GRAND RAPIDS—The Van Andel Institute for Education announced that it would host “Science on the Grand: A STEAM conference for inquiry-based instruction” for the third year, on July 13 and 14 in Grand Rapids. This conference equips K–12 educators with the skills, resources, confidence, and competence they need to create a classroom culture which supports
ANN ARBOR—Esperion Therapeutics Inc. announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval of Nexlizet, a combination tablet of Esperion’s new non-staticholesterol reducing drug bempedoic acid and an earlier non-statin cholesterol-reducer, exetimibe. The new drug will be an oral, once-daily, non-statin medicine designed to reduce levels of LDL cholesterol, the so-called bad cholesterol, intended for people who
SOUTHFIELD—A new, comprehensive study from the Michigan Council of Women in Technology offers new insights into the state of girls and women in technology – what drives them, what challenges them and what makes them stay. MCWT interviewed nearly 500 people to produce “Explore, Focus and Grow: A Technology Career Journey in Michigan”—from students in
SOUTHFIELD—Women are making gains in corporate leadership, but still face obstacles, and meeting those challenges means building networks, continuing education, confidence, and not being afraid to challenge the status quo. That was the message Thursday in “A Crash Course: Women in Leadership,” part of the Leaders & Innovators business breakfast series presented by WWJ Newsradio
LANSING—Michigan state government has released a draft Adaptive Management Plan that will inform decisions and guide projects outlined in the Domestic Action Plan for Lake Erie, a targeted approach for improving water quality and reducing the amount of phosphorus entering the lake by 40 percent by 2025. Decreasing phosphorus inputs is intended to help reduce
GRAND HAVEN — A $5 million private equity investment supports UV Angel’s move toward the marketplace with a new product that cleans the air in hospitals and other facilities. Coming to market this spring, UV Angel Air uses the Grand Haven-based company’s ultraviolet light technology in ceiling light fixtures. Air goes in one side of the fixtures,
ANN ARBOR - Michigan schools are scrambling to build plans for what to do if a student or community member is diagnosed with the potentially deadly new coronavirus. School districts around the state are meeting with county health departments and preparing protocols that address everything from potential school closures to continuing school through online services
LANSING - Marijuana is still illegal under federal law so when a marijuana business goes broke, it isn't eligible to file for bankruptcy in the federal courts, Kent County Circuit Court Judge Christopher Yates told the Michigan House Judiciary Committee Tuesday. "Whether we like it or not, we in the state of Michigan, in our
ANN ARBOR - Most Michigan residents say climate change is happening and it will harm people in the United States — just not them personally, according to new polling data. It’s a “stunning” gap, said Jennifer Marlon, a lead researcher on the project, by the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication. The Yale research group annually estimates
LANSING - The latest return-on-investment study on the Pure Michigan ad campaign found a return of $8.79 for every dollar spent on the combined warm weather and fall campaigns of 2019, according to the Michigan Economic Development Corp. According to the MEDC in a press release, $16.1 million was spent on out-of-state Pure Michigan campaigns
