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Alumnus Garlin Gilchrist II serves as inaugural director of U-M Center for Social Media Responsibility

To address the growing concern of fake news, U-M has formed the School of Information Center for Social Media Responsibility, and hired EECS alumnus Garlin Gilchrist II.|Medium Read

Portrait of Shawn Cooper.

Shawn Cooper: Changing the game

Shawn Cooper is using computer science to change the way we coach.|Medium Read

featured Alumni stories

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The art of cyber war with Isaac Porche

Porche shares the global state of cyber warfare, and how his time at Michigan led him to the front lines. |Long Read

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Jordi Ribas: From video compression to leading AI products at Microsoft

His PhD from Michigan ECE allowed him to lead one of the largest tech companies' AI Products initiative. |Medium Read

Aero alumni launch company named to “50 Colorado Startups to Watch in 2017”

College of Engineering alums Suzanne and Kevin Hayen (BSAE ’08 and BSEE ’08) found company Let’s Be Chefs named to "50 Colorado Startups to Watch in 2017" by Built In Colorado. |Medium Read

Portrait of Aftin and Astin Ross.

Twin sister scientists: Aftin & Astin Ross

Aftin and Astin Ross, PhDs in biomedical engineering, are making a name for themselves at the FDA. |Short Read

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The next medical markets of Collin Rich

An expert health sciences entrepreneur, Rich is ready to repeat success with revolutionary technology.|Medium Read

ISD alumni profile – Beth Ann Less

When Beth Ann Less arrived at the University of Michigan as an undergraduate student, she hit the ground running (and biking, and swimming).|Short Read

Nino A. Masnari (1935 – 2018): In memoriam

Nino Masnari, alumnus, friend, and former faculty member of Electrical and Computer Engineering, passed away May 19, 2018 at the age of 82.|Medium Read

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Computer science and business school students team up to create “intention” skill for Alexa

Inspired by a class on managing professional relationships, five recent University of Michigan graduates are developing an app that would mesh with Alexa to help nudge people when they're out of sync with what they want. |Medium Read

Unicorn vs. cyber-pirates

Duo Security is the Ann Arbor-based information security and software-as-a-service (SaaS) company that alumni Dug Song and Jon Oberheide co-founded. It recently reached $1 billion in valuation—a unicorn, in tech parlance.|Short Read

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Nuclear know-how

Alumna Hon. Kristine Svinicki serves as chair of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), where she helps to shape U.S. nuclear policy, ensuring that safety concerns are rationally addressed.|Short Read

Novel approach

ME alumnus Karl Iagnemma published “On the Nature of Human Romantic Interaction,” a collection of short stories, in 2003 and “The Expeditions,” a novel, in 2007.|Short Read

The newly renovated and renamed Aaron Friedman Marine Hydrodynamics Lab opened its doors to the public on Central Campus in Ann Arbor, M

Historic Marine Hydrodynamic Lab gets makeover and new name

The 112-year-old “tow tank” in West Hall recently got a fresh face and a new name through a renovation project ending this month. Built in 1904, the testing basin was the first University-affiliated facility of its kind in the United States and is still the largest.|Medium Read

U-M CoE alum Randy Torno in his workshop.

Michigan made

CoE alum Randy Torno combines art and engineering to make custom, handcrafted boats.|Medium Read

A Role Model at Raytheon: Katherine Herrick

Katherine Herrick is a leader at Raytheon, and discovered how to be a mentor from her own role models after her time at Michigan.|Medium Read

Hugh McCormick (BSE ChE ’39) is 100!

Centenarian still bleeds maize and blue|Short Read

CSE alum startup SambaNova collects $56m in funding for AI chip research

SambaNova's approach, stemming from work by Olukotun and co-founder Christopher Ré at Stanford University, seeks to create a new platform from scratch that is optimized specifically for AI operations.|Medium Read

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