A photograph used to require a camera, a subject and a person behind the lens. Now, an image can be created with a few words typed into an AI program.

Michigan Reconnect students in the Media Communication Arts production studio. Photo by Hayley Moreno.

HFC Honors Program student Sedra Mouard standing next to her poster presentation at University of Michigan Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program summer symposium, July 29, 2026.

You may have noticed a tall pole with what looks like a solar panel while driving. Spoiler alert: it’s not a solar panel. It’s a Flock camera. What the flock is it doing there?

Jake Lang uses a megaphone during anti-Muslim rally outside Henry Ford Centennial Library ahead of a Dearborn City Council meeting in Dearborn, MI, Aug. 18, 2026. Photo by Ryan Garza, Detroit Free Press.

The rare "Dragon's Blood Tree" on the island of Socotra, Yemen. Photo courtesy of REUTERS_Khaled Abdullah

Virtual reality has long fascinated dreamers, scientists, and storytellers alike. For centuries, humans have imagined stepping outside the bounds of the physical world, into spaces limited only by imagination.

A Henry Ford College (HFC) student sat in her car in a parking lot off Telegraph Road. Her heart was pounding, and she was sweating as she faced a feeling of her impending doom.

With the arrival of summer also comes the arrival of concert and festival season. This is the time when many artists, musicians, and bands start touring and performing around the world, and fans couldn’t be more excited.