KALAMAZOO - The Southwest Michigan First Board of Directors has selected Jonas R. Peterson, CEcD, to serve as chief executive officer for the Southwest Michigan regional economic development organization. Peterson’s appointment follows a six-month national search that prioritized community input and inclusivity. “After a rigorous national search, Jonas Peterson rose to the top as the
ANN ARBOR - Eli Leland, co-founder and CTO, Voltaiq, joins MITech TV co-hosts Mike Brennan and Matt Roush to explain how his company is developing, manufacturing, and operating high-quality battery-powered products requires a deep understanding of battery behavior in real-world application settings. Voltaiq is the first and only enterprise-class solution purpose-built to ingest data from
DETROIT - You have started your own business and now you have reached a crucial point where you are ready for growth and ready for improvement. If you do not focus your attention and your efforts on growth and improvement, you will remain stagnant and eventually your competitors will overtake you and take away your
DETROIT - Adrian Grenier, who is an actor most popularly known for his roles in HBO’s The Entourage, Netflix’s Clickbait and the award-winning film The Devil Wears Prada, has attended the recently concluded CoinGeek Conference in New York City as a panelist discussing how to achieve a green Bitcoin. Grenier is also known as a
User experience (UX) is everything in the digital marketing world. Yes, I know you've heard it all before—content is king, SEO is vital, yadda, yadda, so isn't this just another instance of a popular buzzword? No, it's not! According to a report from Pricewaterhouse Coopers, customer experiences often fall short of their expectations, and
CLEVELAND - Fully vaccinated persons with a clinical diagnosis of cannabis use disorder (CUD) possess a greater risk of COVID breakthrough infections than do to similar controls, according to data published in the journal World Psychiatry. Researchers with the US National Institutes of Health and Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland evaluated whether those with a diagnosis of
KALAMAZOO – Friday Southwest Michigan First announced it has secured an anonymous gift of land along with a $100 million commitment for the construction of a new Career and Technical Education Center on the gifted parcel. “For years, local educators and employers have talked about the need for a centralized career and technical center in
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ANN ARBOR - On MITech TV Oct. 11, Dan Randomski provides updates on a series of awards LTU's Centrepolis Accelerator recently. Epidemiologist Fred Brown returns to update where America stands with the COVID-19 pandemic and what vaccines boosters will be available soon. He also voices warnings about what people can safely do for the upcoming
WASHINGTON DC - Democrats’ effort to spur electric vehicle (EV) adoption has set off an intense lobbying battle on Capitol Hill as car manufacturers jockey for influence over legislation that will shape the industry's future. Automakers generally back President Biden’s green energy plan, which would spend billions of government dollars to construct charging stations across the
