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U-M regents approve construction for $250M Detroit center for innovation
The University of Michigan Board of Regents voted Thursday to approve the construction of a $250 million UM Center for Innovation (UMCI) in Detroit. Earlier this year, the university announced commitments to the center including a $100 million donation from billionaire donor Stephen Ross, a $100 million grant from the State of Michigan and an…
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Bill Gates lecture launches new Big Ideas series
A fireside chat with Bill Gates moderated by Professor Thomas Jaramillo explored how experts in policy, research, and business can work together to prioritize scalable climate innovations. On Oct. 18, more than 800 Stanford students, faculty, and staff gathered to hear from entrepreneur and philanthropist Bill Gates about his valuable perspective on global health, energy,…
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Experts from the research and innovation community invited to tackle anti-microbial resistance
Researchers, policy-makers and business leaders from across the research and innovation community are invited to help tackle one of humanity’s biggest threats, anti-microbial resistance (AMR). funding will help establish cross-disciplinary research networks to develop new approaches to tackling AMR networks will take a comprehensive approach, including culture, economics, behavior, biomedical and physical sciences, design…
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WFF: Enabling research, science, and innovation in Low- and Middle-Income Countries and Small Island Developing States
Description This session shares experiences and insights on facilitating access to science, research, and innovation in Low- and Middle-Income Countries and Small Island Developing States to strengthen capabilities in climate change adaptation, mitigation, resilience and response. Speakers will discuss context-specific and evidence-based solutions for populations that are not sufficiently represented in global research agendas while…
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Cities Foster Serendipity. But Can They Do It When Workers Are at Home?
Revisiting a theory about chance collisions and innovation. There is a thing that happens in cities — that we think happens in cities — when people with lots of different ideas bump into each other on the sidewalk, or at the bar or the grocery store or the gym. Together, they think up things that…
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Gallery of Sustainability and Innovation in Ephemeral Architecture: 15 Wooden Pavilions – 1
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Sustainability and Innovation in Ephemeral Architecture: 15 Wooden Pavilions
Sustainability and Innovation in Ephemeral Architecture: 15 Wooden Pavilions Pavilion of the Future / NOVOE. Image: © Ilya Ivanov ShareShare Facebook Twitter Mail Pinterest Whatsapp Or https://www.archdaily.com/1007973/sustainability-and-innovation-in-ephemeral-architecture-15-wooden-pavilions Clipboard“COPY”Copy Throughout the modern era, pavilion architecture has consistently reflected cutting-edge architectural trends. These temporary or semi-permanent structures, often featured in exhibitions, fairs, cultural events, and sports gatherings,…
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Bioengineering team wins health care innovation competition
Friday, Oct 20, 2023 • Herb Booth : contact From left, Jun Liao, Jeannette Santos, Brady Killham, Michael Ikefuna, Juan Ramirez and Justyn Jaworski Four senior bioengineering students at The University of Texas at Arlington have won the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) Coulter College for Healthcare Innovation competition for their work on an early detection…
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U-M Board of Regents approves Center for Innovation in Detroit, securing $100M earmark
The proposed University of Michigan Center for Innovation, an academic research center in downtown Detroit, received a key approval Thursday needed for the project to move forward, with the U-M Board of Regents approving the project’s construction at its penultimate meeting on the calendar this year. The approval came at a crucial time because the…
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University of Michigan regents approve construction for $250M Detroit innovation center
The University of Michigan Board of Regents voted Thursday to approve starting construction on a $250 million research and education center in Detroit. “This is a very big deal,” said UM Regent Mark Bernstein. “The action we have just taken, approving the construction of the University of Michigan Center for Innovation in Detroit, elevates our…
