Entrepreneurship & Innovation

  1. October 13, 2015

    High tech tools to aid Solar Car Team in race across Australia

    The U-M Solar Car Team, the nation’s top solar car racing team, is ready to embark this weekend on the World Solar Challenge, an 1,800-mile journey through the Australian Outback.

  2. October 12, 2015

    Random coffee meet-ups spurring innovation across campus

    Innovate Brew, a unique program that randomly matches U-M faculty for coffee meetings to foster innovative thinking, is expanding from a pilot program to include all U-M faculty.

  3. October 9, 2015

    U-M to co-sponsor second Urban Entrepreneurship Symposium

    U-M will be one of the sponsoring universities when the Urban Entrepreneurship Initiative holds its annual Urban Entrepreneurship Symposium on Oct. 23 in Detroit.

  4. October 9, 2015

    White House honors James Sayer for innovation in transportation

    U-M transportation researcher James Sayer will be honored at the White House for his leadership in advancing connected and automated transportation.

  5. October 5, 2015

    University of Michigan joins edX as charter member

    U-M has announced a partnership with global nonprofit online learning destination edX, further expanding the university’s experimentation with digital learning and learning analytics.

  6. October 2, 2015

    U-M Energy Institute opens world-class battery research lab

    The U-M Energy Institute has opened its Battery Fabrication and Characterization User Facility to further expand the Midwest’s rapidly growing battery research and manufacturing capabilities.

  7. October 2, 2015

    Engineering professor to lead national manufacturing consortium

    Sridhar Kota, professor of mechanical engineering and director of the Institute for Manufacturing Leadership, will lead a national consortium to identify emerging advanced manufacturing technologies.

  8. September 21, 2015

    U-M Tech Transfer reports record year of performance

    U-M spurred a record 19 startups last year, up from 14 a year ago, reflecting the substantial activity connected to its faculty’s rich array of research discoveries. 

  9. September 17, 2015

    MCubed incentive programs and networking event

    Information about incentive programs for sustainability and Bicentennial MCubed projects, and a brainstorm session and workshop for faculty members working on a variety of health-related areas.

  10. September 17, 2015

    U-M’s unique MCubed seed grants start second funding cycle

    MCubed, U-M’s one-of-a-kind seed funding program for trios of interdisciplinary researchers who agree to work together, has started its second funding cycle.