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Excellence: Online Teamwork, Social Media And The Impact of Mobile,Wireless

GRAND RAPIDS - Businesses must employ wireless/mobile solutions to remain competitive, reach clients and to engage their staff. On Friday, July 3, 2015 join host Melissa Birnie as she talks with John Potter, Executive Director of Grand Rapids Area Professionals for Excellence. They'll discuss the challenges of coordinating teamwork online, social media, and the impact

By |2015-07-29T14:20:35-04:00July 22nd, 2015|Mobile MI|

Cutting Edge Drug Discovery And Development In Michigan

ANN ARBOR - The Cutting Edge, Drug Discovery and Development in Michigan Symposium Sept. 9-10 will showcase drug R&D activities at the state's research universities and discuss the development, funding, partnering, and commercialization of new therapeutic discoveries. The program is meant to bring together representatives from academia, industry, contract research organizations, funders, and others to

By |2015-07-29T14:21:59-04:00July 22nd, 2015|Life Sciences|

MichBio Job Bank Posts 4 Life Science Openings

ANN ARBOR - The MichBio Job Bank has posted four jobs, one in Detroit and three in Bagdad, Iraq. Scientific Coordinator Asterand BioScience - Detroit, MI Asterand is a global supplier of high quality, well characterized human tissue and human tissue-based research products and solutions. From offices in Detroit, Michigan and Royston, U.K., our innovative

By |2015-07-29T14:22:48-04:00July 22nd, 2015|Life Sciences|

MSU Grand Rapids R&D Center To Create Huge Economic Impact

GRAND RAPIDS - The New Michigan State University Grand Rapids Research Center will create 728 jobs, provide $55 million annually in wages and bring $95.6 million in economic impact to Kent, Ottawa and Muskegon counties. So says an economic impact study done for Clark Construction Company and Rockford Construction by the Anderson Economic Group. "We

By |2015-07-29T14:23:24-04:00July 22nd, 2015|Life Sciences|

On the Road with Stephen Rapundalo

ANN ARBOR - June ended with a visit to The Henry Ford Innovation Institute. There I caught up with Stephen Bartol, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Innovations and Mark Coticchia, Vice President and Chief Innovation Officer. They updated me on the fantastic work going at the Institute including the creation of a fellowship program to develop

By |2015-07-29T14:24:02-04:00July 22nd, 2015|Life Sciences|

21st Century Cures Act Passes House Overwhelmingly

WASHINGTON DC - The U.S. House, in a rare act of bipartisanship, voted 344-77 on July 2 in favor of the 21st Century Cures Act, which supporters say will speed the development and regulatory approval of medical breakthroughs. Critics say that speed would come at the expense of patients' safety. The legislation would provide an additional

By |2015-08-05T22:03:58-04:00July 22nd, 2015|Featured, Life Sciences|

Affordable Care Act Ruling Fails To Address Cost Of Health Care, Health Insurance

LANSING - The Small Business Association of Michigan said Thursday that the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling on the Affordable Care Act does nothing to address the number one problem facing small businesses and their employees. "Health care, and therefore health insurance, is simply too expensive for all of us and many people are priced out

By |2015-07-29T14:25:52-04:00July 22nd, 2015|Guest Columns|

Michigan Tech 1 Of 5 Universities Chosen To Help Improve Diversity In Mechanical Engineering Education

HOUGHTON - Michigan Technological University's Department of Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics is one of five mechanical engineering departments nationwide selected by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to participate in a new diversity training program. The others are Purdue, Oregon State, Texas Tech and the University of Oklahoma. The NSF program is called Transforming Engineering Culture to

By |2015-07-29T14:26:13-04:00July 22nd, 2015|Guest Columns|

Chapter 1 Conclusion – There Will Be Cyberwar

ANN ARBOR - Over the next few weeks, MITechNews.Com will be publishing excerpts from cybersecurity expert Richard Stiennon's latest book, called There Will Be Cyberwar. The book makes the case that the US military rushed to "network everything" and, like most organizations, neglected to secure its most critical systems. One point he makes is that an orchestrated

By |2015-07-29T14:26:36-04:00July 22nd, 2015|Guest Columns|