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NIH comes to Michigan Nov. 11 to brief life sciences community

Officials from the National Institutes of Health will brief Michigan’s life sciences community  – from academic researchers to entrepreneurs and industry scientists  – on new opportunities.

Publish Date: Nov. 03, 2009

URC rises in rankings: R&D, high-tech climbs – a $14.5 billion impact on state’s economy

Michigan’s University Research Corridor has grown in all competitive categories during the past two years, rising among the nation’s top research and development clusters for producing patents, businesses and graduates with high-tech related degrees and injecting more than $14 billion into Michigan’s stagnant economy.

Publish Date: Sept. 28, 2009

MSU graduate addresses Michigan lawmakers

Three recent graduates from Michigan State, the University of Michigan and Wayne State, who all have an entrepreneurial spirit, addressed Michigan lawmakers May 15 to underscore University Research Corridor members’ commitment to the state’s 21st century economy.

Publish Date: May 29, 2009

MEDC executive named University Research Corridor chief

Jeff Mason, senior vice president and chief business development officer for the Michigan Economic Development Corp., has been selected to become the first executive director of Michigan’s University Research Corridor effective July 6.

Publish Date: May 28, 2009 | Multimedia: Picture(s)Video(s)

Michigan national leader in life sciences despite economy

Michigan’s University Research Corridor partners have helped the state become a national life sciences leader, a new report shows, even as Michigan lost a quarter of its manufacturing jobs.

Publish Date: May 28, 2009 | Multimedia: Audio(s)

Experts to review sectors of promise for state’s economy

What’s the next big thing for Michigan? The state's top researchers in the growth sectors of life science and energy will come together on Earth Day April 22. 

Publish Date: April 21, 2009

URC research officials to testify on Michigan’s transformation

Leading researchers and entrepreneurs from Michigan’s University Research Corridor will testify before the state House March 18 on how universities can help transform Michigan’s economy.

Publish Date: March 17, 2009

New York Times’ Thomas Friedman to speak on new green revolution

Three-time Pulitzer Prize winning New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman will be in Michigan to outline an emerging agenda that will make “green power the next great global industry.”

Publish Date: Sept. 05, 2008 | Multimedia: Picture(s)

Michigan plans for boom from energy/green breakthroughs

The state's top energy researchers, policy-makers and business innovators will come together on Earth Day April 22 to review plans for making Michigan a national leader in emerging green energy technologies.

Publish Date: April 11, 2008

Big Ten football worth three Super Bowls to Michigan

Super Bowl XL in Detroit was a landmark economic event in 2006, but how big is the Big Ten? A study released Monday shows Big Ten football will pump $177 million into the state economy this fall, more than triple the impact of the Super Bowl.

Publish Date: Nov. 01, 2007

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