LANSING - MIOSHA is strongly encouraging Michigan employers to follow recently updated Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines due to the Delta variant of COVID-19. According to the CDC, the Delta variant is much more contagious, may infect those that have been vaccinated and may also allow vaccinated individuals to spread the virus. Prior to Delta, the probability for vaccinated
SEATTLE - A survey of 1,000 remote workers asked the real reasons workers wanted to stay at home beyond the usual answer of enjoying a flexible schedule, the survey also asked about factors like caring for pets and children, the ability to nap, work out, or watch TV during the workday, concerns about appearance, and
ANN ARBOR - Rob Luce, VP of the SME Education Foundation, explains how his manufacturing-focused group will use $6 million from the state of Michigan for its PRIME initiative, which offers manufacturing education and career-readiness opportunities to high school students. PRIME is already in 17 Michigan high schools. With the state money, Luce wants to
ANN ARBOR - Auto industry experts Paul Eisenstein of the Detroit Bureau and Michelle Krebs of Cox Automotive (parent company of Kelly Blue Book and AutoTrader) joins co-hosts Mike Brennan, Editor of MITechNews.Com, and Matt Roush, Editor of Technology Century, to talk about the future of Electric Vehicles and the Michigan power grid that has
TOKYO - Mazda's pledge to release more electric vehicles might not signal the end of its celebrated rotary engine. The firm is reportedly developing a hydrogen-burning Wankel that could be used to power a successor to the RX-8. Without citing sources, Japanese magazine Best Car wrote that Mazda has never fully stopped developing the rotary engine. It significantly scaled back the program after production
WASHINGTON, DC — With demand for well-trained STEM workers expected to skyrocket, and women and people of color grossly underrepresented in STEM professions, afterschool programs in Michigan and across the country have been ramping up their STEM offerings. Today, 78 percent of Michigan parents report programs are providing STEM, up from 60 percent in 2014.
LOS ANGELES - If in mid-summer you went onto the top of the Grocery Outlet supermarket in Stockton, California, and placed your hand on the strange, glossy black panels you found there, you’d be shocked to find they were as cold to the touch as a basement fuse box. Installed by a company called SkyCool
LANSING - U.S. Great Lakes ports and the St. Lawrence Seaway handled a deluge of cement, iron ore, petcoke and steel in July supporting the continuing resurgence of manufacturing both in North America and globally. According to the latest figures, St. Lawrence Seaway cargo volumes from March 22 to July 31 totaled 16.7 million metric
DETROIT - Michigan Works! Southeast is offering virtual information sessions next week to help businesses access grant opportunities through the Going PRO Talent Fund. On the morning of August 27th and again on August 31st in the afternoon, employers will learn about the requirements and best practices for the 2022 Going PRO Talent Funds, increasing
ANN ARBOR - The Michigan Cyber Patriot program works with middle and high school students to introduce them to careers as cyber professionals. The virtual program is lead by Tamara Shoemaker, who for 17 years has worked at the University of Detroit-Mercy in its cybersecurity program. Tamara announced on the show she is taking a
