Events/Announcements

tech248 Kickoff January 20 Also Launches Partnership With MITechNews.Com

SOUTHFIELD ? Oakland County will host its first tech248 networking event January 20 at Blue Water Technologies in Southfield, kicking off a new partnership with MITechNews.Com. Tech248, the brainchild of Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson, will use MITechNews.Com, and its media partners, to tell the tech stories of thousands of tech entrepreneurs and companies

By |2015-01-16T00:00:00-05:00January 16th, 2015|Archive, Events/Announcements|

Snyder Signs Bills Requiring Amazon, Other Online Companies To Collect Sales Tax

LANSING - Michigan Retailers celebrated Thursday as Governor Rick Snyder signed legislation designed to require companies selling goods online to Michigan residents to charge the state's 6 percent sales tax. Retailers have long sought the bills in response to companies like Amazon not charging Michigan sales tax and dubbed the legislation "Main Street Fairness," contending

By |2015-01-16T00:00:00-05:00January 16th, 2015|Archive, Events/Announcements|

10 Promising Entrepreneurs To Present At ACE’15 Challenge

ANN ARBOR - Ten promising entrepreneurs have been chosen as ACE Challenge finalists from a broad range of applicants and each will give three-minute presentations to showcase their ventures during the evening program on January 29. With eight hundred attendees expected at ACE?15, the ACE Challenge guarantees the finalists a high visibility opportunity to present

By |2015-01-15T00:00:00-05:00January 15th, 2015|Archive, Events/Announcements|

U-M Gets $20 Million Gift To Create Sanger Leadership Center

ANN ARBOR ? The University of Michigan announced Thursday a $20 million gift to the Ross School of Business from Stephen W. and Karen Sanger to create the Sanger Leadership Center to expand U-M?s successful leadership development programming and empower more students to become leaders who make a positive difference in the world. The Sanger

By |2015-01-15T00:00:00-05:00January 15th, 2015|Archive, Events/Announcements|

U-M Leads Nationwide Study On Safety Of Older Drivers

ANN ARBOR - The University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute is one of five national test sites selected by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety to address the well-being of older drivers. Longitudinal Research on Aging Drivers (LongROAD) is a five-year $12 million project that will allow researchers to better understand the role of physical

By |2015-01-13T00:00:00-05:00January 13th, 2015|Archive, Events/Announcements|

U-M’s Cityscape Will Test Driverless Vehicles

ANN ARBOR - A 32-acre mini-city designed expressly for testing connected and automated vehicle systems, and other emerging 21st-century smart city technologies, is taking shape on the University of Michigan's North Campus. Called M City, the one-of-a-kind facility will include a network of roads with up to five lanes, intersections, roundabouts, roadway markings, traffic signs

By |2015-01-13T00:00:00-05:00January 13th, 2015|Archive, Events/Announcements|