GALESBURG - Power management company Eaton announced that Staci Kroon has been named one of Automotive News magazine’s 100 Leading Women in the North American Auto Industry. The recognition identifies her as one of the leading female executives among automakers, suppliers and dealerships. “I am greatly honored to be included among this group of outstanding
SOUTHFIELD - Lawrence Technological University has received an in-kind software grant from Siemens PLM Software with a commercial value of $210 million - software providing LTU students access to the same technology that companies around the world depend on every day to develop innovative products in a wide variety of industries including automotive, aerospace, machinery,
LANSING – Can’t make it to Lansing to tour the capitol building. No worries. The Michigan State Capitol Commission has you covered with a Virtual Tour. The tour enables users to traverse the halls of the Capitol, get a peek inside the House and Senate chambers and even learn about the many portraits and other
DETROIT – Peoplemovers.Com began life in 2010 as an experiment by founder Keith Zendler, who hoped to build a website that could demonstrate how an Internet bulletin board could help Detroit connect its leaders, companies, organizations, schools and people to create economic and cultural growth. Last month, Zendler brought this project to Pune, India, known
HOUGHTON - Les Cook, vice president for student affairs and advancement at Michigan Technological University, has been named one of the NASPA Foundation’s 2016 Pillars of the Profession. NASPA is the leading professional organization for student affairs administrators in higher education. Each year, the NASPA Foundation recognizes individuals who have earned professional distinction in higher
ANN ARBOR - A "big data brain trust" has been established by the National Science Foundation to bring together industry, government and academia to accelerate this emerging field and harness it to solve some of society's toughest problems. The University of Michigan will play a leading role in the new Midwest Big Data Innovation Hub
SOUTHFIELD – Michigan’s best hiring event for engineering and technical talent is just two weeks away. The Engineering Society of Detroit's annual Fall Engineering & Technology Job Fair is scheduled for Nov. 16 at the Suburban Collection Showplace in Novi. For job seekers, the Job Fair promises hundreds of openings in all forms of engineering
LOS ANGELES – CBS Television Studios announced Monday that it will bring Star Trek back to weekly life with a new series in 2017. The show is scheduled to debut in 2017, so it will just miss the 2016 celebrations of the franchise's 50th anniversary. It will air with a premiere episode on CBS and
HILLVIEW, Kentucky - It was a case that gripped the nation. Or at least Kentucky. Last July William Merideth said he saw a drone flying over his old Kentucky home. He believed it was spying on his 16-year-old daughter who was sunbathing in the garden. So he took out his shotgun and blasted the drone
LANSING - Nationally, cyber charter schools substantially underperformed traditional public schools, but those in Michigan were about on par with their peers, a report issued Wednesday by the Center for Research on Education Outcomes at Stanford University said. Overall, the report found students in cyber charter schools were 180 days behind their peers in traditional public schools
