HOUGHTON - After a decade of groundwork, Science, Technology, Engineering and Math education programs in the state received a $5 million grant that will be used to unlock doors for the next generation to develop STEM careers. The grant, from The Herbert H. and Grace A. Dow Foundation, funds the Michigan Science Teaching and Assessment
MIDLAND ? Mid Michigan Innovation Center will host a Bootstrappers Breakfast at its Midland headquarters on Aug. 13. The event allows entrepreneurs from early-stage tech companies to share knowledge and experiences gained through their business development. The breakfast will feature special guest Travis Johnson, the founder of foodjunky, a startup that provides a simpler way
PONTIAC - Online registration is open for INNO-VENTION 2014, now in its third year, scheduled for Oct. 21-22 at the Suburban Collection Showplace in Novi. Along with the Medical Main Street Network, INNO-VENTION 2014 will companies help build valuable relationships and productive collaborations. INNO-VENTION 2014 includes: Pre-conference networking reception Demonstration Alley exhibitors Expanded Commercialization Competition,
LANSING ? The people have spoken, and the winner of the Hudsonville Ice Cream Pure Michigan Limited Edition Flavor Contest is Winter Campfire. More than 7,400 people cast their votes, with Winter Campfire taking the top prize by nearly 200 votes. The flavor features Hudsonville Original Vanilla ice cream with a marshmallow swirl, graham cracker
LANSING ? The Michigan Film Office announced today three projects ? Scrap Yard, Health Games for Kids and Santa & His Elves ? have been approved for digital media incentives from the state. ?Michigan is home to some terrific digital media talent and infrastructure,? said Margaret O?Riley, director of the Michigan Film Office. ?These projects
LANSING - The federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was viewed by 600 likely voters in statistically equal proportions of "mostly negative" or "neutral," and more than three-quarters of respondents said they were either "very concerned" or "somewhat concerned" about the discrepancy between what the state is providing for road funding and what it
DETROIT - About.com editor Wendy Boswell joins the show to uncover the massive presence of the sinister Darknet or Deep Web as it is sometimes know where massive volumes of information are illegally traded along with guns and pornography. Author Joe Bastian talks about the launch of the third in the series of books about
SAGINAW TOWNSHIP - Suniva, Inc., a metro-Atlanta based manufacturer of high-efficiency crystalline silicon solar cells and modules, announced it is opening a second U.S. manufacturing facility in Saginaw Township. Construction will begin in August, with production in the last three months of 2014. Some 350 jobs will be created. The new facility will provide up
GRANDVILLE - Trivalent Group has appointed Jennifer Puplava, member and attorney at Mika Meyers Beckett & Jones, to its Board of Directors as one of its two outside board members. ?Jennifer has been a longtime supporter of Trivalent Group and has even been a speaker at our Solutions Expo and Cyber Security events,? said Trivalent
LANSING - The Strategic Fund approved five Michigan Business Development Program incentives on Tuesday, with expansions for automotive or solar companies coming to Albion Township, Watertown Township, Troy, Benzonia and China townships, and Saginaw Township. Suniva, Incorporated, which manufactures high-efficiency solar cells and high-power solar modules, will create a new manufacturing facility in Saginaw Township,