Academic Innovation

  1. February 23, 2023

    Academic Innovation seeks proposals for various programs

    The Center for Academic Innovation has opened calls for proposals across a variety of disciplines that align with the center’s work.

  2. January 13, 2022

    James Hilton leaving library role to focus on academic innovation

    James Hilton, U-M’s vice provost for academic innovation and university librarian-dean of libraries, will step down from his library role June 30 to more sharply focus on U-M’s academic innovation effort in the vice provost role.

  3. April 10, 2021

    Teach-out delves into political extremism, conspiracy theories

    Online radicalism, political polarization, conspiracy theories and disinformation, and the political response to growing extremism are covered in a new U-M teach-out.

  4. January 25, 2021

    XR Initiative funds 13 new extended reality projects

    The university’s XR Initiative is funding 13 new XR Innovation projects that work with faculty to develop course content using commercially available extended reality authoring platforms.

  5. June 19, 2020

    U-M students have free access to entire Coursera catalog

    U-M students on all three campuses have free access for a limited time to more than 4,000 learning experiences from top universities and industries through the new Coursera for Campus initiative.

  6. September 24, 2019

    Event this week seeks to connect those doing engaged research

    An Intersections in Engaged Research event Sept. 27 at Palmer Commons seeks to bring together researchers and co-investigators from all three campuses who are involved in engaged research.

  7. September 23, 2019

    U-M offers online certification, teach-out about concussions

    U-M will offer a professional certification on concussion training for those who work with high school athletes, and a general awareness teach-out for anyone interested in learning more about concussions.

  8. September 16, 2019

    Provost announces XR initiative to spur collaboration, innovation

    The university will advance its work in extended reality, or XR, through a major campuswide initiative led by the Center for Academic Innovation, Provost Martin Philbert has announced.

  9. May 16, 2019

    Campuswide series offers ways to strengthen public engagement

    More than 160 faculty and staff participated in the Conceptualizing Public Engagement series to help shape how U-M strengthens partnerships with audiences beyond campus.

  10. April 15, 2019

    Campus briefs

    News from around the university.