ANN ARBOR - The University of Michigan has launched the $3 Million Monroe-Brown Seed Fund, a new funding vehicle designed to advance the process of transitioning commercially viable engineering and medical research projects to market. The fund, approved this week by the U-M Board of Regents, is a collaboration between the U-M College of Engineering's
MIDLAND - After a 15 year career with a global corporation, Kris Marsh found herself on the other side of a layoff, wondering how to define herself outside of the corporate world. During your personal brand experience, Marsh takes you on her proven process of self-discovery, definition, and personal branding April 29 at the MidMichigan
LANSING - David Wasserman, House Editor for the Cook Political Report, is the keynote speaker on June 23 at the Small Business Association of Michigan annual meet at the Lansing Center. Wasserman will share his insights into the 2016 presidential election and the impact on the small business community. Wasserman has appeared on the NBC
SOUTHFIELD - Sibrina Nichelle Collins will join Lawrence Technological University as the executive director of LTU’s Marburger STEM Center effective July 1. LTU’s Marburger STEM Center will be housed in the University’s new $16.9 million A. Alfred Taubman Engineering, Architecture, and Life Sciences Complex opening this summer. The Center honors LTU President Emeritus Richard E.
AUBURN HILLS - The Macomb-Oakland University INCubator has added three new companies to its Executives-In-Residence program that allows commercialization clients to get 16 hours of consulting each month for free. The new consultants are Hunch Free, El Shaddai and Barnard will be located on site at Mac-OU INC. "It is an honor to be selected
DETROIT - Tech-savvy students from high schools and universities across metro Detroit and Windsor will convene on the Wayne State University campus in May for a 24-hour hackathon to write web-based software, create mobile apps or design computer programs addressing a need or innovation of their choice. HackWSU, hosted by WSU’s Blackstone LaunchPad student entrepreneurship
EAST LANSING - Managed services provider Trivalent Group, already a major player on the West side of Michigan, added central Michigan to its footprint on Wednesday when President and CEO Larry Andrus announced the acquisition of KI Technology Group. Terms were not announced. But Andrus said the acquisition of the East Lansing managed services company,
SOUTHFIELD - P3 Automotive, a global consulting, engineering and testing services company, christened its new Mobility Innovation Center on Wednesday at which the company announced plans to hire 100 more employees by year’s end. P3 already employs more than 120 people in Michigan, up 60 percent from the beginning of 2015. The company has more
SOUTHFIELD - Mike Brennan, MITechNews.Com Editor & Publisher, and Matt Roush, News Director at Lawrence Technological University, were featured on Comcast’s Newsmaker interview series. Brennan and Roush are the co-hosts of M2 (Squared) TechCast that airs live every Monday at 3 pm on the Podcast Detroit Network. Brennan talked about MITechNews.Com and all the changes
SOUTHFIELD - University of Michigan Professor Karl Daubmann has been named dean of the College of Architecture and Design at Lawrence Technological University. His appointment concludes a nationwide search and will be effective July 1. Daubmann succeeds Glen LeRoy, who resigned last fall to accept the presidency of Boston Architectural College. LTU’s College of Architecture
