ANN ARBOR - The Michigan Translational Research and Commercialization Innovation Hub for Advanced Transportation at the University of Michigan recently awarded a combined $640,000 in funding to seven high-tech, early-stage projects led by researchers at the University of Michigan, Michigan State University and Wayne State University. These projects aim to address future or poorly met
LANSING – State Treasurer Rachael Eubanks announced that Joyce Parker has been selected as the Michigan Department of Treasury’s new deputy state treasurer over state and local government finance programs. In her position, Parker will lead program areas within the state Treasury Department that provide financial services and bonding to local communities and school districts
GRAND RAPIDS – Many of the region’s best cybersecurity professionals who respond to in-the-moment cyber threats against our state, local governments, schools and businesses will gather to exercise their skills and compete in the Seventh Annual Purple Event on July 17 at the Cyber Hub at WMCAT (West Michigan Center for Arts + Technology). Anyone
PLYMOUTH – Comcast NBCUniversal has awarded $82,500 in scholarships for the 2018-2019 school year to 33 Michigan students as part of its annual Leaders and Achievers® Scholarship Program. Students are selected for their outstanding community service, academic performance and leadership skills. The award, funded by the Comcast NBCUniversal Foundation, is a one-time, $2,500 scholarship to
DETROIT - The deadline to apply to compete in the Detroit Fintech Challenge is June 30. Through the Fintech Challenge Pitch Competition, early-stage companies will be given a challenge statement category. Finalists then will be asked to present their concept as a part of the Pitch Competition August 3. The competition is seeking industry leaders
WASHINGTON DC - In recent years, small drones have made their way onto battlefields where they’ve been used to surveil US forces or drop bombs on them, prompting the US military to develop new ways to take them down. This week, the US Air Force unveiled a new tool that can be stationed at bases around the world:
WASHINGTON DC - You open your browser to look at the web. Do you know who is looking back at you? Over a recent week of web surfing, I peered under the hood of Google Chrome and found it brought along a few thousand friends. Shopping, news and even government sites quietly tagged my browser to let
DIMONDALE - The San Diego real estate firm Innovative Industrial Properties Inc, which focuses on the regulated cannabis industry, announced that it entered into an amendment of the lease with Green Peak Industries LLC in Dimondale, making available an additional $18 million in funding for expansion of its cannabis cultivation and processing at the property.
RIVIERA BEACH, FLA - A Florida city agreed to pay $600,000 in ransom to hackers who took over its computer system, the latest in thousands of attacks worldwide aimed at extorting money from governments and businesses. The Riviera Beach City Council voted unanimously this week to pay the hackers' demands, believing the Palm Beach suburb
GRAND RAPIDS - Middle school girls from West Michigan and Battle Creek will delve into engineering and science concepts and gain hands-on experience at the annual STEPS Camp offered at Grand Valley State University in June. This is the 18th year Grand Valley has hosted the Science Technology and Engineering Preview Summer (STEPS) day camp
