ANN ARBOR - Economists at the University of Michigan announced Friday that Michigan will add on average 45,800 jobs each of the next two years - good news indeed, but slightly more than half the average 70,000 jobs added from 2014 to 2016. In their annual November forecast of Michigan's economy, George Fulton and colleagues
DETROIT - The Workforce Intelligence Network has been awarded a $6 million, four-year grant to train 900 southeast Michigan workers in robotics and automation careers through the Advance Michigan Robotics and Advanced Manufacturing Technology Education Collaborative. The funding aligns with southeast Michigan’s White House designation as an Investing in Manufacturing Communities Partnership area, which prioritizes
DETROIT - David Brophy, PhD, who has been teaching finance at the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business since the 1980s, was named the Above and Beyond Award Winner by the Michigan Venture Capital Association. In this video, Brophy, the founder of the Michigan Growth Capital Symposium, which each May attracts hundreds of Venture
ANN ARBOR - The University of Michigan has received a $1.65 million grant from the federal government to help import-impacted manufacturers in Michigan, Ohio and Indiana improve their global competitiveness and enhance business growth. The money will be used by the business assistance center at the University of Michigan's Institute for Research on Labor, Employment
ROYAL OAK - Cybersecurity expert Dan Lohrmann explains how the Dedicated Denial of Service attack that in October brought down large sections of the Internet on the U.S. East and West Coasts was orchestrated by hackers using a botnet connected to a variety of dumb and unprotected appliances on the so-called Internet of Things. Until
ROYAL OAK - Linda Daichendt, President and Executive Director of the Mobile Technology Association of Michigan, talks about the TiECon Midwest, Michigan’s largest entrepreneurial conference that attracted hundreds of entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and other professionals. This year’s theme was Ignite2Disrupt. Connected World. Main tracks will focus on Connected Mobility, Digital Health, Global Connectivity, Fintech and
ROYAL OAK - Maureen Miller Brosnan, executive director of the Michigan Venture Capital Association, talks about the MVCA awards presented on Nov. 2, including the Above and Beyond Award for University of Michigan Finance Professor David Brophy. Brophy is the founder of the Michigan Growth Capital Symposium that attracts hundreds of investors from around the
ROYAL OAK - Hector Acosta, research director at the Workforce Intelligence Network of Southeast Michigan, talks about how the second quarter set a new high in employment in the 16-county region dating nearly a decade to 2007 to the beginning of the recession. With employment expanding by 1.4 percent, some 35,000 jobs were added from
TROY – So many people wanted to attend Mobile Monday Michigan’s Nov. 14 event on careers in cybersecurity - where big demand has lead to big pay checks - that the connected tech association has decided to stream it on Facebook Live. Those interested in viewing the event via Facebook LIVE should “Like” the Mobile
ROYAL OAK - On M2 TechCast Monday Nov. 14, Inforum’s Tember Shea will interview Lisa McLaughlin CEO & Co-Founder of WorkIt Health. Also on the show will be Cristi L. Bell-Huff, PhD, Director, Studio for Entrepreneurial Engineering Design at Lawrence Technological University. Anderson Economic Group will outline six tax changes they hope the Trump Administration
