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CEO sees UM-Flint doctoral research as startup's missing ingredient

W.E. Da’Cruz, chief executive officer of The Mushroom Angel Co. Inc., poses with an oversized check after winning the BasBlue Foundation’s Founders + Fund(Hers) Pitch Day competition.

By 2023, W.E. Da'Cruz had spent more than three years launching her small business, The Mushroom Angel Co. Inc., which produces mushroom-based meat alternatives. Shoppers were buying its debut product, mushroom burgers, from gourmet vendors in Detroit, Ann Arbor and beyond. Yet, the entrepreneur felt a key ingredient was missing: speed. She needed experts to[…]

UM-Flint chancellor appointed to state Education Trust Board of Directors by governor

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has appointed Laurence Alexander, chancellor of the University of Michigan-Flint, to the Michigan Education Trust Board of Directors. MET is a prepaid tuition savings program that allows families to pay for future education costs at today's prices. The board is responsible for policy development, investment initiatives, program development and implementation. MET directors[…]

(SIMULATED) CRASH COURSE

Sirens blared and a staged car crash set the scene June 24 inside the William S. White Building as local first responders, including UM-Flint's Department of Public Safety and the Genesee County Sheriff's Office, led participants in the College of Health Sciences' "Exploring Health Careers" summer camp through a simulated emergency call. The exercise wasn't[…]

Amazon Web Services provides UM-Flint students with university-first cloud computing certification

Students at the University of Michigan-Flint's College of Innovation & Technology can now receive certification from Amazon Web Services by completing a popular cloud computing course. This marks the first time CIT has integrated an AWS certification into its curriculum, highlighting a significant step forward in the college's collaboration with the world's leading cloud services[…]

Learn more about studying smart manufacturing and automation at UM-Flint

The University of Michigan-Flint offers students hands-on opportunities, such as in the Murchie Science Building robotics laboratory.

A passion for computing and technology doesn't have to mean working in Silicon Valley or coding in a coffee shop. In an increasingly data-driven world, technological competencies could make job-seekers an asset in nearly every sector of manufacturing and industry. Imagine using artificial intelligence to scan for faulty welds in critical equipment, increasing safety and[…]