GRAND RAPIDS - Technology networking group aimWest kicks off its 2015-2016 season of events August 19 with another energetic 5:01 Social Networking Party celebration on the covered patio rain or shine at the Grand Woods Lounge. aimWest invites technology professionals to take a break, grab a drink andsome tasty food, make a few new contacts,
DETROIT - The majority of Michigan's largest employers project that the Michigan and U.S. economies will remain flat in the next six to 18 months. "The majority of Michigan's largest employers believe that the state's economy will remain essentially the same over the next six to eighteen months - and only slightly outpace the nation
HOUGHTON - Michigan Technological University has entered into a community health partnership with the Portage Health Foundation. The partnership combines both organizations' missions, existing strengths and financial resources to create a collaboration focused on improving the health of the community. Michigan Tech President Glenn Mroz announced the partnership at the University's Board of Trustees meeting
HOUGHTON - The dull black plastic of the device on Joshua Pearce's desk belies its usefulness. Pearce picks up the box, which has a switch on the side and a small opening on top. A handful of vials sit in a bag nearby, and each would fit snugly in the opening. The set-up seems generic,
LANSING - The Michigan Film Office confirmed Thursday that filming for the Paramount Pictures film "Looking for Alaska," based on the best-selling novel by acclaimed author John Green, will come to Michigan in the fall and receive a film incentive of more than $7 million. The project is projected to spend more than $21 million
ANN ARBOR - Arboretum Ventures LLC is raising a new fund of $215 million, according to a form filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, what would be the largest VC fund in Michigan, Crain's Detroit reported Thursday. The previous largest was the $180 million raised in 2013 by Farmington Hills-based Beringea LLC for
DETROIT - NextEnergy was announced as a winner of the U.S. Small Business Administration Growth Accelerator Fund Competition during Tuesday's White House Demo Day receiving a $50,000 grant to use to accelerate smart city cluster development in Michigan. Cluster development will form a bridge between global tech-based corporations in smart city technology areas - energy,
ANN ARBOR - Gas mileage of new vehicles sold in the U.S. remained unchanged last month, according to researchers at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute. Average fuel economy (window-sticker values) of cars, light trucks, vans and SUVs purchased in July remained at 25.4 mpg. "The fuel economy in July was unchanged
HOUGHTON - Princeton Review's 2016 issue of The Best 380 Colleges ranks Michigan Technological University among the best Midwestern colleges and green colleges nationwide. The new listings were released Tuesday, Aug. 4. The Princeton Review rankings focus on undergraduate education and are based on surveys of 136,000 students at the 380 colleges on the Best
DETROIT - While the talk of the lithium ion battery market had been focused on consumer electronics and hybrid and plug-in vehicles, the focus has taken a decided turn in the last couple of years towards stationary storage. For anyone in the battery market this won't come as a big surprise. In 2013, California set