SOUTHFIELD - Fifteen-year-old Grayson Rosenberger, a freshman at Franklin Road Academy in Nashville, Tennessee, will be receiving the prestigious 2007 da Vinci Award for his application of a life-like surface for prosthetic legs. The idea also won the first place $10,000 prize in the Bubble Wrap Competition for Young Inventors. The da Vinci Awards, honors
BIG RAPIDS - Verizon Wireless has expanded the national rollout of its high-speed wireless network to Big Rapids, including the downtown area, which includes Ferris State University campus, part of a nearly $1 billion Verizon investment in Michigan. The expansion also covers US Route 131 between Paris and Sand Lake as well as the towns
DETROIT ? Former Detroit Mayor Dennis Archer and Weight Watchers CEO Florine Mark have been added to Wayne State University's E2Detroit Entrepreneurship and Excellence Symposium scheduled for Oct. 1-2. E2Detroit provides resources to entrepreneurs and small business owners by bringing together regional business leaders to share ideas about the tools and relationships necessary to launch
BLOOMFIELD HILLS ? Great Lakes Angles, one of the region's leading angel investment groups, will move its office to the business incubator at Oakland University as part of a new alliance with the school. Great Lakes Angels President and Founder David Weaver said a package of benefits offered GLA by OU Accelerator Executive Director David
FARMINGTON HILLS ? Executive Search Partners has been selected by Goldline Research as one of the Most Dependable Executive Search Firms and Staffing Agencies in the Great Lakes region. The company said the kudos came for exceeding the industry standard for professionalism, an excellent record of ethical business dealings and for getting ranked as one
ANN ARBOR ? Ensure Technologies Marketing Coordinator Lisa Beedon has been honored by the local chapter of American Business Women's Association as their Woman of the Year. Beedon, a three year member of the Maia Chapter of ABWA in Ann Arbor, was recognized by chapter members for her significant contributions during the past year, serving
MOUNT PLEASANT - Central Michigan University Research Corporation and Dendritic Nanotechnologies have developed technology capable of absorbing toxic chemicals from ground water that could lead to a revolutionary ground water purification system. The U.S. Department of Defense's Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program has awarded CMU-RC and DNT a $1.3 million contract to refine the
FERNDALE - Tener Technologies has earned the Gold Certified Partner status in the Microsoft Partner Program with a competency in Networking Infrastructure Solutions. As a Gold Certified Partner, Tener Technologies has demonstrated expertise with Microsoft technologies and proven ability to meet customers' needs. Microsoft Gold Certified Partners receive a rich set of benefits, including access,
SOUTHFIELD - Out of 270 entries, The American Society of Association Executives has recognized The Engineering Society of Detroit's Technology Century Magazine with the 2007 Gold Circle Award for best publication for an association with a budget less than or equal to $2 million. Entries were judged on content, effectiveness, writing, design/layout and photography/illustration. Technology
DETROIT - Wayne State University will host an entrepreneurship and excellence symposium, E2detroit, this October to bring together business minds and students interested in entrepreneurship for a two-day conference that will feature some of Michigan?s top business leaders. E2detroit 2007 will feature keynote speakers, panel discussions, workshops, networking, the E2adventure competition, and a cocktail reception