TROY—The Troy-based customer experience analytics and auto industry consulting firm J.D. Power predicted that new vehicle retail sales in June are expected to be just over 1 million units, down 11.3 percent in June from June 2019, and a 5.7 percent decrease compared to the J.D. Power pre-virus forecast The seasonally adjusted annualized rate (SAAR)
SOUTHFIELD—Like so many other educational activities, Lawrence Technological University’s Robofest World Championship is moving online this year. More than 2,500 students participate each year in Robofest in over 27 countries. When the coronavirus pandemic closed thousands of schools around the world in March, the student robotics competition was in the busy midst of its season
SOUTHFIELD—Officials at SME, formerly the Society of Manufacturing Engineers, announced 15 members as the winners of its 2020 SME Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award. The 2020 awardees, from the United States and Canada, have centered their research and management efforts around manufacturing processes, environmental sustainability, additive manufacturing, smart manufacturing, medical device manufacturing, nanomanufacturing, biomedical manufacturing,
ANN ARBOR—The coronavirus pandemic has changed the way Americans work and how they spend their leisure time, putting a spotlight on both high-speed internet service and in-home entertainment options. AVideo streaming remains the people’s choice, with customer satisfaction steady at a score of 76 (on a scale of 0 to 100), according to the American
ANN ARBOR—The Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO), the life science industry’s trade and lobbying group, has released its ninth biennial report, “The Bioscience Economy: Propelling Life-Saving Treatments, Supporting State & Local Communities,” which highlights Michigan as a top state for the biosciences. The report studies the state of the U.S. bioscience industry and its associated innovation
ANN ARBOR—Esperion Therapeutics Inc. has finally launched the cholesterol busting drug the company has been development and made Nexlizet tablets available in the United States. Nexlizet is a combination of bempedoic acid and ezetimibe. Bempedoic acid is the Esperion-developed active ingredient in Nexletol tablets, approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and introduced earlier
SOUTHFIELD—Tarek M. Sobh, the interim provost at the University of Bridgeport as well as UB’s executive vice president of research and economic development and founding dean of its College of Engineering, Business, and Education, has been named vice president of academic affairs and provost at Lawrence Technological University. Sobh’s appointment is effective Sept. 1 and
LANSING —Michigan’s independent, non-profit colleges and universities have shared a playbook filled with strategies for re-opening the state’s post-secondary education sector in the aftermath of COVID-19. The playbook is based on guidance from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, executive orders from Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, and other state and federal directives. “What we’ve
LANSING—The Michigan Strategic Fund has approved a brownfield redevelopment tax increment financing plan for the $256 million Red Cedar mixed use development. The project, being built by Continental/Ferguson Lansing LLC, will include multi-generational housing, restaurants, retail and two hotels along the Michigan Avenue corridor connecting Lansing with the region. According to the Michigan Economic Development
MIDLAND—In response to the widespread devastation caused by extensive rain and dam failure impacting its global headquarters community, and the Dow Company Foundation announced today $1 million of financial support for immediate relief and long-term recovery efforts associated with the flooding and its aftermath. “Michigan’s Great Lakes Bay Region has been Dow’s home for more than
