“The Business Engagement Center model is widely recognized as defining the leading edge of integrated corporate relations practice.”
Ed Krause
Ford Motor Company
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Increase in corporate research awards at U-M over the past decade
$ Million in corporate investment in FY18
Corporate visits hosted by our office in FY18
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Connecting corporate diversity initiatives with those of the University of Michigan is a strategic priority at the BEC.
News & Events
Global Operations Conference (GOC)
November 7-8, 2019 Ross School of Business
The main objective of the GOC is to bring together global leaders in industry and academia to share, debate and strategize to advance the worldwide practice of operations.
Exercise & Sport Science Initiative (ESSI) Symposium
November 14, 2019 Junge Family Champions Center
Industry experts, researchers and athletic leaders network and discuss the latest trends and innovations in exercise and sport science.
MIDAS Data Science Symposium
November 13-15, 2019 Rackham Amphitheatre
The largest data science research event at U-M, featuring deep learning workshops by leading companies, poster presentations by data science students and postdocs from 30+ leading universities around the country, and Data Science for Music mini-symposium featuring four research projects funded by MIDAS.
APPLE/U-M HEARING STUDY TO FOCUS ON SOUND EXPOSURE IN DAILY LIFE
Contact: Nardy Baeza Bickel, 734-763-0368, nbbickel@umich.edu ANN ARBOR—Noise exposure has often been associated with occupational activities that lead to hearing loss: the banging noises at construction sites, airplanes lifting off at airports, loud machines in...
New $300 million U-M research and education center to anchor 14-acre Detroit Center for Innovation in the heart of Detroit
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan and Wayne County Executive Warren Evans joined together with Stephen M. Ross, philanthropist and chairman of Related Companies, Matt Cullen, CEO of Bedrock and University of Michigan President Mark...
U-M Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning and Guardian Industries announce research partnership
October 29, 2019 Ann Arbor, MI The University of Michigan’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning and Guardian Industries announce a new collaborative research partnership in advanced glass materials. An award from Guardian will result in two...
Success Stories
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