Entrepreneurship & Innovation
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October 4, 2017
Mobility startups join TechLab incubator to pilot vehicle innovations
Five companies from across the country will test and develop mobility solutions related to automated and connected vehicles at U-M’s TechLab technology incubator.
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September 12, 2017
U-M part of $20M center working to grow new heart tissue
U-M is partnering on an ambitious $20 million project with Boston University and Florida International University to grow new heart tissue for cardiac patients.
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July 31, 2017
Outdoor drone complex will be site of safe flight testing
M-Air, an outdoor fly lab for testing autonomous aerial vehicles, is coming to the College of Engineering this fall, adding to the university’s spate of advanced robotics facilities.
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July 24, 2017
U-M invests $600,000 in advanced transportation technologies
Seven technologies demonstrating high potential to help solve transportation issues will receive $600,000 from a U-M program to continue their advancement into the commercial market.
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June 30, 2017
U-M’s gameful learning technology available to other institutions
Technology for a University of Michigan learning approach that employs video game-style strategy recently made its way to the market.
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June 23, 2017
Mcity demos show how connected tech can make self-driving cars safer
U-M’s Mcity Test Facility recently conducted a series of demonstrations that illustrated the key role connected technology can play in harnessing the safety benefits that self-driving vehicles promise.
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May 8, 2017
Health, social startups featured in latest Made at Michigan report
The second annual Made at Michigan report features a variety of ventures that U-M students across campus are pushing forward with support from the institution’s entrepreneurial programs.
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May 1, 2017
Undergraduate venture fund makes its first investment
The Zell Early Stage Fund, a fund designed to give U-M undergraduate students experience in the venture capital process, has selected its first investment target.
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March 20, 2017
Winners announced in Flint-focused Social Impact Challenge
A student team from the Stephen M. Ross School of Business and the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy has won the 2017 Social Impact Challenge, which focused on ways to advance entrepreneurship efforts in Flint.
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March 14, 2017
U-M startup working on cancer treatment raises $8.3 million
A U-M startup that’s developing a non-invasive way to remove diseased tissue from cancer patients using high-intensity ultrasound has attracted $8.3 million in Series B financing.
