• Community co-designed wave energy prototypes

    Researchers from U-M Engineering went to Beaver Island to demo prototype wave energy converters during the Island’s 11th annual sustainability fair. But this wasn’t a generic technology demonstration—the U-M team had designed their prototypes based on use cases envisioned by Beaver Island residents.

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  • Path to Medicine

    LSA is a major feeder to top medical schools around the country, thanks to a liberal arts and sciences education that offers rigor, flexibility, and human connection.

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  • Resilience for Great Lakes ecosystems, economies

    New research funded by the Michigan Sea Grant will address wild rice conservation, invasive mussel ecology and the ability of algal blooms to produce toxins in a changing environment.

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  • Science gets personal

    FamJam aims to support the teaching of engineering in middle school using standards-based and culturally relevant approaches. With guidance from experienced collaboration facilitators, the goal is to create a community-centered ready-to-implement set of science lessons by adapting a powerful standards-based curriculum.

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