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January 1, 2026January 1, 2026community, family, people, U-M

Happy New Year – 2026!

I’m wishing, hoping, and praying for peace, love, and joy for you, for me, and for our families and friends in 2026. Sharing this personal reflection on 2025.

December 18, 2025December 18, 2025community, family

What I want for Christmas

I’ll keep this short and sweet for everyone, including family. I love you and enjoy being with (most of) you, but I […]

November 6, 2025November 6, 2025business, community, education, entrepreneurship, U-M

Livin’ for the City – Fall 2025 Edition

I couldn’t let this edition of my Innovation for Urban Impact class pass into the sunset without recapping the Urban Experience Tour of Detroit that my students and I enjoyed together.

October 4, 2025October 7, 2025community, entrepreneurship, family, U-M

50 Years a Michigan Man (and other anniversaries)

2025 marks 50 years since I first graduated from the University of Michigan. Today is homecoming, but I won’t be attending the festivities.

June 26, 2025June 26, 2025community, education, politics

What do true “O.G.s” talk about when they get together, unscripted and unrehearsed? What do they have to say about the way things used to be? The way they are now? The way things can be in the future?

November 1, 2024November 2, 2024community

Kamala Harris for President

I’m headed out in the morning for my fourth straight weekend of voter canvassing. Haven’t done this much direct work since the […]

September 17, 2024September 25, 2024community, U-M

Engineering Community

This past Friday, during University of Michigan homecoming weekend, I received the ECE Alumni Merit Award from the College of Engineering. I’ve known for a couple of months that I would be receiving the award, and that a condition of receiving it was that I had to present a lecture to the public.