The TED event taking place in April at the University seeks to open people up to this multidisciplinary pursuit. The aim is to offer attendees a chance to discover new ideas and push the boundaries of their own intellect. This is why we have decided to bring TED to the Universityâ” to unleash the collective talent and creativity it has incubated for so long. The audience will be composed of a diverse, yet curated, mix of 300 students, professors and thought leaders from the University and beyond. Because in return for a bit of risk, we promise to showcase 20 of the most fascinating and engaging minds the University and Ann Arbor have to offer. Just imagine an aerospace engineering student enabling us to dream beyond our planet, a design professor displaying the incredible things you can do with basic materials, an MBA student discussing the power of simplicity in solving the most pertinent issues our world faces and a Wolverine athlete discussing his brief brush with fame.

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