The Role of Engaged Universities in Economic Transformation
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Publications

• 2007 University Research Corridor Annual Report
• Rising Above the Gathering Storm: Energizing and Employing America for a Brighter Economic Future, National Academies Press, Washington, DC 2006.
• The Economic Benefits of the University Research Corridor (Preliminary Report, May 2007)
• The America Creating Opportunities to Meaningfully Promote Excellence in Technology, Education, and Science (COMPETES) Act, Public Law No. 110-69
• Michigan's Economic Transition: Toward a Knowledge Economy, Center for Local, State and Urban Policy, University of Michigan, 2007.
• Dismantling Detroit, Op-Ed by Paul Clemens (author of “Made in Detroit: A South of 8 Mile Memoir”), New York Times, Sept. 28, 2007.
• Editorial: Universities can play major role in economy, Ann Arbor News, Oct. 1, 2007
• Into the Eye of the Storm: Assessing the Evidence on Science and Engineering Education, Quality, and Workforce Demand, B. Lindsay Lowell, Harold Salzman, Urban Institute, Oct. 29, 2007.

Other Links

• The Center for Michigan
• Corporation for a Skilled Workforce
• Michigan Future, Inc.
• Ann Arbor Spark
• Prima Civitas Foundation
• MICHBIO

Related Events

• The Gathering Brainstorm, 1st Annual INCOSE Great Lakes Systems Summit, Mackinaw Island, September 10-11, 2007
• Celebrate Invention 2007, University of Michigan, October 3, 2007
• University Startups 2007: Enabling Innovation, Washington DC, Oct. 3-5, 2007
• MICHBIO Expo, Lansing, Mich., October 16-17, 2007

The conference was organized by the University Research Corridor. Funding for the conference is provided by the Richard Lounsbery Foundation.

Questions? Contact 734-763-1290 or email ritterj@umich.edu.