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MITechNews.Com Video Press Release Promotional Offer For Automation Alley Members

TROY - MITechNews.Com is offering Automation Alley members a wonderful video promotional opportunity that is guaranteed to result in great search engine optimization. Video News Updates, a 90-second video press release, is available now through March 31, 2017, for just $399. On April 1, the price increases to $499. The videos will be shot in

By |2017-02-07T18:54:22-05:00February 7th, 2017|Featured, News|

Michigan Science Center’s Matthews To Join M2 TechCast Monthly For Special STEM Segment

DETROIT - Tonya Matthews PhD, president and CEO at the Michigan Science Center, kicks off a monthly segment on M2 TechCast Monday Feb. 5 when she will discuss how the center helps get young people, particularly young girls, interested in Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math. Matthews launched the center’s STEMinista Project for girls in

By |2017-02-03T10:32:17-05:00February 3rd, 2017|News, STEM|

Michigan’s Chief Economist to Retire After 36 Years Of State Service

LANSING - Michigan’s Chief Economist Jay Wortley is retiring effective Feb. 28, after 36 years of state government service. He will be replaced by Eric Bussis who also will serve as director of the Office of Revenue and Tax Analysis. Wortley serves as the director of the Michigan Department of Treasury’s Office of Revenue and

By |2017-02-02T13:58:30-05:00February 2nd, 2017|News, Politics|

Consumer Optimism Surges In January Amid Partisanship – Highest Level In Last 12 Years

ANN ARBOR - Consumers expressed a higher level of confidence in January than at any other time in the last dozen years. The post-election surge in confidence was driven by a more optimistic outlook for the economy and job growth during the year ahead as well as more favorable economic prospects over the next five

By |2017-01-27T10:52:12-05:00January 27th, 2017|Featured, News|

Michigan Science Center CEO Appointed To National Academies Of Sciences, Engineering, Medicine

DETROIT - Tonya Matthews PhD, president and CEO at the Michigan Science Center, has been appointed to Board on Science Education at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine. Matthews will join the chairman and 13 other members on BOSE, a standing board that guides a portfolio of work on science education broadly conceived

By |2017-01-26T20:53:40-05:00January 26th, 2017|News, STEM|

Open Systems Technologies Forms Strategic Partnership With Sweden’s Configura

GRAND RAPIDS – A recent meeting with longtime Open Systems Technologies client Herman Miller provided the inspiration that led to a strategic partnership between OST and leaders of the Grand Rapids office of Sweden-based Configura, maker of space-planning software. The collaboration agreement calls for OST to serve as a formal Implementation Partner for Configura’s CET

By |2017-01-27T11:18:31-05:00January 25th, 2017|Entrepreneurs, News|

studioONE Named General Contractor To Renovate Toyota Engineering Theater

DETROIT - studiozONE has been named as general contractor for the transformation and renovation of the Toyota Engineering Theater at the Michigan Science Center. This announcement follows Toyota Motor North America’s $1.44 million commitment to the TET, which supports its desire to create the next generation of STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and math) professionals.

By |2017-01-16T20:54:31-05:00January 16th, 2017|News|

19 Michigan Nonprofits Expanded Digital Literacy In 2016 Through $351,000 In Comcast Foundation Grants

PLYMOUTH - Nineteen Michigan nonprofit organizations expanded digital literacy, promoted the importance of community service and helped build tomorrow’s leaders thanks to $351,000 in grants from the Comcast Foundation in 2016.  “I appreciate the Comcast Foundation’s continued investment in our state’s nonprofit organizations,” Gov. Rick Snyder said. “Thanks to the tireless efforts and extremely important

By |2017-01-13T11:09:54-05:00January 12th, 2017|News|

Survey: Finding Qualified Talent Top Concern For Grand Rapids Chamber Members

GRAND RAPIDS – A 2017 survey by the Grand Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce shows finding qualified talent as the top concern for the first time, surpassing the cost of health care which had been the top issue for the last four years. Despite the concerns expressed in the survey, more than 93 percent of

By |2017-01-12T16:41:27-05:00January 12th, 2017|News|

Worldwide PC Shipments In 2016 Fall To 2007 Level

STAMFORD - Worldwide PC shipments in 2016 declined by 6.2 percent, the fourth consecutive year shipments have declined. For the year, worldwide PC shipments totaled 269.7 million units, the same levels of shipments as 2007. "Stagnation in the PC market continued into the fourth quarter of 2016 as holiday sales were generally weak due to

By |2017-01-12T16:05:11-05:00January 12th, 2017|News|