EAST LANSING ? Michigan State University?s College of Engineering has recruited not only the largest incoming class of freshmen since 1986, but also the largest number of women to enroll in decades. Some 260 women make up 18 percent of the class, up from 225, or 16 percent, a year ago. The incoming class this
STERLING HEIGHTS - The Macomb-OU INCubator was recently awarded $27,000 in Business Accelerator Funds to provide accelerator services to client company 401K GPS. "Our experience with Mac-OU INC has been stellar, particularly the coaching and support of Mike Brennan. He has provided clarity and creativity as we redefine and grow our business, and he shepherded
ANN ARBOR - Toyota will move forward with the planning of its new facility on the York Township campus of the Toyota Technical Center to accommodate approximately 250 direct procurement positions currently based in Kentucky after state and local incentives were announced Tuesday by the Michigan Economic Development Corporation and York Township. The project was
FLINT - The Robotics Education & Competition Foundation and Kettering University announced a partnership to establish 10 new scholarships for students participating in the annual VEX Robotics Competition, which are valued at $225,000. In addition, Kettering University will participate at the VEX Robotics World Championship as part of College Row on April 15 ? 18,
ANN ARBOR ? Customer satisfaction with automakers is down for a second straight year, according to the American Customer Satisfaction Index. In the latest ACSI report, automobiles and light vehicles fall 1.2 percent to 82 on a 100-point scale, as 16 of 21 measured nameplates exhibit declines in customer satisfaction ? only Chevrolet and Buick,
GRAND RAPIDS ? MITechNews.Com has partnered with Michipreneur, an online publication built to empower entrepreneurs to offer more complete coverage of the state?s start-up scene. MITechNews.Com will republish select Michipreneur stories with links to its web site Michipreneur.Com ?We?re excited to offer our readers much broader coverage of entrepreneurs, coverage of private equity investment, as
NEWTON, MA - The 2013 Global Information Security Workforce Survey indicates that demand for information security professionals was expected to increase by 12 percent in the Americas in the next 12 months, with an estimate of 164,000 new IT security related jobs. While many companies have trouble filling their IT security pipelines with skilled security
ANN ARBOR ? Syntel Inc. founder Bharat Desai graduated from the University of Michigan in 1981 with an MBA and built a multi-million-dollar Information Technology services company. Now he?s giving back to his alma mater. On Tuesday, he announced the Desai Family Accelerator, a joint venture between the Ross School of Business and College of
LANSING - An audit assessing the effectiveness of the state's efforts to ensure reliability of data in the Enterprise Data Warehouse of the Department of Technology, Management and Budget yielded one material condition and three other reportable ones. The most serious issue the Office of the Auditor General found with the EDW, noted as a
LANSING - The flooding that struck the metro Detroit region last week could provide a chance for supporters of a sales tax increase for road and infrastructure funding to push for a vote on the issue, an official with the Michigan Association of Counties said Monday. The association has backed an increase in the state's