Celebrate Invention

  1. September 17, 2024

    Innovation Partnerships celebrates record‑breaking year

    Research led by U-M faculty members and researchers generated a record-breaking 615 new inventions during the 2023-24 fiscal year.

  2. September 10, 2024

    Kevin Ward named Distinguished University Innovator of the Year

    For his contributions to U-M’s culture of entrepreneurship and innovation in critical care and intensive care, Kevin Ward has been awarded this year’s Distinguished University Innovator of the Year Award.

  3. September 15, 2023

    Record number of U-M inventions reported in FY ’23

    Research led by U-M generated a record 580 new inventions last year, 145 new U.S. patents and more than 300 license and option agreements with industry, and launched 25 startup companies, in fiscal year 2023.

  4. August 9, 2023

    Histotripsy researchers receive Distinguished University Innovator Award

    Researchers from the College of Engineering and Medical School who invented and developed a noninvasive alternative to surgical procedures have earned this year’s Distinguished University Innovator Award.

  5. October 24, 2022

    Campus briefs

    Short news items from around the University of Michigan.

  6. September 9, 2020

    U-M launches record number of startups, inventions in FY 2020

    U-M launched a record 31 startups in fiscal year 2020 and reported a rise in new inventions, with a record 522, during a period that included a pandemic and temporarily shuttered labs.

  7. August 26, 2020

    Law professor J.J. Prescott named Distinguished University Innovator

    For developing technology to help to democratize the justice system while decreasing the spread of COVID-19, U-M law professor J.J. Prescott has earned this year’s Distinguished University Innovator Award.

  8. October 17, 2019

    New investment fund to offer early-stage capital for U-M startups

    U-M Tech Transfer, the unit responsible for commercializing university research and innovations, will create the Accelerate Blue Fund to provide seed capital to nascent U-M startup companies.

  9. October 14, 2019

    Tech Transfer activity sets records in fiscal year 2019

    U-M Tech Transfer reported that 22 startups were launched in fiscal year 2019, surpassing last year’s record of 21, and 198 U.S. patents were issued for inventions created at U-M, up from 183.

  10. October 14, 2019

    Celebrate Invention schedule

    Schedule of events for 2019 Celebrate Invention.