ANN ARBOR - The University of Michigan Center for Entrepreneurship in partnership with the U-M Mobility Transformation Center is launching the pilot of TechLab at Mcity, a new opportunity for collaboration among university research, advanced transportation startups and student innovators. TechLab is designed to create unique educational opportunities and accelerate the success of participating companies.
ANN ARBOR - Laws that make it more difficult for people to register and vote, are instead angering the very minority voters they are intended to disenfranchise, mobilizing many more to go to the polls and cast their ballot, contends a new study from the University of Michigan. This effect may explain why, to date,
DETROIT - Just three weeks remain to submit your nomination for the TU-Automotive Awards. This is your best opportunity to boost your company’s recognition in 2016. It is free, only takes a few minutes and you can submit in multiple categories. Nomination deadline is March 11. Previous winners include moovel, Volvo Car Group, Delphi, OnStar,
TORONTO - GAO announced this week it is offering a complete family of mount on-metal extreme temperature, humidity, and impact resistant RFID tags. Included in this family of UHF tags is the fastenable on-metal tag, the paperclip sized small on-metal tag, the ultra-thin on-metal tag, the magnetic on-metal tag, and the waterproof razor on or
LANSING - An Ingham County woman has become Michigan's first resident with a confirmed case of the Zika virus, the Department of Health and Human Services said Wednesday. The woman, who is not pregnant, contracted the virus while traveling in a country where Zika virus is being transmitted. She began experiencing the symptoms of the
ANN ARBOR - A new roadmap aims to reboot efforts to build Michigan’s life sciences industry and compete with similar clusters around the United States and the world. While the industry has come far in the last decade-plus and offers “strong assets,” it remains uncompetitive compared to other states and requires a renewed private- and public-sector
LANSING - The Michigan Senate on Wednesday passed and the Michigan House concurred in changes made to a bill that would extend the Health Insurance Claims Assessment through 2020 in a significant move to shore up the General Fund and especially Medicaid funding. The only change to HB 5105 was the date change of 2020
LANSING – The state’s Pure Michigan tourism website is getting an overhaul with help from a Florida-based Miles Media Group. Earlier this week, The Michigan Strategic Fund awarded a nearly $400,000 contract to rebuild Michigan.Org, the home of the prize winning Pure Michigan advertising campaign. Shall we call it Pure Florida, instead? Michigan Web Developers
LANSING - Gongwer News Service is once again making available a smartphone and tablet app that provides easy-to-use information and analysis of this year's elections, with new features, improved functionality and a lower price from the first edition that debuted in the 2014 election cycle. The app, which is available for iOS and Android devices,
BOULDER, Co. - FlexJobs reports that computer/information technology and healthcare are the top career fields for telecommuting job listings. 20 of the telecommuting-friendly companies are computer or information technology-related, while 18 telecommuting-friendly companies are in the healthcare industry. FlexJobs’ annual top 100 companies list is based on an analysis of over 40,000 companies and their
