U-M president urges universities to assist in state’s transformation

University of Michigan president Mary Sue Coleman spoke at last week’s University Research Corridor conference about the need for local universities to fully engage in Michigan’s struggle to transform its economy.

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Coleman has been heralded locally for playing a key role in helping to attract Google and Aernnova Aerospace to the Ann Arbor region.

After arriving at U-M in 2002, Coleman said she realized “that the state of Michigan was undergoing a transformation. It took me maybe a couple of years to get my arms around what this all meant, but certainly since 2003, 2004, it’s become ever more clear about what’s going on,” she said.

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