LANSING - The campaigns backing initiatives for paid sick leave and a minimum wage hike in Michigan both say they'll emerge from winter weather petitioning with ballot proposals to turn in this spring. Danielle Atkinson, spokesperson for MI Time to Care, said the group is aiming for "early spring" to turn in their signatures. The
DETROIT – Challenge Detroit, a leadership development program that challenges leaders to learn by doing through a year of meaningful employment and intellectual work, is now accepting applications for its 2018 - 2019 Fellowship. Challenge Detroit invites future leaders from Detroit, the Metro area, and across the country to take part in a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity
ROYAL OAK - On M2 TechCast Monday Feb. 12, Greg Doyle from Tech248 will explain 1 Million Cups and the Oakland Entrepreneurial Alliance. Lawrence Tech’s Mark Brucki will announced the MEDC $100,000 "Gatekeeper" Award - April 1, 2018 to March 31, 2019. MCity Director Huei Peng will explain how the autonomous driving test facility will
FARMINGTON HILLS - IoT Tech Connect and Kyyba Innovations have partnered to bring the IoT Pitch Competition to IoT Tech Connect, Michigan’s largest conference for IoT (Internet of Things) entrepreneurs. The contest will take place from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., Wednesday, April 4, at the Troy Marriott. Aimed at identifying the six top-level entrepreneurs
DETROIT – Have you enjoyed attending an MTAM Mobile Monday Michigan event at one of our chapters in Ann Arbor, Detroit, Grand Rapids or Lansing? Have you benefitted from education you received from an expert speaker, or contacts you made at one of our monthly events? Have you thought about finding a way to be
DETROIT - A team of Wayne State University faculty was awarded $1 million from the National Science Foundation’s Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (S-STEM) initiative for a new program called ACCESS: Achieving Commuter Engagement and Success. ACCESS aims to increase the retention and six-year graduation rates of targeted students while also providing insight
SOUTHFIELD – The Virtual Reality / Augmented Reality Association has selected Lawrence Technological University and the LTU Collaboratory as the location for VRARA Detroit Chapter monthly meetings. LTU has also opted to join the trade association for the virtual reality, augmented reality, and mixed reality industries. The first six monthly meetings will be held in
LANSING - Gov. Rick Snyder pledged Monday to convene a panel dedicated to crafting a "comprehensive plan to improve access to broadband services." Snyder issued an executive order creating a "Michigan Consortium for Advanced Networks,” which will be charged with putting together such a plan by Aug. 1. The plan, according to the Governor's office,
ANN ARBOR - Saphetor S.A., a precision medicine analysis company and Genomenon Inc., a genomic literature search engine company, have signed an agreement to share genomic variant data between their software platforms. Genomenon’s Mastermind Genomic Search Engine is the world’s first search engine that connects patient’s genomic data with the evidence from the scientific literature.
DETROIT – One and a half years after TimePlay and Emagine Entertainment aligned to introduce multi-player interactive games to Movie-goers at Emagine theatres across Detroit, the platform is about to pull back the curtain on a completely new concept. For the first time ever, Movie-goers will have the chance to participate in a gaming tournament for
