LANSING - The Travel Industry Association of America honored Travel Michigan with two Mercury Awards - one for the Best State Tourism Advertising Campaign for its Pure Michigan campaign, and the other for Best State Tourism TV Spots. A Pure Michigan television commercial showcasing the state's world-class golf courses debuted in select national markets in
LANSING - The Travel Industry Association of America honored Travel Michigan with two Mercury Awards - one for the Best State Tourism Advertising Campaign for its Pure Michigan campaign, and the other for Best State Tourism TV Spots. In this Newsmaker Interview, George Zimmermann, a Michigan Economic Development Corp. vice president and director of the
LANSING - The Michigan House Judiciary Committee may soon be taking up legislation that would allow Michigan residents using in vitro fertilization the choice of whether they want to donate their unused embryos for stem cell research. The legislative package (HB 4616 , HB 4617 and HB 4618 ) also would make human cloning a
GRAND RAPIDS ? The Van Andel Institute on Monday marked its inaugural school year with an opening convocation held at Van Andel Institute?s Tomatis Auditorium. Keith Yamamoto, Ph.D., Executive Vice Dean, School of Medicine University of California San Francisco, delivered the keynote address. In May, Van Andel Education Institute (VAEI) officials announced the acceptance of
KALAMAZOO ? Government software developer Manatron on Tuesday announced it has agreed to acquire the Records Management Solutions Business from Austin, Texas, based Hart InterCivic for about $4.8 million in cash. Closing is expected by month's end. Cindy Phillips, General Manager of the Records Management Business and approximately 35 other Hart employees are expected to
SAGINAW - Verizon Wireless continues the Michigan roll out of its high-speed wireless network by adding Saginaw, Bay City and Midland on Tuesday. The expansion provides continuous coverage of the company's wireless broadband network along Interstate 75 from Midland south to Monroe. In the past few months, Verizon has added the Grand Rapids, Big Rapids
TROY - Automation Alley on Monday announced the finalists for its Seventh Annual Awards Gala, taking place September 14 at the Rock Financial Showplace in Novi. Finalists for the Gala represent the leading technology professionals and organizations in the region, including: CEO of the Year James Anderson, president and CEO, Urban Science (Detroit) Ted Green,
LANSING ? Michigan residents will be able to check the condition of state-owned bridges they might cross on a new web site launched Friday by the Department of Transportation. The new site explains the federal bridge rating system and provides the most recent inspection report for each of the 4,402 state highway bridges. "This online
LANSING - Far from being an extra toy, computers and related technology will be essential to schools of the future. But it could take another generation before they are fully integrated into the way students, and adults, learn, John King, a professor in the School of Information and vice provost for academic information at the
ANN ARBOR - EDF Ventures has completed a $12 million venture financing round in VoEx, a leading global IP communications innovator located in Grand Rapids. VoEx serves as a VoIP interconnect, enabling different VoIP networks to be interconnected. This minimizes TDM traffic for calls between VoIP networks as well as dial-out and dial-in calls, while