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A Very Loud Number
In this blog post, U-M Vice President for Research discusses the broader meaning of the $1B milestone in research spending: "By now, many have heard that the University of Michigan broke the $1,000,000,000 threshold for research expenditures in Fiscal Year 2009 (FY09). Indeed, by National Science Foundation accounting, U-M has moved into third place for research expenditures by U.S. universities in 2008 (the latest year for which such numbers are available). Only the University of California at San Francisco and the University of Wisconsin rank higher." [Read more...]
Communicating Research Progress and Challenges
Essay by Thomas Zurbuchen, Associate Dean Entrepreneurial Programs, College of Engineering
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(reposted from Associate Dean Thomas Zurbuchen's Blog with permission)
Research institutions, such as the University of Michigan, generally underestimate the necessity to communicate their progress and their challenges they are encountering. [Read more...]
A time of scary opportunity
Essay by Stephen Forrest, Vice President for Research
In this blog post, U-M Vice President for Research Stephen Forrest discusses the opportunities the state has before it: "I would venture to guess that most of you reading this have doubts about the economic future of Michigan and possibly most of the Midwest. I am not one who shares this pessimism. For all of the bad news that our region has received over the last several years, I feel confident that we are positioned to come out of the current economic downturn with a level of success that may surprise many." [Read more...]