Category: Featured News
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Michigan IT Visits the DC
Members of the Michigan IT community toured the Duderstadt Center (DC) recently, getting a behind-the-scenes look at the many resources available to the entire UM community. Colleen McCormick and Lisa Nuñez wrote about their experience and the article was featured on the Michigan Technology Community website. Read the full article here. Photo
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U-M PAT Student Wins Hedy Lamarr Achievement Award
The 2024 Hedy Lamarr Achievement Award for Emerging Leaders in Entertainment Technology, honors a female college student whose studies in the fields of entertainment and technology have shown exceptional promise. The 2024 award was presented to two students, including Emelia Piane, an undergraduate student at the University of Michigan who is majoring
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“In This, My Singing” Available Now
A new music release by Maggie Reed In This, My Singing: A Collection of Art Songs Composed by Women Maggie Reed, Soprano, music teacher and recent graduate from the U-M School of Music, Theater and Dance released a new collection of music in December. The album features 15 songs by
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CBS Detroit Visits the Duderstadt Center Voting Hub
The following is a re-post of Meredith Bruckner’s piece for CBS Detroit. “Second voting hub opens on University of Michigan campus to boost young voter turnout“ By Meredith Bruckner October 21, 2024 / 6:47 PM EDT / CBS Detroit ANN ARBOR, Mich. (CBS DETROIT) — On Monday, a new voting hub opened at the
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Statement on the death of Jim Duderstadt
From the Office of President Ono August 22, 2024 The passing of U-M President Emeritus James Duderstadt is an inestimable loss to the University of Michigan, and I extend my deepest sympathies to his wife Anne and their family during this time of mourning and memory. Dr. Duderstadt was a
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DC Deploys New Digital Signage
The University of Michigan’s Duderstadt Center (DC) is set to unveil a vibrant new look with the introduction of advanced digital signage and room status displays. As part of a broader accessibility initiative, which includes making previously inaccessible classrooms fully accessible, these digital enhancements will revolutionize how we communicate within
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Live Chat Service Now Available
The Duderstadt Center (DC) website has launched a new live chat service you can access from any page on our site. It’s both the easiest way to get help and it will connect you with a member of the Digital Media Commons (DMC) staff specific to specialized resources. Look for
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New Technology Checkout Service Now Open on North Campus in the DC
We are pleased to announce a collaboration between CoE, LSA, and the Duderstadt Center to expand the LSA checkout service to the campus-wide University community by creating a checkout location in the Duderstadt Center. The North Campus Technology Checkout (NCTC) offers the ability to check out equipment and receive consulting
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Emerging Technologies and Media & Studio Arts bring Unreal Engine to Virtual Reality Production Platform in the DC.
The DMC’s Emerging Technologies Group and Media & Studio Arts Group have co-developed a powerful new platform, using the powerful rendering capabilities of industry-leading Unreal Engine, enabling students, faculty, and staff to create advanced photo-real 3D virtual environments for a new generation of learning, instructional, and research applications. The two
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2023 Society for Cinema and Media Studies Innovative Pedagogy Award
Congratulations to Professor Matthew Solomon and Lecturer Vincent Longo who received the 2023 Society for Cinema and Media Studies Innovative Pedagogy Award, “designed to recognize new methods, perspectives, and techniques in the teaching of Cinema, Radio, Television, and Emerging Media Studies.” The award recognizes three of Solomon and Longo’s teaching-related
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Fabrication Underground! – a photo tour of the DC’s new 3D printing and fabrication space
Fabrication Underground is an all new space designed and constructed to provide the U-M community with access to the latest 3D printing technologies, software, and other fabrication resources to transform ideas into physical reality. In addition to several new, advanced 3D printers, 3D scanners, a 60 watt laser cutter, and
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Voting Day in the DC Gallery
Hundreds of students filled the halls of the Duderstadt Center prepared to register and vote in the special DC Gallery polling location on Election Day 2022 See a short video of the line of students committed to add their votes! The turnout marks the success of the Creative Campus Voting
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Vote 2022
Voting opens in the Duderstadt Center Gallery. City Clerks ready for voters. Ballot wayfinding with a really big ballot! Recently in the DC Gallery: Voting is underway at the Duderstadt Center Gallery October 12 – November 8 The Duderstadt Center Gallery has been transformed into a one-stop election hub on
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Ballot Wayfinder/A2 City Clerk’s Office at the DC
Ann Arbor City Clerk’s Office and Creative Campus Voting Project “Ballot Wayfinder” at the Duderstadt Center October 12 – November 8 Weds-Thurs: 12-6pm Fridays : 12-4pmMonday, October 24, 12-6pm (last day to register to vote by mail or online in MI)Election Day November 8, 8am-8pm Mon-Friday, 12-6pm for those interested in
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Photo Essay: The DC gives Detroit high school students a glimpse of what their future could hold
“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
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“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
“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
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Building-wide LED lighting conversion project begins in the Duderstadt Center
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
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Technology collaborations that touch every aspect of the U-M experience.
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
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A new frontier: Preserving computer and video games at the U-M Library
(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
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Telling the Story of the Duderstadt Center in 2021
October 11, 2021 A special presentation by graduate students of Architecture on how they interpret the uses and purpose of the Duderstadt Center today, using the original vision for the building and its subsequent history as design criteria. (Note: This presentation took place on Monday, October 11th. This post will