Michigan Impact Newsletter - 2016 Fall Issue

Michigan Impact

Western Michigan #UMichImpact 2016 Fall Issue

Dear Friends,

The fall semester at the University of Michigan is in full swing, and our community of students and faculty are enthusiastic in pursuing opportunities to make an impact.

Our schools, colleges, institutes and academic programs are the foundation of my goals for advancing academic excellence and impact at the University of Michigan.

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They provide the strength that propels us forward and give U-M the unparalleled opportunity to tap into comprehensive strength, leverage our breadth and collaborate across disciplines in service of our students and society at large.

At my annual Leadership Breakfast earlier this month, I announced new initiatives that involve our full academic portfolio and align with my primary focus: to position U-M for perpetual excellence and public impact in everything we do.

WESTERN MICHIGAN

GVSU joins U-M in pilot collaboration on Semester in Detroit program
Metro Health, U-M moving forward with affiliation
U-M partners with GVSU to support entrepreneurship efforts in west Michigan
Diagnosing fructose intolerance: Morgan’s story
Partnership between U-M and Black River Public School gives students a broader perspective on history

MID-MICHIGAN

Expanded UM-Flint preschool program impacts Flint kids
Michigan universities collaborate to examine Flint water filters
Diabetes self-management program sustainability the focus of $3.2M grant
UM-Flint SEI camp students explore entrepreneurship
Five years later, ‘Life Is Good’ for one of Michigan’s first TAVR patients

NORTHERN MICHIGAN

Thumb-area teachers to help U-M scientists dig mastodon bones
Students, alumni bring U-M to the 2016 Traverse City Film Festival
New projects launch with Michigan Sea Grant’s support
When prostate cancer spreads, life doesn’t have to stop
U-M students learn about region’s housing issues

SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN

Driverless vehicle startups move into U-M incubator
U-M researchers raise awareness about plastic pollution in the Great Lakes
Detroit non-profit, campus center form community-focused partnership
U-M startup Fusion Coolant raises $1.25 million
U-M Tauber Institute partners with Mastronardi Produce in Livonia

DETROIT

UM-Flint and Ann Arbor students tour Detroit businesses
U-M partnership with Detroit’s Cass Tech encourages youth to pursue STEM careers
First U-M data fellow helps Detroit Police analyze crime patterns
U-M Ross students team up with Detroit’s food community to solve business and social issues
New spawning reefs to boost native fish in St. Clair River

STATEWIDE

Fiscal health trends improving in some Michigan communities
U-M, edX announce three online, social innovation MicroMasters
Research universities receive $9M for Alzheimer’s Disease Core Center
Toyota Research Institute partners with U-M on artificial intelligence
Ford School research shows a quiet crisis over K-12 class size

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