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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