DETROIT – How could your business use technology to help enhance your business? If you can answer that question in a 250-word essay you could have a chance to win up to $30,000 and participate in a day of mentoring with teams of business experts courtesy of Comcast Business and its Innovations 4 Entrepreneurs competition.
EAST LANSING - Anil Jain, University Distinguished Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at Michigan State University, has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering, one of the highest professional distinctions accorded to an engineer. Jain’s election to the Class of 2016 was announced Feb. 8 by NAE President C.D. (Dan) Mote Jr. He
ANN ARBOR - Rubicon Genomics announced Monday a new agreement with Beckman Coulter Life Sciences for distribution of its ThruPLEX Plasma-seq kits for research applications. It follows an announcement last fall that the kit has been automated for use with Beckman Coulter’s Biomek FX Automated Workstation, an automated liquid handling solution for laboratories worldwide. Further
NOVI - The 15th edition of the TU-Automotive Awards 2016 has refreshed its judging panel adding many more judges to the mix. The focus this year has been put on confirming judges amongst the top experts in each of the niche areas of the connected car space. The awards ceremony is June 7, a day
TROY - Registration is now open for the annual Great Lakes Business Intelligence and Big Data Summit, presented by WIT, March 24 at the Somerset Inn where more than 300 BI practitioners from across the Midwest are expected to share their expertise on big data. The event offers attendees ample learning and networking opportunities throughout
HOLLAND - Grand Angels, one of nearly a dozen angel investing groups in Michigan, announced it invested more than $3.5 million in 12 companies during 2015, the private equity finance group’s most active year since it was founded in 2004. Grand Angels has deployed $19.6 million in the past 11 years. The group expects it
GRAND RAPIDS - Student, alumni and faculty volunteers from Davenport University are trained and ready to kick off free income tax preparation sessions, available to low- and middle- income tax-filers (less than $58,000 in total family income) at locations across West Michigan. Every year, millions of dollars in tax refunds and credits go unclaimed by
ANN ARBOR - Despite cheaper gas prices, fewer people bought gas guzzling SUVs and pickup trucks, driving gas mileage higher in January for new vehicles sold in the United States for the first time in eight months, say researchers at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute. The average fuel economy (window-sticker value) of new
DETROIT - Lawrence Technological University and Focus: HOPE will offer LTU’s new Associate of Science in Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering Technology degree at Focus: HOPE’s training facility in Detroit. Some 16 students will comprise the first class and upon completing their program will be the latest of more than 115 students who have earned Lawrence
GRAND RAPIDS - Steelcase is getting into wind power in an even bigger way. On Tuesday, the office furniture maker announced a 12-year power purchase agreement with Apex Clean Energy for 25 megawatts of wind power, nearly half of Steelcase’s renewable energy purchases. Under Steelcase’s long-term PPA with Apex’s Grant Plains Wind project, a 150-megawatt
