DETROIT - Attention Great Lakes innovators. Do you have the next great energy idea that will transform our cars, our homes and our communities? The deadline to apply is Sunday March 13. Apply to the Shell Great Lakes Innovation Competition for a chance to vie for $20,000 in grant support and the opportunity to spark
GRAND RAPIDS - Davenport University will host its first Michigan state competition for Business Professionals of America Feb. 27 when students from nine middle school chapters will compete in more than 14 different events consisting of computer skills, business fundamentals, speeches and many team events. Davenport University BPA students and staff will assist with judging, grading
ANN ARBOR - If you are building mobile apps that needs to interact with a Backend service, you don't want to miss the talk Feb. 29 at Mobile Monday Ann Arbor. With the recent announcement of Parse winding down their backend services, the need for alternative backend services for mobile apps is greater than ever.
SOUTHFIELD - Graduating with a Bachelor of Arts from Columbia University several years ago, Kollecto.com founder, Tara Reed, had no plan to enter the technology field in 2012. But an exciting internship profoundly changed her life’s mission. Diva Tech Talk’s podcast with her examines that, and her current journey into tech entrepreneurship. “I fell into
GRAND RAPIDS - Optomi is an IT Staffing Company with a unique corporate culture founded on strong core values... an innovative company that is completely dedicated to its clients and consultants with a philosophy of “doing the right thing". By deploying the optimum talent for IT projects, Optomi enables their clients to define the technology
DETROIT - Dean Norton is the Chief Operating Officer of Macprofessionals, one of only two Apple Authorized Service Providers in the state of Michigan. Founded by Lisa Glush in 2000, the company has stores in Bay Harbor (Petoskey area), Novi and now in Farmington Hills. Macprofessionals works with companies and school districts on their Apple
DETROIT - Todd Palmer author of Job Search Process is a renowned thought leader and top staffing and recruiting executive who is committed to improving lives. Todd is founder and President of Diversified Industrial Staffing, and has helped over 4,300 people get jobs, bettering their lives and the lives of their families. In his new book, The Job
ANN ARBOR - For the third straight year, students from the University of Michigan have received more Fulbright grants than those from any other public university in the U.S. The grants - one of the U.S. government's most prestigious awards - were provided to 29 students at U-M to study, conduct research or teach English
WASHINGTON D.C. - Environmental and conservation groups throughout the Great Lakes region were encouraged by targets for combating Lake Erie algal blooms that were released by US EPA and Environment Canada Monday. The targets outlined represent the current scientific consensus on what is required to prevent toxic and nuisance algal blooms from continuing to plague
DETROIT - Automation Alley forecasts economic growth for Southeast Michigan technology companies in 2016 will outperform even Silicon Valley in many key areas, including revenue, research and development, investment and hiring. These findings and more were revealed Monday in Automation Alley’s 2016 Technology Industry Report at a breakfast briefing at the Detroit Institute of the
