Internships are a crucial component of a college student’s experience that provide opportunities to apply classroom learning in the real world. More internships than not go unpaid, making it hard for many students to participate, and putting those that don’t pursue...

Rebecca Cunningham is spearheading a research initiative to make the world a safer place for children. With $5 million in funding from the NIH, she’s undertaking the first firearm safety research in 30 years. A practicing emergency room physician and mother of five...

Companies are continually looking for creative ways to engage top college students and find resources to solve problems that constrain their business. At the same time, there is a concerted emphasis by schools and colleges to provide students with an opportunity for...

Increasing access to a college education is a contributor to developing a strong, dynamic and diverse workforce. Old National Bank is contributing to a program at the University of Michigan that is created to do just that. U-M’s Wolverine Pathways program is designed...

Can you really have too much of a good thing? Amazon may not think so, at least when it comes to working with the Tauber Institute for Global Operations. The behemoth online company previously dabbled with a project or two with the program, until they saw the kind of...

With a $2.4 million investment from the Toyota Research Institute, University of Michigan researchers will develop computer simulation tools to predict automotive battery performance.   The project is part of a four-year, $35 million investment with research entities,...

It is rare on campus for industry to get involved in the academic experience of an individual class, but in the case of Robert Bosch, doing so provides the real-world access needed to give the students in Mark Brehob’s Advanced Embedded Systems Design course the...

Your son fell on the playground at school and you find yourself in the emergency room with him. Medical staff are bustling around the triage area, and a seemingly large number of people are involved. The quality of care your son receives becomes top of mind. How...

TRI made 14 new project awards representing a $6 million investment in the second year of a research program established under the 2016 research partnership between the University of Michigan and Toyota Research Institute (TRI). Under the research agreement, TRI is...

Connecting with the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor can be a daunting prospect, given its size, breadth and decentralized nature. Shape Corp., a full service, tier-one automotive supplier in Grand Haven, was unfazed by the prospect. Visit campus, leave with new...

In 2013, U-M alum Roger Valade fulfilled a dream of returning to Ann Arbor when he took a position at ProQuest, an education technology firm best known for online research resources. ProQuest was founded in Ann Arbor in 1938 and had a long history of involvement with...

How important is the shape of the bottle when selecting a dishwashing detergent? "Not that important," shares a grandmother with arthritis, and yet the way she holds the bottle, her heart rate, skin response and facial expression tell a very different story. How do we...

Professors Kristina Hakansson and Brandon Ruotolo in the Department of Chemistry in the College of Literature, Science and the Arts are receiving  an Agilent Thought Leader Award to help support their research on the structure and function of proteins and protein...

Robots developed at facility will address range of societal needs By Nicole Casal Moore Michigan News Starting in early 2020, robots will drive, walk, fly and help rehabilitate or enhance human function in the $75-million Ford Motor Company Robotics Building at the...

PNC Bank Sponsors Sanger Leadership Crisis Challenge for Third Year in a Row By Tess Postema Where can you find the top executive officers of successful companies, from Shinola to Sprint, from Vox Media to Blackstone, in the same space as hundreds of university...

Every spring, tucked away on the edge of campus in an historic building, a meaningful ceremony takes place. Around ten newly minted Ph.D. alumni return to campus – from all over the world – to speak about their dissertation research to a small group of faculty...