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(For decades, local lakes have been plagued with blooms of nuisance algae. John Lehman's research has led to better understanding of the causes and now is coming up with solutions. Local lakes have been plagued with nuisance algae for years Video interview/Professor Lehman.)

(If you wonder where you stand in the social pecking order at work, home and in the community, a little known group of primates found only in the highlands of Ethiopia may offer some clues. Video interview with Jacinta Beehner and Thorn Bergman.)

(The 1,000 Pitches business plan competition gathered 1,044 pitches from students across campus, demonstrating that even in this economy, good ideas are proliferating. An entrepreneurship competition. Video interview with the president of a student group that led the organization of an entrepreneurship competition.)

(A device called VIVACE developed at the University of Michigan draws power out of slow water currents to produce clean electricity. It imitates the swim strategy of a school of fish. VIVACE harnesses vibrations in slow moving water currents Video interview with professor, animations.)

(Michigan Gospel Chorale is going along with U-M President Coleman on trip to Africa U-M students aim to connect through song with Ghana audiences A video of the Michigan Gospel Chorale, including interviews with members along with rehearsal and performance footage.)

(The exhibit features the most current works of U-M's art school faculty U-M annual faculty show diverse showcase of talent. Video looks at annual art faculty exhibition.)

(The U-M ballast-free ship concept eliminates ballast tanks, compartments where foreign organisms can stow away. U-M invention could block aquatic invaders. Video showing tests of U-M ballast free ship, along with interviews of profs + extras.)

(University of Michigan communications studies Professor Michael Traugott fields U-M students' questions related to the second Big Ten Battleground Poll on this year's presidential election. Michigan voters also indicate concern about economy Audio interview w/Michael Traugott.)

(University of Michigan communications studies Professor Michael Traugott fields U-M students' questions that were answered in the first Big Ten Battleground Poll on this year's presidential election. Some findings of the first poll of its kind in eight Big Ten Students pose questions on the presidential election, answered by results of a poll in eight of the Big Ten states.)

(Blazars, among the most energetic objects in the universe, are fueled by super massive black holes at the core of certain giant elliptical galaxies. Periodically, they emit jets of high-energy plasma at almost the speed of light. Jets of high-energy plasma are caused by the black hole at the center of blazars. An animation of a blazar at the center of a galaxy emitting jets of high-energy plasma.)