LANSING - Fostering a positive perception of Michigan as a place of unparalleled innovation in design and the arts while increasing jobs in the state's creative industries are top priorities for the Michigan Film Office. Creative industries employment represents approximately 74,000 employees in 9,800 businesses, including advertising, publishing, design, film/audiovisual, broadcasting, architecture, cultural/heritage, art schools,
ANN ARBOR - MichBio, the state's Life Sciences trade association, has added five new openings to its job bank - all are in Michigan. Tetra Discovery Partners - Kalamazoo Tetra Discovery Partners are seeking an experienced synthetic organic chemist to participate in research projects involving the synthesis of PDE4 allosteric modulators for treating Alzheimers
LANSING - No state has a higher percentage of its roads in rural areas in poor condition than Michigan, according to a report released Tuesday. The report from TRIP, a nonprofit funded by insurance companies, equipment manufacturers, distributors and suppliers as well as businesses involved in highway and transit engineering and construction, labor unions and
TROY - Automation Alley Wednesday announced that participants in the upcoming #hack4detroit event will use the city of Detroit's new Open Data Portal to create an app to benefit the city. The winning individual or team will receive a $5,000 grand prize. #hack4detroit is a 24-hour hackathon and will take place at Grand Circus Detroit
SOUTHFIELD - Lawrence Technological University will host a free Innovation, Design & Manufacturability Workshop on June 9 from 8 a.m. to noon with lunch to follow. The workshop will be held in room M336 in LTU�s Buell Management Building on the LTU campus at 21000 West 10 Mile Road, Southfield. The workshop facilitators are Jeff
HOUGHTON - Nina Mahmoudian has received the National Science Foundation's prestigious CAREER Award, which provides $500,442 to help overcome the biggest limitation for autonomous vehicles - energy efficiency. The grants are given to early career researchers who excel in both research and education, both of which are important parts of Mahmoudian's Nonlinear and Autonomous Systems
BEVERLY HILLS - On May 29, TYE Detroit's 4th regional business plan contest will showcase three teams of high school students presenting their business plans. The winning team will be awarded a check of $1,000 to further their entrepreneurial idea and also represent TYE Detroit at the global business plan competition next month in Atlanta
DETROIT - Don't miss this rousing discussion that is being repeated everywhere as the deadline for the launch of Windows 10 approaches in the summer of 2015. Rick Broida wants to replace his mother's aging computer and Foster Braun needs to replace his wife Ginny's aging, refurbished Core Duo PC to make the move to
DETROIT - Gadget Guy Rick Broida talks about all the free utilities to make your computing easier. Those include Norton Identity Safe, PhraseExpress, WizMouse, and M8 Free Clipboard http://www.internetadvisor.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/IA-1606-Free-Computer-Utilities.mp3
ANN ARBOR - On this edition of MITechNews.Com Update, Editor Mike Brennan is interviewed by Internet Advisor Co-Host Foster Braun and talks about hot tech jobs, Toyota at Comic Con in Detroit, and Hivelend winning the Ann Arbor SPARK bootcamp. http://www.internetadvisor.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/IA-1607-MiTechNews-5-16-15.mp3