EAST LANSING - Michigan State University’s ability to advance the fields of chemical engineering and materials science will be enhanced with a real estate gift appraised at $1.725 million which will subsequently be sold to support the College of Engineering. An endowed faculty position and scholarship will be created through the gift from Craig A.
ZEELAND - Product development and business consultant Disher Corp. plans to invest more than $1.4 million and create at least 42 jobs at its Ann Arbor and Zeeland offices after getting a $200,000 grant from the Michigan Economic Development Corporation. Since 2000, Disher has helped hundreds of small and large companies and inventors successfully discover,
TORONTO - GAO announced this week it is offering a complete family of mount on-metal extreme temperature, humidity, and impact resistant RFID tags. Included in this family of UHF tags is the fastenable on-metal tag, the paperclip sized small on-metal tag, the ultra-thin on-metal tag, the magnetic on-metal tag, and the waterproof razor on or
BOULDER, Co. - FlexJobs reports that computer/information technology and healthcare are the top career fields for telecommuting job listings. 20 of the telecommuting-friendly companies are computer or information technology-related, while 18 telecommuting-friendly companies are in the healthcare industry. FlexJobs’ annual top 100 companies list is based on an analysis of over 40,000 companies and their
ANN ARBOR - For the third straight year, students from the University of Michigan have received more Fulbright grants than those from any other public university in the U.S. The grants - one of the U.S. government's most prestigious awards - were provided to 29 students at U-M to study, conduct research or teach English
NOVI - Technology consulting company Red Level has attained Gold Cloud Productivity, Gold Hosting, Gold Midmarket Solution Provider, and Gold Small and Midmarket Cloud Solutions competencies and Silver Datacenter, Silver Messaging, and Silver Devices and Deployment competencies, from Microsoft. To earn a Microsoft competency, partners must successfully complete exams (resulting in Microsoft Certified Professionals) to
ANN ARBOR - Data center Online Tech has been named to the 2016 Managed Service Provider 500 list in the Hosting Service Provider 100 category. This annual list recognizes North American solution providers with cutting-edge approaches to delivering managed services. Channel Company RN's MSP 500 list is divided into three categories: the MSP Pioneer 250,
DETROIT - As part of Comcast’s multi-million dollar nationwide commitment to improve customer service, the company will open a new XFINITY retail store in Detroit’s Midtown on Feb. 22. Located at 3907 Woodward Avenue at the corner of Selden St., the new 1,770 square-foot space is designed entirely around the needs of customers, providing them with
ANN ARBOR - The defense and security products developer Arotech Corp. said it has received a $720,000 grant from Israel’s Office of the Chief Scientist toward research and development for its grid storage flow battery system. The grant will cover 40 percent of the planned R&D budget for the system in 2016. Arotech’s iron-iron flow
LANSING - The Pure Michigan marketing campaign was honored this week with a gold and two silvers at the Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association International’s Adrian Awards. “We have tremendous stories to tell about the leisure travel experience in Michigan and we strive to find new and engaging ways to share these stories in all
