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iHemp Hour: Soil Health, Plant Nutrition

ANN ARBOR - Mark Carrol and Gary Reding of Ozadia bring Hemp farmers up to date on soil health and plant nutrition. On Thursday June 11, Morris Beegle from the Colorado Hemp Company, Let’s Talk Hemp, Tree Free Hemp and NoCo Hemp Expo. Eric Steenstra a founding member of the Hemp Industries Association, Co-Founder of the hemp brand Ecolution, Let’s Talk Hemp, and president of Vote Hemp.

By |2020-06-08T08:27:19-04:00June 8th, 2020|Hemp, Marijuana Business, News|

Has COVID-19 Changed Education, Canadians Answer PPE Call, PPE Supply Situation, COVID-19 Testing Update

ANN ARBOR - On MITech TV, Tamara Shoemaker asks the question has COVID-19 has changed the future of education? David and Andrew Glover, co-owners of Windsor-based Harbour Tech, answered the call of the Canadian government and designed equipment to decontaminate N-95 masks and produce hospital gowns. Gene Parunak CEO of in2Being medical consulting practice, updates

By |2024-04-04T14:18:40-04:00June 7th, 2020|M2 TechCast, Podcasts|

Forbes Opens Under 30 Detroit Hackathon: Accelerating Change

DETROIT - Forbes and Rocket Mortgage by Quicken Loans announced the Under 30 Detroit Hackathon: Accelerating Change to bring together entrepreneurs and problem-solvers to work in tandem with the city’s private and public leaders, stakeholders and organizations to tackle systemic inequities that have been magnified by the pandemic and brought to center stage by the

By |2020-06-06T15:30:21-04:00June 6th, 2020|Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Featured|

Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency Takes Steps To Stem Identity Theft

LANSING - The Unemployment Insurance Agency today provided Michigan consumers with resources to help protect against unemployment identity theft and steps to take if they are victim. The agency recently warned residents of attempts by criminals to file imposter claims as part of an international criminal ring reported by the U.S. Secret Service (USSS) to

By |2020-06-06T15:22:02-04:00June 6th, 2020|Cyber Defense, Featured, Politics, Politics/Government|

Utilities Extend Shutoff Protections Through Mid June To Help Struggling Customers

LANSING - Michigan’s regulated utilities have agreed to extend through mid-June the shutoff protections, flexible payment plans and other options they’ve offered to help customers struggling to pay utility bills because of the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Utilities including the state’s two largest, Consumers Energy and DTE Energy, have extended protections for vulnerable customers through

By |2020-06-06T16:56:32-04:00June 6th, 2020|Featured, Politics, Politics/Government|

New cholesterol-buster from Esperion now available in U.S.

ANN ARBOR—Esperion Therapeutics Inc. has finally launched the cholesterol busting drug the company has been development and made Nexlizet tablets available in the United States. Nexlizet is a combination of bempedoic acid and ezetimibe. Bempedoic acid is the Esperion-developed active ingredient in Nexletol tablets, approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and introduced earlier

By |2020-06-06T15:31:52-04:00June 6th, 2020|ESD|

Ann Arbor Biotech Companies Form Partnership To Battle SARS

ANN ARBOR—Swift Biosciences and Arbor Biosciences, two Ann Arbor biotech companies, have partnered to offer a complete workflow for RNA-Seq library preparation and targeted enrichment of the SARS-CoV-2 genome. An enabling offering for epidemiological research and public health surveillance, the partnership uses Swift’s patented Adaptase technology within the Swift RNA Library Kits combined with myBaits

By |2020-06-06T15:31:52-04:00June 6th, 2020|Coronavirus, Science|

MSU Accelerator Starts Fifth Summer Cohort With Five Tech Startups

EAST LANSING—The Michigan State University Foundation’s Conquer Accelerator announced the launch of its fifth season and summer 2020 cohort. The 10-week accelerator welcomes five selected teams to its East Lansing program: ARUtility, Lucypop, MenuBubble, PhenoLogic, and StarForged Studios. “It’s hard to believe that we’re already moving into our fifth year for Conquer Accelerator, but when

By |2020-06-06T15:31:52-04:00June 6th, 2020|Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs|

Great Lakes Advisory Board Re-Established By EPA Administrator

MUSKEGON — U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler announced the re-establishment of the Great Lakes Advisory Board at a news conference at Grand Valley's Annis Water Resources Institute on June 3. The GLAB serves to provide advice and recommendations on matters related to the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative and the implementation of the Great

By |2020-06-03T20:17:12-04:00June 3rd, 2020|Clean Update|