Alumni Spotlight: The Entrepreneurial Odyssey of Jason Bornhorst
Jason Bornhorst (College of Engineering BSE ‘09) has made a practice of reimagining the world around him. From founding TechArb while a student at Michigan to leading two ventures to…
Transforming Scientific Theory into Reality: The Illustrious Career of Tess Hatch
Imagine a more equitable future where everyday people might travel to space just as easily as boarding a commercial airline flight. A more sustainable future where coffee can be…
The Democratization of the Final Frontier
A Chronicle of Satellites, Swarm Technologies, and Sara Spangelo From the earliest myths of capricious, celestial gods to the brilliant theories of Hypatia, Copernicus and Galileo, the stars above have…
The Allure of the Autonomous
Since Oldsmobile pioneered the first mass automotive production in 1901, the power of personal transportation has been an American cultural focus. Cars are freedom made manifest in machines. From a…
Alumni Spotlight: Natasja Nielsen
When Natasja Nielsen first arrived at the University of Michigan, starting a business was the furthest thing from her mind, let alone starting a business that handles end-to-end security compliance,…
An Innovative Team: 55 Years of Dixon and Carol Doll
University of Michigan alum and Center for Entrepreneurship supporter, Dixon Doll, received the 2021 National Venture Capital Association’s Lifetime Achievement in Venture Capital Award. As a former Chairman of the…
Aeronautics for the Modern World: The Work of Uma Subramanian
Throughout the 20th and early 21st centuries, the advancement of digital technologies has rapidly changed the business environment, and the world at large. The aviation industry is no exception, and…
Transportation, Philanthropy, and Innovation: The Work of Kate Schox
From high-speed trains to sleek electric cars to supersonic jets, hundreds of transportation innovations have been made throughout the twentieth century. How people travel to work is more than just…
Technology, Silicon Valley, and the Go Blue Connection: Kleiner Perkins Fellowship Alumni
Imagine a fellowship that includes a summer internship at a company like Airbnb, Coursera, Doordash, Handshake, Nextdoor, Pinterest, Slack, Uber with Tally, or Robinhood (just to name a few). What’s…
Visualization of a Pandemic: The Future of Public Health
2020 looks very different from how we imagined it to be. Many believed it was to be a revival of the economic and cultural splendor of the American roaring twenties,…