DETROIT - Longstanding public relations professional Mike DeVilling has left his boutique agency to join Finn Partners, a global marketing and communications company. Reporting to Finn's managing partner, Dan Pooley, DeVilling will serve as senior partner in the Detroit office. He will lead new business development, client service and counsel, and will provide a variety of content, media
LANSING – Michigan took two top honors in the annual state IT awards competition sponsored by the National Association of State Chief Information Officers. The state’s efforts to assemble and train a corps of volunteer civilians to assist in cyber emergencies and its development of a mobile resource to inventory Michigan’s forests were chosen as
ANN ARBOR - AOL co-founder Steve Case is bringing his sixth Rise of the Rest startup road show to Ann Arbor Oct. 11 to shine a spotlight on what he calls a confluence of factors that are making it easier for startups to launch and create jobs and innovation in places like Ann Arbor, not
KALAMAZOO - Newell Brands is expanding its 40,000-square-foot design center in Western Michigan University’s Business Technology and Research Park, investing $7.3 million and creating 87 design jobs. So that means Newell is hiring. The company has recently acquired the consumer products company Jarden and needs to expand its design capabilities in order to accommodate the
ANN ARBOR - An injury pathway in the neurons of fruit flies may cause the loss of synapses in diseases such as Alzheimer's and ALS, according to University of Michigan researchers. This pathway, called DLK, has received recent attention as a candidate drug target because it contributes to the deterioration of damaged neurons. The new
ANN ARBOR - In a bullet-shaped car powered by the sun, the nation's top solar car team from the University of Michigan will soon race across Australia in the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge. The 1,800-mile journey, which takes place every other year, starts this weekend. A team from Michigan Engineering is traveling with the race
LANSING - Gov. Rick Snyder has proclaimed October as Michigan’s Cybersecurity Awareness Month, to highlight the need for all Michiganders to be vigilant of their online activities to avoid cyber-crimes. “Cybersecurity has grown to become a vital priority for the protection of families and businesses,” Snyder said. “We should all use Cybersecurity Awareness Month as
DETROIT– A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to own items from the Motown Mansion, the home once owned by Motown Records Founder Berry Gordy Jr., will take place during an estate sale and global auction to be held at the estate October 12. “This home is an important part of the fabric of the City of Detroit, and
ROYAL OAK - Mike Casewell, an industrial engineer whose love of coffee and appreciation of the coffee-bar experience was developed while working as a part-time barista in his college days, left his last job as Director of Profit Improvement at Starbucks in Seattle, to create Roasting Plant, which features its patented Javabot technology that can
DETROIT - On M2 TechCast Monday Oct. 2, Jason Vezzano joins Tech248 Co-Founder Irene Spanos to talk about Vectorform. Tonya Matthews, CEO of the Michigan Science Center, will discuss a lot of exciting STEM events this fall for kids. Sandra Cochrane, Director of the WMed Innovation Center in Kalamazoo, also will provide details on some
