In October 2023, the University’s Board of Regents approved agreements related to land donation and purchases, and a $100M gift from top donor Stephen M. Ross to build the U-M Center for Innovation at Grand River Ave and West Columbia Street in Detroit.

The Detroit Center for Innovation will serve students pursuing advanced degrees in mobility, artificial intelligence, data science, and more. Construction begins in 2021.

Funds will support career-development programs, action-based learning experiences, and recruitment of junior faculty.

“Where the leaders and best come together” In early November the University publicly launched its most ambitious fundraising campaign of $4 billion—the largest effort in the history of public higher education. U-M’s most recent campaign, the Michigan Difference, ran from 2004-08 and raised $3.2 billion. The University has already received gifts totaling $1.7 billion during Read more

“As a youngster, it was always, ‘Why don’t you be like your uncle?'” says Stephen M. Ross, BBA ’62, referring to mentor and Ohio State University benefactor Max Fisher. “So when the opportunity came to make a major gift—what better way to do it [than at Michigan]?”