Events/Announcements

NextEnergy Center Designer Named NextEnergy Chief Operating Officer

DETROIT ? David McLean, who as a consultant oversaw the building of the NextEnergy Center, has been appointed Chief Operating Officer by NextEnergy. McLean will now oversee the operations of the Center, an alternative energy and distributed electrical generation research, development and demonstration facility at Wayne State University in downtown Detroit. McLean began his work

By |2005-10-05T00:00:00-04:00October 5th, 2005|Archive, Events/Announcements|

Video Music Pioneer Stevie Wonder Wins da Vinci Founder’s Award

SOUTHFIELD ? Stevie Wonder will receive a special Founder?s Award at the fifth annual Dinner with da Vinci October 21 at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Dearborn. The musical artist will be recognized for developing the first descriptive music video, So What the Fuss. The awards recognize the most innovative developments and research in adaptive

By |2005-10-05T00:00:00-04:00October 5th, 2005|Archive, Events/Announcements|

Michigan Sen. Stabenow To Keynote Technology Excellence At Women’s Gala

ANN ARBOR ? Michigan Sen. Debbie Stabenow will talk about excellence in technology in her keynote speech next month at the Ann Arbor Chapter of the Association of Women in Computing?s annual gala. The gala also raises money for college scholarships for women of all ages formally studying information technology. It will be held Nov.

By |2005-10-04T00:00:00-04:00October 4th, 2005|Archive, Events/Announcements|

Sun, Google Shake Hands On Partnership ? Microsoft In Their Crosshairs

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - Sun Microsystems and Google announced a multiyear partnership Tuesday to help spread and develop each other's software, a deal that includes OpenOffice.org, Java and OpenSolaris from Sun, and Google's Toolbar ? a direct challenge to Microsoft?s Internet dominance. The partnership begins with a modest step: Within 30 days, the Google toolbar

By |2005-10-04T00:00:00-04:00October 4th, 2005|Archive, Events/Announcements|

Business, Consumer Groups Criticize Markup Of Michigan Telecom Bills

LANSING - Consumer advocacy, senior citizen and small business groups gathered Tuesday to criticize the makeup of the telecommunications bills now under legislative consideration. The groups charged that the legislation would reverse marketplace progress made since the 2000 Telecommunications Act and set the stage for a land-line monopoly for the two phone company giants. The

By |2005-10-04T00:00:00-04:00October 4th, 2005|Archive, Events/Announcements|

Michigan 2005-2006 Budget Approved

LANSING - Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm signed the remaining major elements of the 2005 -06 budget, while it was still daylight on the final day of the old fiscal year. "Despite continued struggles with a changing global economy, we have provided Michigan citizens with a fiscally responsible that both protects our quality of life and

By |2005-10-02T00:00:00-04:00October 2nd, 2005|Archive, Events/Announcements|

Michigan Sen. Garcia Guarantees Michigan Tri-Corridor Funds Will Be Replaced

DETROIT ? Negotiations are underway in the Michigan legislature to restore the nearly $30 million in Michigan Tri-Corridor Funding eliminated last week by the legislature, Michigan Sen. Valde Garcia (R-Howell) said Thursday at the MichBio Expo. Garcia, chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development, said he expects the funds to come

By |2005-09-30T00:00:00-04:00September 30th, 2005|Archive, Events/Announcements|