• Preservationists breathing life back into Flint cemeteries

  

• U-M receives NSF grant for data-driven drug discovery

  The Center for Data-Driven Drug Development and Treatment Assessment will work with partners from industry, state and professional organizations whose research efforts align with the center’s focus.

  Interdisciplinary Team Awarded for Arts + Curriculum Grant Program

  The interdisciplinary team will assist in expanding Pakistan-based comedian and social critic Swineryy’s existing portfolio of social media videos.

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  Biological Station Initiative

  For more than 100 years, the Biological Station has offered the types of student learning experiences, and has generated the kinds of outcomes, that the U-M’s Third Century Initiative seeks...

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  Connecting Michigan

  Exploring the feasibility of developing technology-enabled infrastructure for community and civic engagement to amplify contributions to the public good.

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  Detroit

  Partnering with Michigan’s most important city to develop new ideas, processes, and policies that impact Detroit residents in positive ways.

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  Humanities Collaboratory

  Providing resources to experiment with collaborative, team-based approaches to humanities research and training of the next generation of humanities scholars. 

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  Innovation & Entrepreneurship

  Turning ideas into action by supporting, connecting and expanding the Michigan entrepreneurial network and community.

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  Interprofessional Health Education

  Breaking down traditional silos that separate health professions and creating opportunities for collaborative and engaged learning across disciplines.

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  Michigan Engaging Community through the Classroom (MECC)

  An initiative that explores the benefits of multidisciplinary team learning through stakeholder-based community engagement efforts.

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  Poverty Solutions

  Informing, identifying and testing new strategies for the prevention and alleviation of poverty in Michigan, the nation and the world.

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  Sustainability

  Addressing global sustainability challenges through education, research, operations and community engagement efforts.

“This is engaged learning. It is taking the academic excellence that infuses our coursework and expanding it with field experiences, internships, hands-on research and startups. It’s a philosophy we are embracing, in the same spirit of learning we see throughout the university.”

—president Mary Sue Coleman

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