STATE UNIVERSITIES
MSU to launch innovative food facility
Michigan State University will use a $3 million grant from the U.S. Economic Development Administration to launch their new Food Processing and Innovation Center. The FPIC, set to open in early 2016, will be a USDA and FDA-certified center to support private companies and startup businesses in developing and commercializing new food products and production processes.
Wayne State works with GM in supply chain competition
Wayne State University’s School of Business Administration partnered with General Motors from October 2-5 for the fourth annual General Motors/Wayne State University Supply Chain Case Competition. The competition brings leading business students from across the United States and Canada to Detroit for an in-depth look at the supply chain systems that support the automotive industry and its high-tech vehicles.
WMU partners with Oxford in web project
Western Michigan University has been awarded a $779,072 grant by the John Templeton Foundation to assemble an interactive digital library and Web portal of historical religious and philosophical writings. WMU partners with the University of Oxford and Texas A&M University on this project. Dr. Timothy McGraw, WMU professor of philosophy, will work closely with Oxford’s Bodleian library to access 16th through early 20th century writings.
PEER INSTITUTIONS
UC Berkeley receives $7.2 million for brain initiative
The University of California, Berkeley will receive three grants through President Obama’s “BRAIN” initiative, totaling nearly $7.2 million over three years, the National Institutes of Health announced on Sept. 30. Two grants come from the National Institute of Mental Health to help improve brain imaging tools. The third grant, from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, will be used to construct probes of neuron signaling.
Purdue University receives $2.3M to study active learning
Purdue University has received a four-year $2.3 million federal Department of Education grant to study why active-learning strategies help student retention, success and completion rates. The grant, which was announced Sept. 30, is sponsored by the DOE’s “First in the World” program, which seeks to improve postsecondary educational persistence and completion.
