KALAMAZOO - Ken Miller was elected Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Michigan Restaurant Association at its board meeting on January 26. Miller is the CEO of Millennium Restaurant Group in Kalamazoo, which includes Martell?s, Epic Bistro, Central City Tap House, The Union Cabaret and Grille, Fieldstone Grill, The Wine Loft, Panini Express,
ANN ARBOR - The University of Michigan recently took another step forward in its push for innovating teaching as the school launched its first U-M-only massive open online course -- a health-related class open to all levels of students across all three U-M campuses. The course is titled "Understanding and Improving U.S. Healthcare: Special U-M
DETROIT - Challenge Detroit has grown its team, welcoming two new members: Brittany Sanders and Caroline Dobbins, both alumni fellows of the program. Sanders has taken on the program manager role and Dobbins is the events and operations manager. The program has also added a new board member, Lindsey Walenga, co-founder of Siren PR. Sanders
SOUTHFIELD -- Defending national champion St. John Lutheran School of Rochester took the first step toward a repeat of its Future City crown Monday, winning The Engineering Society of Detroit?s Michigan Regional Future City competition for the fifth straight year. In all, 22 middle school teams competed in the event, now in its 20th year.
DETROIT ? An estimated 400 business, community and government leaders will gather Feb. 27 at the Motor City Casino to ring in the Chinese Year of the Goat. Dignataries invited include Gov. Rick Snyder, and other prominent figures from Delta Airline, Yanfeng USA, General Motors, ZYNP Intl. and many more diversified companies. To purchase tickets,
GRAND RAPIDS - Student and faculty volunteers from Davenport University are trained and ready to kick off free income tax preparation sessions, available to low- and middle- income tax-filers (less than $58,000 in total family income) at locations across West Michigan. Every year, millions of dollars in tax refunds and credits go unclaimed by those
EAST LANSING - David Zoltowski, an electrical engineering senior in the Michigan State University College of Engineering, is one of 14 American students nationwide to be awarded a Churchill Scholarship. He is also a member of the MSU Honors College. Established in 1959, the Winston Churchill Foundation?s Scholarship Program offers 14 U.S. students of exceptional
DETROIT - Johnson Controls is reducing the use of metals in vehicle seat structures by replacing them with multi-material systems in its carbon-amide-metal-based interior structure, which uses a multi-material system approach, research project. The CAMISMA seat prototype, which is more than 40 percent lighter than conventionally manufactured seat structures without compromising safety properties, will be
FARMINGTON HILLS - The MAHLE Group's components and systems are featured on nine of the 10 engines recently named to the Ward?s list of 10 Best Engines for 2015. Now in its 21st year, the Ward?s 10 Best Engines competition recognizes outstanding powertrain achievement, world-class technologies and rare engines or electric propulsion systems ?that are
GRAND RAPIDS ? Dematic, a supplier of systems for the factory, warehouse and distribution centers, Wednesday announced the availability of the Dematic Computerized Maintenance Management Systems Meters module, further enhancing the product?s preventive and predictive maintenance capabilities. The Meters module communicates directly with existing monitoring systems to extract, consolidate and deliver real-time data to the