SOUTHFIELD - When students have to miss school, they miss out on important instructional time that feeds their young, curious minds. When their schedules are suddenly turned upside down, frustration and boredom can set in, unless they are able to find ways to occupy their time. But there are many resources and activities out there
LANSING–The Michigan Economic Development Corp. Pure Michigan Business Connect program is expanding its free, online procurement platform by now including donations from suppliers capable of filling health and human service needs across a broad range of product and service categories. The platform will provide direct access to businesses within the state providing supplies including personal
DEARBORN—Ford Motor Co. announced several initiatives to bolster the company’s cash position and support sales amid the coronavirus health crisis. Among the company’s moves: Borrowng the maximum $15.4 billion under two existing credit lines to offset the impact of coronavirus-related production shutdowns in North America and Europe Suspending the company’s dividend to shareholders Withdrawing financial
LANSING—The American Council of Engineering Companies of Michigan named Livonia-based OHM Advisors its Large Firm of the Year and FK Engineering Associates of Madison Heights its Small Firm of the Year at its annual Engineering & Surveying Excellence Awards Gala held March 7 in Grand Rapids. The awards recognize excellence in both professional practice and
GRAND RAPIDS - Davenport University has been selected as a 2020 Michigan Performance Excellence Award recipient by Michigan Performance Excellence, the highest honor given to organizations in Michigan that demonstrate outstanding performance, leadership and operational excellence. Davenport is the first university to earn this distinction in Michigan. MIPEx is one of more than 30 state and regional Baldrige-based performance
GRAND RAPIDS—The Van Andel Institute for Education announced that it would host “Science on the Grand: A STEAM conference for inquiry-based instruction” for the third year, on July 13 and 14 in Grand Rapids. This conference equips K–12 educators with the skills, resources, confidence, and competence they need to create a classroom culture which supports
ANN ARBOR—Esperion Therapeutics Inc. announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval of Nexlizet, a combination tablet of Esperion’s new non-staticholesterol reducing drug bempedoic acid and an earlier non-statin cholesterol-reducer, exetimibe. The new drug will be an oral, once-daily, non-statin medicine designed to reduce levels of LDL cholesterol, the so-called bad cholesterol, intended for people who
LANSING—Michigan state government has released a draft Adaptive Management Plan that will inform decisions and guide projects outlined in the Domestic Action Plan for Lake Erie, a targeted approach for improving water quality and reducing the amount of phosphorus entering the lake by 40 percent by 2025. Decreasing phosphorus inputs is intended to help reduce
DETROIT—Lean and Green Michigan, the consulting firm for Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing, will host the Southeast Michigan PACE Summit on Wednesday, April 15, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the headquarters of Ann Arbor Spark, 330 E. Liberty St. in Ann Arbor. The Southeast Michigan PACE Summit will include presentations on Southeast Michigan-based PACE
SOUTHFIELD - The Michigan Council of Women in Technology Foundation has increased the number of all-girl teams it is sponsoring in Robofest, a competition for student-programmed autonomous robots invented by Lawrence Technological University computer science professor C.J. Chung. The MCWTF will now sponsor 10 Robofest teams with $500 grants that the teams can use toward
