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STATE UNIVERSITIES

CMU appoints founding chair for entrepreneurship program

Central Michigan University faculty member Kenneth J. Sanney has been appointed to lead the university’s new entrepreneurship department, as founding chair. CMU’s new entrepreneurship department, in collaboration with CMU’s Isabella Bank Institute of Entrepreneurship, will prepare students to start a business, take over a family-owned business, or work as an entrepreneur within an organization.

EMU launches center for digital engagement

The Eastern Michigan University College of Business has launched a new center, which will offer students hands-on training in cutting edge strategies for the rapidly evolving digital business environment. The EMU Center for Digital Engagement builds on the EMU College of Business’s six-year partnership with Google, Ann Arbor. The center will offer a monthly guest lecturer and an executive-in-residence to mentor students and support faculty.

Oakland Eye Research Institute receives $3.7 million gift

The Eye Research Institute at Oakland University has announced that it is receiving a $3.7 million gift from the estate of Irene Kinsey Stare. Stare was the wife of the late Dr. V. Everett Kinsey, who was the first director and a co-founder of the Eye Research Institute in 1968. The funding will go directly to the Eye Research Institute, providing two professorships and supporting the institute’s endeavors. 

PEER INSTITUTIONS

MIT granted $15 million for cybersecurity

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has received $15 million in funding from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation for cybersecurity. This gift will establish an initiative aimed at laying the foundation for a smart, sustainable cybersecurity policy to deal with the growing cyber threats faced by governments, businesses and individuals. The new program, called the MIT Cybersecurity Policy Initiative (CPI), will bring together scholars from engineering, social science and management.

Rutgers cancer institute receives $1.5 million

The Embrace Kids Foundation has made a gift of $1.5 million to the Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey to help children suffering with cancer and blood disorders. The gift will endow a faculty position in pediatric hematology and oncology that will accelerate pediatric research in precision medicine. The Embrace Kids gift helps fulfill part of a matching donation initiative under “Our Rutgers, Our Future,” a $1 billion capital campaign launched by the Rutgers University Foundation.

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