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Container Feature 1: With ever expanding innovations coming from its faculty and researchers, the University of Michigan launched the Venture Accelerator to speed the transition of promising new technologies into the marketplace, benefiting both the local and national economies In: Out of the Blue: The Michigan Difference (television program), 2008-2011 » Out of the Blue » Season 3 » Episode 07
Container Feature 2: Seeking to gain knowledge about and promote understanding among various religious and non-religious groups, a group of University of Michigan students engage with the community beyond the University-as evidenced by their Alternative Spring Break In: Out of the Blue: The Michigan Difference (television program), 2008-2011 » Out of the Blue » Season 3 » Episode 07
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Container Feature 1: A team of graduate students at the School of Natural Resources and Environment study, analyze and assess multiple possibilities for greater energy efficiency at a local brewpub whose owners embrace and implement the greening of their facility In: Out of the Blue: The Michigan Difference (television program), 2008-2011 » Out of the Blue » Season 3 » Episode 08
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Container Feature 3: Restoring and conserving archival books and documents for over 60 years at U-M, Jim Craven is as much a treasure as the historical antiquities that he lovingly reconstructs, extending their 'lives' for several hundred years more In: Out of the Blue: The Michigan Difference (television program), 2008-2011 » Out of the Blue » Season 3 » Episode 08