FARMINGTON HILLS–Officials at OptimDosing, a provider of digital healthcare products and services, announced the launch of AITIA Coronavirus, an automated pre-screening tool for COVID-19. AITIA Coronavirus takes on the compliance burden of tracking employees, visitors, students and teachers by creating an easy-to-use platform that allows administrators the ability to customize screening criteria, send reminders to
LANSING–After a months-long hiatus caused by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s budget cuts, the Pure Michigan advertising campaign is returning to the airwaves, touting the state’s many winter recreation activities. The new ad, “Still Pure,” encourages safe travel while enjoying outdoor activities in the winter months. The regional and in-state Pure Michigan winter advertising campaign will run
LANSING–Michigan will receive $362,985,055 in federal funding over the next 10 years to expand broadband access to 249,263 sites statewide, officials of the Michigan Economic Development Corp. announced. The funding is being awarded through the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Rural Digital Opportunity Fund Phase 1 auction. “The internet access divide is real and must be
SOUTHFIELD—Lawrence Technological University has received the maximum 10-year re-accreditation for its academic programs from the Higher Learning Commission, the nation’s foremost accreditation body for colleges and universities. The final report from a seven-member outside peer review team specifically mentioned the university’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, a “rigorous” ongoing strategic planning progress, an Academic Achievement
ANN ARBOR—Foresight Autonomous Holdings Ltd. (Nasdaq: FRSX), the automotive vision systems developer based in Ness Ziona, Israel, announced today that it would join the University of Michigan’s TechLab at Mcity 2021 startup cohort, managed by the UM Center for Entrepreneurship, to further develop its automotive vision system designed for Advanced Driver Assistance Systems and autonomous
SOUTHFIELD—Lawrence Technological University announced that it will launch a two-year master’s degree program in physician assistant studies in its Fall 2022 semester, pending achieving Accreditation-Provisional status from the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA). LTU anticipates achieving Accreditation-Provisional status at the March 2022 ARC-PA meeting. The program will be offered in
BAD AXE—The Huron County Economic Development Corp. and the recently formed Huron County Broadband Committee have launched a new initiative to help expand and improve high-speed internet access for county residents, businesses, schools, health care centers, and community organizations. “The Huron County EDC is constantly working on ways to improve communities and business climate in
LANSING—Holiday shopping is in the home stretch, and the Michigan Economic Development Corp.’s Pure Michigan business promotion efforts is offering shoppers ways to consider giving Michigan-made products, supporting local retailers and restaurants, or presenting the perfect Michigan getaway as a special holiday gift this year. “The memories made exploring and enjoying the state of Michigan
WYANDOTTE—The city of Wyandotte has selected CommScope, a Hickory, N.C.-based communication network provider, to deliver high-capacity, low-latency connectivity to the city’s 25,000 residents. CommScope will enable nearly 13,000 homes and more than 700 commercial buildings to have access to a new network with up to 10 gigabits per second of internet, IP video and smart home
LANSING—Officials with PlanetM, the state of Michigan’s mobility industry accelerator, announced its next fround of testing grants, totaling $200,000, for drone and connected vehicle technology programs. Testing of the technologies will take place at Michigan testing centers, including Mcity at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and the Michigan Unmanned Aerial Systems Consortium (MUASC) in Alpena. “Our testing
