Entrepreneurship & Innovation
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December 1, 2014
U-M engineering researchers develop heat-conducting plastic
A U-M research team has made a plastic blend that cast away heat 10 times better than its conventional counterparts.
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November 24, 2014
Tauber Institute workshops for factory floor managers draw praise
It’s not Hollywood. But the staged factory floor setting just 4 miles south of Central Campus and the workshops presented there are drawing great reviews. The Tauber Institute’s new Operations Leadership Factory workshops debuted in February.
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November 19, 2014
Secure, free encryption of all websites is goal of new project
In an effort to reinvent and dramatically improve Internet security, U-M researchers have joined an effort to soon offer free, automated and open website HTTPS encryption.
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November 7, 2014
U-M agrees to sell portion of Gaucher disease drug royalties
U-M has signed an agreement with PDL BioPharma Inc. to sell a portion of its royalty interest in Cerdelga capsules, a first-line oral treatment for adults with Gaucher disease type 1.
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November 4, 2014
Conference to focus on smartphones as aid to well-being
A spring conference will bring together scholars and tech experts to find ways to help build, market and deliver smartphone apps that provide “well-being” services.
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November 4, 2014
Smartphone delivery
While organizers of the Positive Tech conference focus their work on mobile delivery of well-being services, smartphones are proving to be valuable delivery tools and sources of data for researchers across campus in a number of other fields. Examples include: • U-M economists, working with colleagues at University of California, Berkeley and Arizona State University,… -
October 20, 2014
Passive greenhouse project brings hope to Detroit neighborhood
In a Detroit neighborhood shared by Bangladeshi, Polish immigrants, longtime African-American residents and young artists, a burned-out house is being repurposed as a semi-subterranean, passive geothermal greenhouse that will serve the neighborhood.
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October 9, 2014
MCubed research-funding experiment renewed for two years
MCubed, the university’s one-of-a-kind funding program designed to spark innovative, cross-boundary research, will be renewed for two more years.
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October 6, 2014
2014 a record-breaking year for U-M Tech Transfer
Fiscal year 2014 was a record-breaking year for U-M tech transfer performance as reflected in the number of new inventions, agreements and startups.
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September 23, 2014
Campuswide call issued to develop massive open online courses
Leaders from the new Office of Digital Education and Innovation are calling on faculty to submit proposals to develop massive open online courses, or MOOCs.
