Academics University of Michigan

michigan 1 of founding members (1900) of association of american universities. on 6,200 faculty members, 73 of whom members of national academy , 471 of whom hold endowed chair in discipline, university manages 1 of largest annual collegiate research budgets of university in united states, totaling $1 billion in 2009. medical school spent @ on $445 million, while college of engineering second @ more $160 million. u-m has technology transfer office, university conduit between laboratory research , corporate commercialization interests. in 2009, university consummated deal purchase facility formerly owned pfizer. acquisition includes on 170 acres (0.69 km) of property, , 30 major buildings comprising 1,600,000 square feet (150,000 m) of wet laboratory space, , 400,000 square feet (37,000 m) of administrative space. of purchase date, university s intentions space not announced, expectation new space allow university ramp research , employ in excess of 2,000 people.

a. alfred taubman biomedical science research building @ u-m medical school

the university major contributor medical field ekg, gastroscope, , announcement of jonas salk s polio vaccine. university s 13,000-acre (53 km) biological station in northern lower peninsula of michigan 1 of 47 biosphere reserves in united states.

in mid-1960s u-m researchers worked ibm develop new virtual memory architectural model became part of ibm s model 360/67 mainframe computer (the 360/67 dubbed 360/65m m stood michigan). michigan terminal system (mts), time-sharing computer operating system developed @ u-m, first system outside of ibm use 360/67 s virtual memory features.

u-m home national election studies , university of michigan consumer sentiment index. correlates of war project, located @ u-m, accumulation of scientific knowledge war. university home major research centers in optics, reconfigurable manufacturing systems, wireless integrated microsystems, , social sciences. university of michigan transportation research institute , life sciences institute located @ university. institute social research (isr), nation s longest-standing laboratory interdisciplinary research in social sciences, home survey research center, research center group dynamics, center political studies, population studies center, , inter-consortium political , social research. undergraduate students able participate in various research projects through undergraduate research opportunity program (urop) urop/creative-programs.

the u-m library system comprises nineteen individual libraries twenty-four separate collections—roughly 13.3 million volumes. u-m original home of jstor database, contains 750,000 digitized pages entire pre-1990 backfile of ten journals of history , economics, , has initiated book digitization program in collaboration google. university of michigan press part of u-m library system.

in late 1960s u-m, michigan state university , wayne state university, founded merit network, 1 of first university computer networks. merit network , remains today administratively hosted u-m. major contribution took place in 1987 when proposal submitted merit network partners ibm, mci, , state of michigan won national competition upgrade , expand national science foundation network (nsfnet) backbone 56,000 1.5 million, , later 45 million bits per second. in 2006, u-m joined michigan state university , wayne state university create university research corridor. effort undertaken highlight capabilities of state s 3 leading research institutions , drive transformation of michigan s economy. 3 universities electronically interconnected via michigan lambdarail (milr, pronounced my-lar ), high-speed data network providing 10 gbit/s connections between 3 university campuses , other national , international network connection points in chicago.

big ten academic alliance

the university of michigan participant in big ten academic alliance. big ten academic alliance (btaa) academic consortium of universities in big ten conference. engaging in $10 billion in research in 2014-2015, btaa universities provide powerful insight important issues in medicine, technology, agriculture, , communities. students @ participating schools allowed in-house borrowing privileges @ other schools libraries. btaa uses collective purchasing , licensing, , has saved member institutions $19 million date. course sharing, professional development programs, study abroad , international collaborations, , other initiatives part of btaa.