KALAMAZOO - The law firm of Warner Norcross & Judd LLP has welcomed two well-respected attorneys as it moves into new, larger offices in downtown Kalamazoo. Eric V. Brown, Jr. brings nearly five decades of experience as a business attorney to his role as an of counsel attorney at Warner Norcross, which is one of
DETROIT ? The economic outlook in Southeast Michigan got back on track in July when Wayne State University?s Southeast Michigan Purchasing Managers Index returned to spring levels, after a June Index one analyst described as a fluke. The Southeast Michigan Purchasing Managers Index made a strong come back in July reaching 60, after experiencing a
DETROIT - Dr. Margaret A. Hamburg, Commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, will be the keynote speaker at the 10th Annual MichBio Expo & Conference Center at MotorCity Casino on Sept. 30. Registration opened July 31. Hamburg, as FDA Commissioner, is advancing regulatory science, medical product innovation and globalization of the agency, while
DETROIT - inGAGE: Training Women in Business Leadership Rachele Downs, VP of Entrepreneurial Strategy Inforum and the Inforum Center for Leadership explains how budding female entrepreneurs in Michigan can get a head start on the competition through inGAGE which provides training and networking to women who are launching a new business venture or having been
YPSILANTI ? A senior at Eastern Michigan University has received one of just 11 scholarships awarded across the nation to women to help them finish their college degrees in cyber security. Abisola Togunde won $5000 from Hewlett-Packard to help her pay for fees, books and other expenses to finish her bachelor?s degree in the Information
SOUTHFIELD - A team that called themselves Martians won first place in the open category of the first World Robot Olympiad USA state tournament in Michigan and advanced to the USA finals to be held at Lawrence Tech in September. The winners were Christian Daniels and Juan Carlos Feraro of Westland, who competed July 26-27
ANN ARBOR - Whole Brain Group has hired four new team members and relocated the company to a larger office space the Burlington Building on the south side of Ann Arbor. Earlier this year, Dania Dunlap-Hurden and Dan Keelan joined the team as Client Engagement Managers, responsible for developing and managing lead generation strategies for
EAST LANSING - A senior software engineer at Google has made a $2 million commitment to create an endowed chair of computer science at the Michigan State University College of Engineering. The gift, established through an estate plan, is from Doug Zongker of Mountain View, Calif., who graduated from MSU in 1996 with a bachelor?s
LANSING - Governor Rick Snyder and the top transportation official from Canada together announced creation of a new authority to oversee the construction of a new bridge from Windsor, Ontario, to Detroit. While there remains a question of federal funding to construct a customs plaza in Detroit, Snyder and Canadian Transport Minister Lisa Raitt said
STERLING HEIGHTS - The Macomb-OU INCubator was recently awarded $14,000 in Business Accelerator Funds to provide accelerator services to client company Telemetrio ? developing a computer-vision sports telemetrics and broadcasting system specifically geared to youth sports. "The Macomb-INCubator is excited to support Telemetrio in its plans to expand nationally, which will result in economic development