video Studio

Posted on 2021-05-19 (2024-03-01) by jmerlinw

Sean Phelan films the launch video for the College of Engineering's Michigan Electric Racing MER20 vehicle "

Michigan Electric Racing, a student team at the University of Michigan, recently introduced their MER20 high-performance Formula One style electric racing vehicle that will compete in this summer’s international Formula SAE competition. The team’s launch video, produced by student Sean Phelan, was created in the Duderstadt Center Video Studio.

Meet the Microbes – a Zoom Webinar

Posted on 2021-05-18 (2022-01-25) by kreister

Microbial Masterpieces - Piece from the Gallery

While many of us have been hunkered down at home, weird and wonderful microbes have been growing in our gallery! Next week, the Microbial Masterpieces team would like to introduce you to them and why this matters to you, and to the planet! You are invited to a Zoom webinar

CVGA: Courses with Games Studies components

Posted on 2021-05-12 (2021-08-22) by jmerlinw

If you are interested in the roles of games and game theory in academic studies, the University of Michigan is offering a rich variety of game-related courses during the Summer and Fall 2021 terms. Val Waldron, Computer & Video Game Archive Manager, provides an extensive list of U-M courses with

“I’d never seen anything like the list of resources that the DMC was promising”

Posted on 2021-04-30 (2024-03-01) by jmerlinw

Image from Professor Robin Means Coleman's Interview

"You have to come up into the space to really get a true appreciation for the wealth of resources and the cutting-edge technologies - what it can do for your research, for your pedagogy, for your professional and personal development. No pamphlet can describe or capture what the DMC has to offer you”

More than 1,500 register for XR Initiative’s virtual “XR@Michigan Summit”

Posted on 2021-04-30 (2021-09-21) by jmerlinw

Image taken of Microsoft presentation at Inaugural XR Summit @ Michigan in 2021

A virtual audience from all over the globe came together to hear from industry leaders and innovators talk about how extended reality technology is transforming their work at the first XR@Michigan Summit, organized by University of Michigan’s Extended Reality (XR) Initiative within the Center for Academic Innovation. The two-day virtual

Microbial Masterpieces

Posted on 2021-03-24 (2024-03-01) by kreister

“Microbial Masterpieces”, the recipient project of the 2020 Experiments in Translation Grant, is a project devoted to helping people understand the importance of the microbial world through art and science communication. Winogradsky Panel The project began with the construction a giant Winogradsky panel, an apparatus for culturing diverse communities of

Fabrication Studio Supports Surgical Separation of Conjoined Twins

Posted on 2020-09-22 (2021-08-22) by jmerlinw

image of 3D printed models of conjoined twin used in planning the successful surgical separation of their torsos

U-M Radiologists provided preoperative imaging and worked with UM bioengineers to design lifelike, 3D printed models that helped plan the necessary steps in this difficult surgery. The models were printed using the Stratasys J750™ 3D printer in the Duderstadt Center Fabrication Studio, supported by the studio’s professional staff. From a