ANN ARBOR - Ann Arbor SPARK and Deepgram’s first employee, Adam Sypniewski, are working together to bring a new series of meetups to Ypsilanti focused on making connections between high tech professionals in eastern Washtenaw County. The first three events are scheduled for Spark East on January 24, February 21, and March 28, 2017, at 6 p.m.
ROYAL OAK - Irene Spanos, Director of Economic Development and Community Affairs for Oakland County, provides details on a report about the state’s second largest country in 2016 in which 92 companies located or expanded into Oakland County, generating more than $780 million, creating more than 4,600 new jobs. She also pointed out more than
DETROIT - The Wayne State University Board of Governors has approved a new Master’s degree program that will develop individuals with the skills and expertise to navigate the fast-growing STEM field to make sound business decisions. Master of Science in Data Science and Business Analytics program, offered jointly by the College of Engineering and the Mike
LANSING - The funding is not yet in place to perform the work, but the state Capitol will need $62.29 million in repairs, mostly to its mechanical systems, to remain functioning, contractors told the Capitol Commission at its meeting Monday. The commission agreed to move ahead with designing the 45 separate projects that would make
WARREN - The U.S. Army’s Detroit-area automotive research facility is now set to test the Chevrolet Colorado ZH2 Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle and evaluate the readiness of Fuel Cell propulsion in military-like environments and uses. The announcement was made Monday during the North American International Auto Show press preview days. The show opens to the
LANSING - Former Michigan International Speedway CEO Roger Curtis, appointed to director of the Department of Talent and Economic Development in December, is still developing goals for the department, but hopes to blend a lot of focus on the educational system, he told Gongwer News Service in a recent interview. Born in Indiana and spending
FLINT - Kettering University is expanding its summer learning camps to target Flint students thanks to a grant from Ford Motor Company’s Corporate STEAM fund. The $32,000 grant will allow for the creation of the Flint Schools Summer Day Camp in July 2017. The summer camp will focus on creating and learning about model electric
ANN ARBOR - Monitoring of U.S. drinking water supplies for chemical and microbial contaminants should be increased, especially for vulnerable populations such as pregnant women, infants and young children, according to the final report from a panel of scientists and engineers that advises President Obama. In response to concerns about the safety of the nation's
PORTAGE - Stryker Corporation’s instruments division plans to establish a new 485,000-square-foot facility in the city of Portage, investing more than $130 million and creating 105 jobs. The division is experiencing significant growth and the company needs an expanded facility to support a new corporate campus. The facility will likely feature a customer experience center, functioning
ANN ARBOR - For the first time, human stem cells have been coaxed to begin to form amniotic sac tissue in a laboratory-based model mimicking the wall of the uterus. The new study, performed at the University of Michigan and reported in Nature Materials, provides the first opportunity to study the development of amnion, an
