ANN ARBOR - States that participated in Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act saw increased insurance rates and access to care, less worry about paying medical bills, but also longer wait times among low-income residents, according to new research. In a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, Sarah Miller of the
SOUTHFIELD - AT&T has named Demetrus Hayes to lead retail business in Michigan. As assistant vice president for sales and distribution, Hayes will manage nearly 150 AT&T retail locations. His office is in Southfield. “Demetrus brings an extensive background in sales and business. He has a great deal of leadership experience in a variety of
GRAND RAPIDS - West Michigan Sustainable Business Forum will host the West Michigan Sustainable Business Conference on Monday, March 13 at Davenport University. The annual half-day event will bring together sustainability practitioners and stakeholders from business, government, non-profits and academia to discuss business practices that promote climate and energy resiliency, social responsibility, and a circular
ANN ARBOR - Whether a nation should retaliate against a cyber attack is a complicated decision, and a new framework guided by game theory could help policymakers determine the best strategy. The "Blame Game" was developed in part by Robert Axelrod, a University of Michigan political scientist who is well known for solving a version
LANSING - University of Michigan advanced transportation Hub and Michigan Tech’s advanced materials Hub will receive $1.7 million and $525,000 in funding, respectively, over a two-year period from the Michigan Strategic Fund to support research projects across Michigan. “Bringing two more innovation hubs into the statewide program is an exciting next step for MTRAC as
ANN ARBOR - Three members of the Llamasoft team have been named to Supply and Demand Chain Executive’s list of ‘Pros to Know’ for 2017. “I’m proud to have three members of the LLamasoft team recognized in this year’s list of Pros to Know,” said Don Hicks, CEO and President. “The depth of talent at
DETROIT - Connected and Automated Vehicle makers need to work together more collaboratively to identify and develop industry standards for job skills and future training to staff the workforce necessary to ensure Michigan’s leadership role in intelligent transportation systems, a new report contends. Workers related to CAV currently come from a diverse array of occupations,
ANN ARBOR - Amazon Web Services (AWS), providing internet access to roughly 40 percent of the U.S. market, crashed on Tuesday afternoon for about five hours, unplugging millions of business websites that serve tens of millions of clients. Online Tech CEO Yan Ness said chief information officers are still picking up the pieces today, and
WASHINGTON DC - Between February and September of 2016, the Federal Aviation Administration said commercial pilots, air traffic control, law enforcement and the private citizens reported possibly spotting 1,274 drones flying near air traffic control facilities - a 45 percent increase from all sittings reported in 2015. Still, the FAA says it has yet to
ANN ARBOR - The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation has named seven University of Michigan researchers as Sloan Research Fellows for 2017, an honor awarded to 126 early-career scientists and scholars in the United States and Canada. U-M is tied with MIT and Stanford with the most Sloan Fellows this year among all institutions. The two-year,
