YPSILANTI ? A senior at Eastern Michigan University has received one of just 11 scholarships awarded across the nation to women to help them finish their college degrees in cyber security. Abisola Togunde won $5000 from Hewlett-Packard to help her pay for fees, books and other expenses to finish her bachelor?s degree in the Information
SOUTHFIELD - A team that called themselves Martians won first place in the open category of the first World Robot Olympiad USA state tournament in Michigan and advanced to the USA finals to be held at Lawrence Tech in September. The winners were Christian Daniels and Juan Carlos Feraro of Westland, who competed July 26-27
EAST LANSING - A senior software engineer at Google has made a $2 million commitment to create an endowed chair of computer science at the Michigan State University College of Engineering. The gift, established through an estate plan, is from Doug Zongker of Mountain View, Calif., who graduated from MSU in 1996 with a bachelor?s
ANN ARBOR - Whole Brain Group has hired four new team members and relocated the company to a larger office space the Burlington Building on the south side of Ann Arbor. Earlier this year, Dania Dunlap-Hurden and Dan Keelan joined the team as Client Engagement Managers, responsible for developing and managing lead generation strategies for
DETROIT - inGAGE: Training Women in Business Leadership Rachele Downs, VP of Entrepreneurial Strategy Inforum and the Inforum Center for Leadership explains how budding female entrepreneurs in Michigan can get a head start on the competition through inGAGE which provides training and networking to women who are launching a new business venture or having been
DETROIT - Dr. Margaret A. Hamburg, Commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, will be the keynote speaker at the 10th Annual MichBio Expo & Conference Center at MotorCity Casino on Sept. 30. Registration opened July 31. Hamburg, as FDA Commissioner, is advancing regulatory science, medical product innovation and globalization of the agency, while
DETROIT - The North American International Cyber Summit 2014, the third Michigan Cyber Summit hosted by Michigan Governor Rick Snyder, is scheduled for November 17 after an invitation-only Governor reception November 16. The Summit will bring together experts from across the globe to address a variety of cyber security issues affecting the world in business,
LANSING - Michigan?s local small businesses are already on their way to saving $507 million in tax and compliance costs, savings that will be confirmed with the passage of Proposal 1 on the August 5th statewide primary ballot, according to a new study by the Anderson Economic Group. ?Tens of thousands of local small businesses
STERLING HEIGHTS - The Macomb-OU INCubator was recently awarded $14,000 in Business Accelerator Funds to provide accelerator services to client company Telemetrio ? developing a computer-vision sports telemetrics and broadcasting system specifically geared to youth sports. "The Macomb-INCubator is excited to support Telemetrio in its plans to expand nationally, which will result in economic development
TROY -To celebrate its 5th birthday, ardentCause L3C, one of the first Michigan-based L3C?s, has launched a new website, publicizing innovative online data solutions and services to achieve better outcomes in the philanthropic, nonprofit and education communities. Founded in 2009, ardentCause, the brainchild of Michigan technology veterans, is dedicated to the nonprofit sector and delivers