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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.

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.

April 24, 2025April 24, 2025business, entrepreneurship, U-M

Innovation for Urban Impact: A Milestone

Ten years after its inception, the Urban Entrepreneurship course at University of Michigan has now achieved “regular” course status. The course will henceforth be known as Innovation for Urban Impact, ENTR 419.

December 31, 2024December 31, 2024events, family, U-M

2024 Couldn’t Have Started Better!

For me, 2024 began on a very high note, and it is ending in disappointment and uncertainty. Whatever happens next, I’ll remember fondly the events of 1/1/24.

October 11, 2024October 11, 2024education, entrepreneurship, technology, U-M

Urban Experience Tour/Detroit – Fall 2024

U-M Urban Entrepreneurship Practicum students completed the Fall 2024 edition of the Urban Experience Tour/Detroit on October 5. This semester’s tour was more action-packed than ever….

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.