ANN ARBOR - A new University-sponsored grant program aims to give a $250,000 to 250 students or student teams over the next five years to help them launch an entrepreneurial venture or gain entrepreneurial skills. The Jump Start grants will provide approximately 50 young entrepreneurs per year with between $250 and $1,500 to help pay
ANN ARBOR - Research spending at the University of Michigan in 2010-11 grew 8.5 percent over the previous year to $1.24 billion. Federal research spending accounted for two-thirds of the total. "University research is a key driver of innovation in the U.S.," said Stephen R. Forrest, vice president for research. "This continued growth in funding
DETROIT - DTE Energy plans to issue Requests for Proposals to add energy efficient programs to its electric profile. Contractors interested in submitting a proposal must contact DTE Energy by Sept. 23. Detroit Edison, DTE Energy's electric utility, is seeking bids from qualified Michigan energy efficiency implementation vendors to provide energy-saving programs for two of
ANN ARBOR ? The Princeton Review and Entrepreneur Magazine has named the Samuel Zell and Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies the fifth best graduate program for entrepreneurship in its joint "Top 25 Graduate Entrepreneurship Programs" ranking. Through the Institute's cross-disciplinary outreach, a firm foothold of entrepreneurship has been planted at the Stephen M.
LANSING - If the controversial New International Trade Crossing bridge is built between Detroit and Windsor, it would have the biggest effect on relieving traffic congestion between the two nations, a study said, whereas a second Ambassador Bridge located next to the current span would not. The study did not, however, recommend one project or
LANSING - A bipartisan package of bills to be introduced this week would fix what the Michigan Retailers Association says is a fundamental issue of fairness that is lacking in the way the state collects taxes from online retailers. Rep. Jim Ananich (D-Flint) and Rep. Eileen Kowall (R-White Lake Township) announced the bill package they
EAST LANSING - The emphasis on attracting high-skill jobs that require high-caliber education is leaving students who are capable of working important, quality jobs stuck with thinking that their choice in life is either to become a brain surgeon or working a low-skill service job, author and futurist Joel Kotkin said Tuesday. Speaking at the
DETROIT - Detroit Public Schools could lose as much as a third of its teaching staff over the next several years, but the staffing cuts are part of the district's school improvement plan, not its deficit reduction plan, officials told Gongwer News Service. The recent deficit reduction plans filed with the state call for eliminating
LANSING - For the first time since 1996, Michigan would once again ban a late-term abortion procedure under bills passed out of both the House and Senate on Wednesday. Governor John Engler declared Michigan was the first state to prohibit doctors from performing so-called "partial-birth" abortions 15 years ago, but the courts struck down the
ANN ARBOR - Customer satisfaction across three durable goods industries stalled in 2011, with the majority of companies staying almost exactly where they were in 2010, according to a report released Tuesday by the American Customer Satisfaction Index. The report covers customer satisfaction with personal computers, major appliances, and electronics (televisions and BD-DVD players). One