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New Horizons Great Lakes Blog – 5 Trends in Front-End Web Development For 2014

DETROIT - As the use of smartphones and tablets has continued to boom, web design trends for 2014 center around functional, clean design that enhance the user experience and facilitate seamless e-commerce transactions. Below are five trends I am noticing in front-end web development: 1. Responsive Design Using a combination of HTML5, CSS3 and media

By |2014-05-15T00:00:00-04:00May 15th, 2014|Archive, Guest Columns|

Online Tech Acquires Indianapolis Data Center

ANN ARBOR - Online Tech has acquired a data center in Indianapolis which will represent an investment of more than $10 million in property, planned upgrades and servers. ?Indianapolis is the thirteenth largest city in the United States?even larger than San Francisco?and we believe its businesses are underserved by secure cloud computing providers,? said Mike

By |2014-05-14T00:00:00-04:00May 14th, 2014|Archive, Events/Announcements|

VAI Pathway For Hope Research Makes Progress On Tuberous Sclerosis

GRAND RAPIDS - May 15th is Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Awareness Day, and in 2013 Van Andel Research Institute launched the Pathway of Hope research initiative under the direction of Dr. Jeffrey MacKeigan, Associate Professor and Head of the Institute?s Laboratory of Systems Biology. The initiative involves a combination of basic biology, translational and clinical approaches,

By |2014-05-14T00:00:00-04:00May 14th, 2014|Archive, Life Sciences/Biotech|

State of Michigan To Host MiVirtualCareerFair May 21

LANSING - Job seekers and Michigan employers can connect with each other through a State-sponsored virtual career fair on May 21 at the MiVirtualCareerFairs. More than 4,250 job seekers participated in the February 2014 MiVirtualCareerFair. Two additional virtual event opportunities are scheduled in 2014: August 27 and November 12. ?With more than 70,000 jobs currently

By |2014-05-14T00:00:00-04:00May 14th, 2014|Archive, Events/Announcements|

NextEnergy Gets $300,000 To Strengthen Domestic Power Electronics Ecosystem

DETROIT - The Power Electronics Industry Collaborative has been awarded a $500,000, two-year grant from the National Institute of Standards and Technology for the Advanced Manufacturing Technology Consortia Program to fund a proposal to strengthen the domestic power electronics ecosystem. NextEnergy will receive more than $300,000 as a sub award to support grant activities. The

By |2014-05-14T00:00:00-04:00May 14th, 2014|Archive, Clean, green, hybrid|

Lawrence Tech To Host Robofest World Championships May 17

SOUTHFIELD - Over Seventy teams from 10 states and eight other countries will compete in the 15th annual Robofest World Championships on May 17 at the Don Ridler Field House, Lawrence Technological University. Admission and parking are free. Robofest is a competition of autonomous robots ? computer-programmed to act independently and not remote-controlled ? that

By |2014-05-12T00:00:00-04:00May 12th, 2014|Archive, Events/Announcements|

Richardville Defends Bill On Minimum Wage

LANSING - Senate Majority Leader Randy Richardville on Monday stood by his decision to be the lead sponsor on a bill that would render moot a ballot proposal raising the minimum wage, saying doing so was within the realm of responsibility for legislators. "My concern was that you had a lot of out-of-state money backing

By |2014-05-12T00:00:00-04:00May 12th, 2014|Archive, Events/Announcements|