Entrepreneurship & Innovation
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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.
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September 17, 2014
Popular Science puts U-M engineer on its Brilliant Ten list
Prabal Dutta, a U-M engineering professor whose work on energy-scavenging sensors could help herald the Internet of Things, is one of Popular Science magazine’s Brilliant Ten.
• Julia Adler-Milstein among 10 Influential Women in Health IT
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September 5, 2014
Connected and automated vehicle project names founding partners
A diverse group of companies will be the founding partners in U-M’s Mobility Transformation Center, which aims to revolutionize the movement of people and goods.
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September 4, 2014
MHacks sparks national college hackathon movement
An expected 1,000 student hackers from across the country will be on North Campus on Friday for MHacks IV, a leading student-run hackathon.
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August 28, 2014
New program, office to advance digital education and innovation
The university has established an Office of Digital Education and Innovation to help faculty experiment with programs, technology, digital communities, learning analytics and other innovations.
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July 17, 2014
U-M initiative transforming what it means to ‘go to court’
U-M is spearheading development of what is believed to be first-of-its-kind technology to help people charged with minor offenses interact with courts online.
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July 1, 2014
U-M licenses transformative sensor technology
Athletic equipment manufacturer Wilson Sporting Goods Co. has licensed university-owned patents on wireless motion sensor technology from the lab of a mechanical engineering professor.
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June 26, 2014
Coffee-with-strangers program aims to boost innovation
Innovate Brew is a campuswide experiment that pairs faculty members from different fields to talk about their research over coffee once a month in an effort to spur innovation.
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May 6, 2014
Industry leaders join U-M mobility transformation initiative
The university’s Mobility Transformation Center has announced key industry leaders from a variety of sectors have joined the center as its initial industry partners.