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Introducing Michigan’s University Research Corridor
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University Research Corridor: Life Sciences
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Local Business Leaders testify

URC Presidents testimony

Michigan’s Potential

Video: What Michigan Needs to Compete
Mary Sue Coleman at Capitol, 3/3/2009
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Video: WSU President Noren addressing Detroit Economic Club
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What is the URC?

What is the URC? Meet URC Executive Director Jeff Mason

Sectors Of Promise For The Michigan Economy

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Sectors of Promise — Panel 1

Thousands of new jobs. Michigan’s new economy. We’ve heard the news about the auto industry and foreclosures. This is the first Panel Eva Feldman, M.D., PhD , Paul Hunt, Michigan State University and Dr. Albert King.

Sectors of Promise — Energy Panel 2

Energy panel discusses areas showing most promise of growth.

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Coleman talks about recent growth from film industry to research
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U-M President: Research universities can re-invent the Midwest economy
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WSU Division of Research Video

Mary Sue Coleman discussing the URC on Lessenberry show
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MSU President Lou Anna Simon discussing the state budget with WJR's Paul W. Smith
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Podcast with MSU President Lou Anna Simon on the new $550 million facility approved by the DOE
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URC presidents talk with WJR’s Paul W. Smith, 9/17/2008
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Energizing the URC
The URC presidents joined forces at the Mackinac Policy Conference. During the conference at the island’s famous Grand Hotel, we asked U-M President Mary Sue Coleman about her vision for the URC, an alliance of Michigan’s three research universities.
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WJR’s Paul W. Smith hosted a University Presidents Roundtable live from Mackinac Island on Thursday
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WWJ radio interview with the three URC presidents
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MLive/Ann Arbor Business Review
Rebranding Michigan: Business conversations on pulling Michigan out of recession

• U-M President Mary Sue Coleman: Michigan’s universities poised to grow alt energy research
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• Michigan State University bids for $500M research facility (video of Lou Anna Simon on research facility)
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• Stephen Forest: Young people will play role in alt. energy push
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Big Ten leaders commit to action at 2008 economic summit

Embracing a Greener Michigan
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U-M economist Don Grimes and MSU economist Charles Ballard discuss Michigan’s economy on PBS
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U-M President Mary Sue Coleman outlines plans for U-M and the URC
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URC presidents outline actions to aid Michigan’s economy
A short video “...and there will be a change,” a podcast and a slideshow are available here.

MSU’s Office of Biobased Technologies has named Bryan Ritchie associate director for external strategies
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MSU’s Nigel Paneth outlines URC/health provider partnership in the landmark National Children’s Study
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Gov. Jennifer Granholm announces 600 aerospace jobs coming to state
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U-M President Mary Sue Coleman at the governor’s aerospace announcement, discussing the role of the URC
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WJR interviews the three URC presidents about latest report
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WWJ talks with Mary Sue Coleman about the URC report
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Detroit News video: Changes on WSU campus during Irvin Reid’s presidency
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Eann Patterson talks about MSU’s new Energy & Automotive Research Laboratories and other new engineering projects
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Mary Sue Coleman goes googling: U-M's partnerships with Google
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Introducing Michigan’s University Research Corridor
(Version 1, April 2008)
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WJR’s Paul W. Smith talks with the URC presidents as economic report card is released
Paul W. hosts the presidents of Michigan, Michigan State and Wayne State as they release a major report comparing the URC with top national rivals.
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MSU President Lou Anna Simon talks about the URC
President Simon talks about the University Research Corridor’s efforts to revitalize Michigan. Click here to hear the podcast

U-M President Mary Sue Coleman
President Coleman talks about the future of U-M and its role in the economy and creating jobs. Click here to hear the podcast
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U-M Vice President of Research Steve Forrest
VP Forrest talks about his quest to make the state more entrepreneurial, to beef up research and tech transfer, turning research into new business opportunities. Click here to hear the podcast
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Bringing fuel cells to Michigan
Engineering Professor Levi Thompson alks about U-M’s push to develop fuel cells and other forms of alternative energy, the Phoenix Project and the Holy grail of finding the energy to power the cars and cities of tomorrow. Click here to hear the podcast
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The Google Project and Michigan’s economy
U-M Librarian Paul Courant, an expert on Michigan’s economy, talks about the Google Project and about the University’s role in economy and Michigan’s economic prospects. Click here to hear the podcast
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Ann Arbor SPARK CEO Mike Finney
Finney talks about the economic development organization’s work to bring new jobs to the Ann Arbor region and the state as they work to lure new companies to the state while working to keep top talent in Michigan. Click here to hear the podcast
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Our Michigan, Our Future: WWJ broadcasts for 14 hours from U-M
New plans for Michigan’s future are in the works — on the campus of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. WWJ Newsradio 950 moved our newsroom to campus, broadcasting live all day during a special Our Michigan, Our Future event — gathering 14 straight hours of interviews and information about the exciting prospects for the future now taking shape in Ann Arbor.
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Law School clinic: Three decades serving the most vulnerable clients
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A strategic plan for Michigan’s tourism industry
Don Holecek directs the MSU Tourism Center and is the guru of travel and tourism issues in Michigan. He talks about his forecast for the Michigan tourism industry in 2007 and discusses the just-released strategic plan for Michigan’s tourism industry. Click here to hear the podcast

URC unveiled
University Research Corridor presidents announce the corridor during a conference call. Click here to hear a podcast of the announcement
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Unprecedented response to Pfizer’s closing: U-M, Ann Arbor and state seek solutions
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Video: University, state leaders take action after Pfizer announcement from the news availability session
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Michigan’s Economic Future by MSU economist Charles Ballard
Ballard offers intelligent and useful suggestions on everything from prisons to roads and from taxes to higher education. More than anything else, Ballard thinks the state needs to snap out of a counterproductive nostalgia for the past.
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WSU Interim Director of TechTown joins Pfizer Transition Task Force
WDET’s Amy Miller interviews Wayne State University TechTown Interim Director Randall Charlton about his endeavors and involvement with the Pfizer task force.
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MSU President Lou Ann Simon’s State of the University address
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U-M Tech transfer podcasts
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Ergonomic 3D static software being licensed
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Intro and IR camera
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Michigan Memorial Phoenix Energy Institute
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