The URC works with partners from member universities, the business and nonprofit communities, and government. These strategic partnerships leverage unique assets, resources, and expertise to generate ideas, amplify programs, encourage innovative research to address current challenges and promote greater positive impact.
Cities of the future will leverage new technologies, infrastructure, design, and planning techniques to create an economically vital and dynamic community. The Infrastructure Network for Water, or inH2O, is a URC collaborative project focused on water infrastructure. It is a pilot to a larger interest in developing a national infrastructure network focused on multiple urban infrastructure systems.
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Business Leaders for Michigan (BLM) the state’s business roundtable, is dedicated to making Michigan a Top Ten state for jobs, personal income and a healthy economy. The organization is composed exclusively of the executive leaders of Michigan’s largest companies and universities.
A 2020 study released by BLM reviews the economic potential of research universities in general, as well as the specific entrepreneurship and development work being done at Michigan’s University Research Corridor (URC) institutions – Michigan State University, the University of Michigan, and Wayne State University. The study analyzed the achievements of major research universities in three key areas, and found Michigan’s institutions stack up well when compared to other top U.S. clusters.
The Focus: HOPE Urban Leadership and Learning Collaborative is a partnership between the three URC schools (Michigan State University, the University of Michigan, and Wayne State University) as well as Focus: Hope.
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Launched in August 2016, the Michigan Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center (ADRC) is a statewide partnership between the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan State University in East Lansing and Grand Rapids, and Wayne State University in Detroit to facilitate the most advanced dementia research. The regional presence of the ADRC formally links efforts at all three major Michigan universities providing a critically important statewide resource for researchers, trainees, health care professionals and the broader public.
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The URC has a long history of work with partners from member universities, the business and nonprofit communities, and government. Some are active for decades, and some end when a project is completed. We kept information on past partnerships that leveraged unique assets, resources, and expertise to generate ideas, amplify programs, encourage innovative research to address current challenges and promote greater positive impact.
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