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CNBC.com profiles business leaders who found extraordinary success without graduating from college
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Finley: Thank you, One Percenter, We Hate You
Nolan Finley/ The Detroit News
The civil rights center bearing the name of Detroit's Judge Damon Keith was dedicated last week at the Wayne State University Law School. Its mission is to protect the legal rights of the nation's most disaffected and powerless citizens, continuing the work to which Keith has dedicated his life.
And who do you think paid the $5.7 million tab for building the Keith Center?
Not the government. Not a dime of taxpayer money went into the construction. Not Wayne State — universities are too cash-strapped today to fund such ambitious projects.
The center that will stand up for the poorest of Americans was paid for by some of the wealthiest members of our community — that 1 percent being so harshly targeted by the Occupy Wall Street crowd.
Real estate genius A. Alfred Taubman, the state's second-richest man, gave $3 million. Taubman's a billionaire, and enjoys the ultra-luxurious lifestyle the occupiers so resent. But he's also committed $100 million to a University of Michigan research center that is determined to cure Lou Gehrig's disease and other devastating neurological disorders. The work eventually could spare us all a lot of heartache.
Edsel and Cynthia Ford made a major donation to the civil rights center, and leveraged other Ford family funds for additional contributions. Look around this town — there's not a cultural center or public space that wasn't at least partially built with Ford money… Read more here.
...2011 AFP Philanthropy Award recipients will be honored at the 20th annual National Philanthropy Day Dinner on Nov. 17 at the Detroit Marriott
... [Read]Eva Feldman named one of The Detroit News Michiganians of the year
Dr. Eva Feldman, oversees research aimed at therapies for ALS patients
... [Read]Editorial: Lawmakers should work to limit the compliance costs for schools, colleges and local governments
The state Senate wants to include regulations in next year's higher education budget that would make universities file annual reports on stem cell research and religious freedom. Bringing the schools to heel on those issues probably fits the personal agendas of some, but it's a costly indulgence. Make-work mandates feed bureaucratic sprawl and defy Gov. Rick Snyder's effort to streamline government.
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Taubman Gives U-M $56M for Research
Mall mogul's stem cell studies gift makes him biggest donor
Taubman, Take Two
A. Alfred Taubman, best known for developing luxury shopping malls in metro Detroit and across the country and has owned and operated dozens of businesses since 1950, now turns his talents to creating an $80-million movie studio in Pontiac.
... [Read]WWJ-TV CBS Detroit Presents “Reinventing Michigan” as the Latest Installment of its “Eye On The Future” Programming
... [Read]First Movie Productions at Raleigh Studios in Pontiac Expected in Spring
... [Read]Former Lawrence Tech Student A. Alfred Taubman Returns to the Classroom to Share Lessons Learned During Decades as a Pioneer Retail Developer
... [Read]Planned Research into Lou Gehrig's Disease Could Let Patients Bank Own Stem Cells for Treatment
... [Read]Hadassah Receives $300,000 Toward Stem Cell Research
Gifts support continued Michigan-Israel collaboration to treat ALS
... [Read]The Taubman Foundation Helps Underwrite the Stem Cell Summit Public Education Day
... [Read]The Mall Evolves
Taubman comes back from recession with eye on changing marketplace...... [Read]
HOUR Detroit's 2010 Detroiters of the Year
Philanthropists help keep afloat the city’s cultural, humanitarian, and educational jewels, which could very well sink without their time and money. But to them, it’s not just giving, but giving back, that motivates their generosity.... [Read]
ABA Journal's National Pulse: Edifice Complex
Even in recession, restoring old buildings takes a knack for taxes... [Read]
U-M's Stem Cell Study on ALS Looks Promising
Researchers hope to find spinal injections slow disease... [Read]
Genetics Policy Institute (GPI) Announces Distinguished Group of 2010 “Stem Cell Action” Honorees
6th Annual Stem Cell Action Awards to be presented at 2010 World Stem Cell Summit in Detroit ... [Read]Governance Studies at Brookings: A. Alfred Taubman Forum on “Improving Science and Technology Innovation in the United States” Tuesday, June 8, 2010
... [Read]Center a Tribute to Judge Damon J. Keith's Lifetime Pursuit of Civil Rights
Michael H. Hodges / The Detroit News... [Read]
Alfred Taubman Receives Inaugural Disruptive Innovation Award at New York’s Tribeca Film Festival
... [Read]Toiling day and night to eradicate debilitating diseases like Parkinson’s and ALS, U-M neurologist Eva Feldman...
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Governance Studies at Brookings Present: A. Alfred Taubman Forum on “Improving Science and Technology Innovation in the United States”
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Back to the Future
A school dedicated to design-based learning opens in the very building where GM’s legendary Harley Earl became the father of the modern car.... [Read]
AnnArbor.com votes stem cell research at the University of Michigan the #1 health story of 2009...
... [Read]Alfred Taubman remarks on the dedication of the Taubman Wing of European Art at the Detroit Institute of Arts "To the Nines" gala
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Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel to appear as keynote speaker at Annual Taubman Institute Symposium in Ann Arbor
... [Read]CCS center proves Detroit can rebuild
Daniel Howes, Detroit News Columnist ... [Read]Detroit Tigers lend support to Taubman Scholar Dr. Eva Feldman in special tribute game to commemorate Lou Gherig's historic farewell
View Video ...College for Creative Studies announces Taubman Center for Design Education to open September 2009
College for Creative Studies announces Advancing the Creative Spirit a transformational $55 million campaign for the College and Detroit ... [Read]
A. Alfred Taubman Medical Research Institute at the University of Michigan
A. Alfred Taubman Center for State and Local Government at the Kennedy School, Harvard University
A. Alfred Taubman European Paintings Wing at the Detroit Institute of Arts
Taubman Center for Public Policy
College for Creative Studies
A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Michigan
The A. Alfred Taubman Gallery
Smithsonian Archives of American Art
Taubman
A. Alfred Taubman Student Services Center, Lawrence Tech
Taubman Health Sciences Library
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