Entrepreneurship & Innovation

  1. March 7, 2016

    U-M students to pitch innovative health, education solutions

    Student teams representing 15 of U-M’s 19 schools and colleges are tackling challenges related to public health and education through the Innovation in Action program.

  2. February 25, 2016

    CFE, Mcity collaborate to spur transportation innovation

    The Center for Entrepreneurship in partnership with the Mobility Transformation Center is launching TechLab at Mcity, a collaborative effort to promote connected- and driverless-vehicle innovation.

  3. February 22, 2016

    Better gender balance at latest MHacks hackathon

    U-M’s seventh version of MHacks, which draws students from across the country in an effort to create cool things, involved participation by a lot more women.

  4. January 22, 2016

    Contest offers student ventures chance at mentorship, prize money

    Student teams will pitch 21 ideas hoping to be the last one standing in a unique, semester-long student venture competition called The Startup.

  5. January 11, 2016

    Ford, U-M testing autonomous cars in snow at Mcity

    Typical autonomous-vehicle sensors are useless on snow-covered roads, but researchers at U-M and Ford Motor Co. are collaborating on a solution.

  6. January 8, 2016

    U-M names director, deputy director of Mobility Transformation Center

    Huei Peng, professor of mechanical engineering, has been named director of U-M’s Mobility Transformation Center, and Carrie Morton has been appointed deputy director.

  7. December 1, 2015

    Innovative gardens help manage stormwater, beautify Detroit

    A U-M pilot project shows how vacant property in Detroit can be converted to “bioretention gardens” that help manage stormwater drainage while beautifying neighborhoods.

  8. December 1, 2015

    University receives $5.4M for energy efficiency projects

    Two new U.S. Department of Energy grants that total $5.4 million will let U-M engineering researchers work on “transformational” engine and battery projects.

  9. November 18, 2015

    U-M, two national labs to study energy savings in connected vehicles

    The university will share a 2.7 million federal grant with two national laboratories to study whether connected and automated vehicles could help people drive more efficiently.

  10. November 12, 2015

    Biopharmaceutical startup with U-M technology goes public

    A clinical stage biopharmaceutical company that uses technology developed at U-M to help develop therapies for cancer patients, is now trading on the NASDAQ.