ANN ARBOR - Public schools, community colleges, public universities, and non-profit organizations in Southeast Michigan interested in cybersecurity training or economic development are encouraged to respond to a new request for proposals issued Tuesday by Merit Network. The deadline to respond is May 15. Merit, a sub-recipient of the Advance Michigan Defense Collaborative grant, is
EAST LANSING - Bosch has donated $200,000 to Michigan State University to support the Engineering CoRe hands-on design projects that will teach freshmen engineers to discover how to function in a collaborative, team-based, diverse setting and show the importance of engineering as well as the positive impact engineers have on a society. The Bosch Community
ANN ARBOR - University of Michigan Professor Thomas Finholt has been appointed dean of the U-M School of Information. His five-year appointment was approved this month by the Board of Regents. Finholt, professor and associate dean at the School of Information, has served as interim dean since July 2015. He replaces Dean Jeffrey MacKie-Mason, who
FERNDALE - On M2 (Squared) TechCast Monday April 25, the successful Pure Michigan advertising campaign will be examined, as will Automation Alley’s 7Cs program and trade missions, the Young Basile Update will focus on protectable Intellectual Property, and KML Computer Services’ managed IT services for small business. Up first at 3 pm will be Michelle
ANN ARBOR - The University of Michigan has launched the $3 Million Monroe-Brown Seed Fund, a new funding vehicle designed to advance the process of transitioning commercially viable engineering and medical research projects to market. The fund, approved this week by the U-M Board of Regents, is a collaboration between the U-M College of Engineering's
MIDLAND - After a 15 year career with a global corporation, Kris Marsh found herself on the other side of a layoff, wondering how to define herself outside of the corporate world. During your personal brand experience, Marsh takes you on her proven process of self-discovery, definition, and personal branding April 29 at the MidMichigan
LANSING - David Wasserman, House Editor for the Cook Political Report, is the keynote speaker on June 23 at the Small Business Association of Michigan annual meet at the Lansing Center. Wasserman will share his insights into the 2016 presidential election and the impact on the small business community. Wasserman has appeared on the NBC
SOUTHFIELD - Sibrina Nichelle Collins will join Lawrence Technological University as the executive director of LTU’s Marburger STEM Center effective July 1. LTU’s Marburger STEM Center will be housed in the University’s new $16.9 million A. Alfred Taubman Engineering, Architecture, and Life Sciences Complex opening this summer. The Center honors LTU President Emeritus Richard E.
AUBURN HILLS - The Macomb-Oakland University INCubator has added three new companies to its Executives-In-Residence program that allows commercialization clients to get 16 hours of consulting each month for free. The new consultants are Hunch Free, El Shaddai and Barnard will be located on site at Mac-OU INC. "It is an honor to be selected
DETROIT - Tech-savvy students from high schools and universities across metro Detroit and Windsor will convene on the Wayne State University campus in May for a 24-hour hackathon to write web-based software, create mobile apps or design computer programs addressing a need or innovation of their choice. HackWSU, hosted by WSU’s Blackstone LaunchPad student entrepreneurship
