KALAMAZOO ? Rob DeWitt, president and CEO of the Southwest Michigan Innovation Center, said he?s using the Internet to reach out to the life sciences industry to present a virtual visit to SMIC on its 10th anniversary. On Oct. 9, SMIC will host ?Leading Life Sciences: A Virtual Visit,? an online exploration of the incubator,
LANSING - Attorney General Bill Schuette on Thursday announced another effort to try to better enforce regulations against compounding facilities like the New England Compounding Center largely held responsible for the national meningitis outbreaks last fall due to use of tainted pain killer drugs. In addition to a grand jury and other investigations ongoing related
WASHINGTON DC ? Gov. Rick Snyder will unveil next week at the National Governor?s Conference an electronic dashboard designed to provide all governors an overview of their state?s cybersecurity environment, part of a Call To Action For Governors for Cybersecurity. Snyder, co-chair of the NGA Resource Center for State Cybersecurity, will release the dashboard Sept.
NOVI ? Thousands of attendees and hundreds of exhibitors packed the Suburban Showcase this week for the Battery Show, which this year added the Electric & Hybrid Vehicle Technology Expo. The show, which began life four years ago in California, was moved to Michigan because of the state?s strong engineering community, said Marketing Manager Blanca
HOUGHTON - Michigan Technological University?s female enrollment figures are up roughly 26 percent, with the College of Engineering reporting 906 women undergraduates, an all-time high. Graduate student numbers also rose for the fifth straight year, making the Graduate School?s enrollment of 1,359 the largest in the University?s history. Freshman ACT scores and high school GPAs
STERLING HEIGHTS - Entrepreneurs with interest in small business resources, including potential funding, are invited on Sept. 24 to participate in BOOST! Macomb, a pitch competition hosted by the MidMichigan Innovation Center and the Macomb-OU INCubator. Up to 20 contestants will have two minutes to pitch their idea, product, service or business before a panel
SOUTHFIELD - The DENSO North America Foundation has awarded $50,000 to Lawrence Technological University to help create a new multidisciplinary bio-robotics lab that will benefit students in two growing bachelor?s degree programs in biomedical engineering and robotics engineering. LTU said students in traditional programs in electrical and computer engineering and mechanical engineering will also benefit.
LANSING - Join the Michigan Manufacturers Association Oct. 8 for the MEDC Export Program, a seminar focused on the importance of exporting to the manufacturing industry. Deanna Richeson, Laura Deierlein and Maureen Lyon of the Michigan Economic Development Corporation will be on hand to assist participants in understanding the Pure Michigan Export Program and State
NOVI ? The second Michigan Cyber Summit on Oct. 25 will be held at the sprawling Suburban Collection Showplace to accommodate what organizers feel will be attendance at least 50 percent greater than during the first Summit in 2011. Headlining the day-long event will be Roberta Stempfley, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Department of Homeland Security Office
SOUTHFIELD - Hannan Lis was re-elected President of The Michigan Israel Business Bridge at the organization?s Annual Meeting. Originally from Haifa, Israel, Hannan Lis, is principal, COO and board member of The WW Group, Inc. (Weight Watchers? largest franchise group), and founder and CEO of Lis Ventures LLC, a venture fund investing in emerging technologies