Entrepreneurship & Innovation
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October 13, 2025
A digital hand that enables hands-free virtual reality
A digital, voice-controlled hand could improve the convenience and accessibility of virtual and augmented reality by enabling hands-free use of games and apps.
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October 6, 2025
Professor creates passive cooling solutions for low-income communities
Ana Paula Pimentel Walker analyzed temperature data and used a thermal comfort model to learn strategies for controlling the temperature inside homes during hot weather with little or no energy consumption.
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September 25, 2025
Celebrate Invention event highlights impact of U-M innovations
Celebrate Invention, an annual event that honors U-M inventors and the growing impact of U-M innovations, attracted a robust crowd Sept. 24 to the Michigan League.
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August 26, 2025
U-M innovators break research commercialization records in FY ’25
U-M researchers and faculty achieved unprecedented commercialization success last fiscal year, reporting record new inventions and commercialization agreements with companies.
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August 18, 2025
Zhong He named Distinguished University Innovator of the Year
For his pioneering room-temperature semiconductor gamma-ray detector technology, Zhong He is being awarded this year’s Distinguished University Innovator of the Year.
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July 29, 2025
Transportation hub awards $2M for mobility-related research
Selected projects aim to advance a variety of cutting-edge technologies, including solar cells, radar systems, simulation software and lithium batteries.
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July 17, 2025
Arthur Lupia appointed VP for research and innovation
Arthur Lupia has been appointed to become University of Michigan’s next vice president for research and innovation, effective August 1.
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May 20, 2025
U-M startup receives $7.8M to advance weight regulation drugs
U-M spinout company Courage Therapeutics, which is developing medications for eating disorders and obesity, has received a seed investment of up to $7.8 million from Arsenal Bridge Ventures.
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May 19, 2025
U-M partners with Google to provide students free course access
The Center for Academic Innovation and Google are providing free access to Google Career Certificates and Essential courses to students enrolled at Ann Arbor, Dearborn or Flint campuses.
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May 19, 2025
Hub at U-M supports groundbreaking electric vehicle battery research
Researchers’ work with electric vehicles and batteries has progressed with support from the Michigan Translational Research and Commercialization Advanced Transportation Innovation Hub at U-M.
