Research & News

• Momentum in Robotics
  With a new Master of Engineering degree in unmanned ground vehicles and robotics, 5,000 square feet of new robotics lab space and $2 million in U.S. Army projects, U-M is leading a renewed robotics push. MORE >>
• New Informatics Program
  Engineering, Information and LSA have launched a new undergraduate Informatics major. MORE >>
• Contests! Contests! Contests!
  Three entrepreneurial contests offer students a chance to earn a total of more than $100,000 for their ideas. CLEAN ENERGY >>    1,000 PITCHES >>  FEEL THE MUSIC >>

BITS -- Brief Items

• Silver Medal for Paralympian
  Jerome Singleton, a first-year transfer student from Morehouse College in Atlanta, won a Silver Medal in the Paralympics 100-meter dash in Beijing. MORE >>
• Google Names Twin CoE Scholars
  Twins Pascal Carole (computer science) and Remy Carole (electrical engineering) earned 2008 Google Scholarships and invitations to the annual Google Scholars’ Retreat.
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Alumni and Giving

• Tradition or Change?
  The football tickets are sold out, but it's not too late to join us for several other activities during Michigan Engineering Homecoming Weekend, Oct. 2-4. MEHW SCHEDULE >>
• Celebrate CAEN's 25th Anniversary
  Student and full-time alumni of CAEN (formerly Computer Aided Engineering Network): join us for a 25th-anniversary open house, Friday, Oct. 3, noon-3 p.m., in the James and Anne Duderstadt Center Gallery. Contact caen-alumni-event@umich.edu. MORE >>
• GM Ends Matching Contributions Program
  Due to market conditions and budget constraints, General Motors will suspend the Matching Contributions Program for educational institutions effective October 1, 2008. The GM Foundation will match all employee donations made to universities and received by the institutions by midnight, September 30, 2008, to be processed according to the guidelines. Donations will only be accepted that are documented with a date prior to October 1, 2008. All gift confirmations that meet these guidelines need to be received by the GM Matching Contributions Program by no later than November 3, 2008. For questions, call the GM Support Line at (877) 877-2126.