DETROIT ? Carolyn Shields is the new dean of the College of Education at Wayne State University. Farshad Fotouhi is dean of the College of Engineering. MITechNews.Com incorrectly reported Shields was the newly appointed Engineering Dean. Our apologies to all for the mistake. a>>
DETROIT ? Biofuels developer NextCAT has received $250,000 in seed funding from Automation Alley to help commercialize biodiesel catalyst technology developed at the National Biofuels Energy Lab at Wayne State University. Founded in 2009, NextCAT is commercializing a class of catalysts that enable producers to use a wide variety of inexpensive feedstock such as waste
YPSILANTI - Michigan-based business owners will share their success with aspiring entrepreneurs as the Eastern Michigan University College of Business presents the Sesi Midwest Entrepreneurship Conference on February 11 at the EMU Student Center. The conference will focus on Innovation and Green entrepreneurship in Michigan. The keynote speaker will be Elizabeth Redmond, founder and president
WARREN - The Michigan Business and Professional Association, along with its sister association Michigan Food and Beverage Association, support President Obama's announcement during the State of the Union address to correct section 9006 of last year?s health care law, which requires companies to report to the IRS payments of more than $600 a year to
MUSKEGON - The Muskegon County Wastewater Management Systems announced Tuesday that it is seeking proposals from utility-scale wind developers interested in developing a project on 11,000 acres of MCWMS property near Lake Michigan. Rodger Kershner and Jon Kreucher of Howard & Howard, who both specialize in the firm's energy and utilities practice, were selected by
ANN ARBOR - Satisfaction with e-Government web sites slipped slightly, but remains near the all time high set in the third quarter of 2010. The results were released by ForeSeeResults in its American Customer Satisfaction Index E-Government Satisfaction Index. Of the 30 quarters that ACSI has been measuring e-government, three of the top five scores
LANSING - Michigan was one of 15 states and the District of Columbia to see its unemployment rate drop in December, according to a report released Tuesday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. While Michigan has typically ranked first or second in national jobless reports for years, December's 11.7 percent unemployment rate placed the
SPRING LAKE ? MarketNet Services has added Debraj Sinha to its web and software development team. Sinha has more than 13 year of experience in software development, technical leadership and project management in various industries including financial services, medical devices and financial regulation. He has a proven track record of delivering successful state-of-the-art web applications
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama used his State of the Union address to call on Congress to lower the corporate tax rate by closing industry-specific loopholes, find spending cuts across the government and invest more money in education, infrastructure and research. The president also called for a five-year freeze on nondefense discretionary spending. "We need
LANSING ? Gov. Rick Snyder has reappointed J.R. Richardson and John Madigan to the Michigan Natural Resources Commission. "J.R. and John continue to serve the NRC and Michigan's outdoors community well," Snyder said. "Their professional backgrounds and immense respect for our state?s natural resources heritage add a valuable perspective to the commission?s decision-making." Richardson, of