SOUTHFIELD—The application process for SME Education Foundation Scholarships remains open through Feb. 1. Eligible students include high school seniors, undergraduates, and graduate students pursuing degrees in advanced manufacturing, technology, and related engineering fields at two- and four-year colleges. “We’re committed to supporting students and young people as they build their futures,” said Rob Luce, vice president of
PLYMOUTH—Stardock, the Plymouth-based developer of PC strategy games, announced the latest edition of its political strategy simulation, The Political Machine 2020. The PC strategy game allows players to choose a candidate and run for President against either a computer opponent or a candidate controlled by another person over the Internet. Candidates include current Democratic hopefuls Joe
ROYAL OAK - Dan Lohrmann from Security Mentor recaps the 2019 Cybersecurity threats and predicts what hackers will attack in 2020. https://youtu.be/Vz7uMsUfm6g
LANSING- Consumer outrage over an anti-cannabis campaign has seemingly forced its removal from social media outlets. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) produced a series of six videos which, according to a spokesperson, were intended to discourage youth use of cannabis. Released in December, the video campaign was recently discovered by cannabis
BOULDER, CO. - Healthcare, computer and IT continue to be the most promising career fields for remote-friendly jobs, while the education industry has also enjoyed sustained growth in its remote job opportunities, a new report contends. FlexJobs released its 7th annual list of the Top 100 Companies to Watch for Remote Jobs in 2020. Remote
MUSKEGON - Grand Valley State University's Muskegon Innovation Hub has opened nominations for the second annual Lakeshore Innovator of the Year Award, a program that celebrates and recognizes the most innovative ideas on the Lakeshore. The award will be given to an individual or group of people from any business, nonprofit, organization or association in
ANN ARBOR – NSF International has named Lesley Ma to lead its global information technology and continuous improvement efforts. Ma, who most recently served as Global Chief Information Officer for Cadillac, is now CIO and Continuous Improvement Officer for the global public health organization. “While our mission to protect and improve human health around the
FLINT - XLerateHealth, a Louisville, KY-based healthcare startup accelerator, has partnered with the University of Michigan to bring its Fast Forward Medical Innovation’s fastPACE biomedical entrepreneur program to XLH Flint. FFMI fastPACE is a four-week biomedical innovation and commercialization project-based course designed for life science innovators with an early stage project. More than 250 project
NOVI – As the voice of the Michigan entrepreneurial and investment community, Michigan Venture Capital Association (MVCA), has appointed Michael Gross, managing director at Beringea, as chairman of the organization’s board of directors. Gross will assume the position previously held by Tom Shehab of Arboretum Ventures whose term expired in 2019. In his role at Beringea, Gross is responsible
STAMFORD, Conn. — Worldwide PC shipments totaled 70.6 million units in the fourth quarter of 2019, a 2.3 percent increase from the fourth quarter of 2018, according to preliminary results by Gartner, Inc. For the year, 2019 PC shipments surpassed 261 million units, showing 0.6 percent growth from 2018. “The PC market experienced growth for
