WARREN – Winning Futures, a non-profit organization that empowers young people to succeed through mentoring and strategic planning, announced the election of Hadas Bernard, Director at Bernard Financial Group, to the board. “Michigan students deserve and want direction on careers and higher education,” Bernard said. Winning Futures provides the most dynamic guide and coaching/mentoring for
ANN ARBOR - As Betsy DeVos - one of the shapers of charter school development in Michigan - is poised to shape school choice throughout the country as President elect-Trumps’ Education Secretary, a new survey by the University of Michigan shows Michigan's charter schools follow similar practices as public schools in supporting and evaluating teachers.
NOVI - The cyberthreat landscape is daunting. Attackers are spending more than 200 days on average in companies they breach – and the amount of damage that can be done in that time is mind-boggling. Three quarters of those breaches are tied to the mismanagement or theft of user credentials. And the cost of these breaches
ANN ARBOR - SF Motors has chosen the Ann Arbor region for its U.S. electric vehicle research and development operations. The Chinese company will invest more than $10.7 million in the project, which will create 150 new jobs, after getting a $1 million grant from the Michigan Economic Development Corp. SF Motors is a subsidiary of
ANN ARBOR - A national survey of consumer attitudes towards plug-in electric vehicles suggests that people would prefer control to convenience in many charging scenarios, and also that renewable energy sources are an important component. The survey, released Thursday by researchers Brandon Schoettle and Michael Sivak of the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute, includes
ANN ARBOR - Will consumer confidence plunge or will it improve in the wake of Donald Trump's election? An analysis of consumer sentiment data collected prior to the election provides mixed signals, according to economist Richard Curtin, director of the University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers. Curtin predicted a 2017 growth rate of about 2
WASHINGTON - The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation Wednesday released an open memo to President-elect Donald Trump and his transition team outlining actionable proposals that the new administration can accomplish in its first year to bolster America’s innovation economy. Think tank ITIF proposes 36 policies that can be achieved quickly through executive authority or discrete
SHENZHEN, China - University of Michigan leaders are entering into several agreements with Chinese institutions in hopes, as the world’s population grows, of solving pressing global issues such as clean and safe water and next-generation transportation. S. Jack Hu, U-M vice president for research, is in China in November along with Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder,
NEW YORK - More than half of Americans mention Uber when hearing the term “shared mobility service” and Millennials are the ones paving the way for other generations as they are the most active users of this new type of service, according to a report from ReportLinker. Millennials, who have a higher comfort-level with ride-hailing
SAN FRANCISCO - Some 2,500 GoPro Karma drones have been sold since its launch. Now GoPro wants you to cease using it immediately and return the drone directly to GoPro Store or the retailer you purchased it to get a full refund because of some of them run have been running out of power prematurely
