SOUTHFIELD - The online graduate school guide Best Master?s Programs has ranked Lawrence Technological University 18th in the top 50 nationwide for online master?s degrees in engineering. The rankings, which can be viewed at www.bestmastersprograms.org, are based on an equal weight of program quality, as measured by U.S. News & World Report, and estimated program
ANN ARBOR - Three University of Michigan researchers have been named fellows of the National Academy of Inventors. Election to NAI Fellow status is a professional distinction given to academic inventors who have demonstrated a prolific spirit of innovation in creating or facilitating outstanding inventions that have made a tangible impact on quality of life,
LANSING ? The Michigan Strategic Fund has approved $12.5 million in Community Development Block Grant funds for the City of Coldwater that will support the construction of a $255.7 million Clemens Food Group pork processing facility, the biggest of the eight projects funded Tuesday that will generate more than $463 million in new capital investment
HOLLAND - Computer consulting and health care companies will be leaders in increased hiring of information technology staff in the next six months in West Michigan, says a survey released Monday. This certainly agrees with the Talent 2025 study discussed in a recent MLive article that says by 2020 the fastest growing occupations will be
AUBURN HILLS - The Chrysler Foundation Monday announced more than a $190,000 in grants to support students participating in FIRST Robotics Competition (grades 9-12) and FIRST Tech Challenge (grades 7-12) programs in Michigan. In total, The Chrysler Foundation will distribute 43 grants to Michigan-based programs to help young people discover and develop a passion for
LANSING - The early major components of Governor Rick Snyder's legislative agenda for 2015 are passing a new energy policy for the state and addressing the persistent troubles of K-12 education in Detroit. Snyder, in an interview with Gongwer News Service, said he has "a pretty good idea" of what he will propose on the
LANSING - Governor Rick Snyder and Senate Majority Leader Randy Richardville on Monday offered a different assessment from Michigan House Speaker Jase Bolger's continued claims that others in the room discussing a solution to the state's $1.2 billion road funding problem have shown little interest in finding a compromise. The development is the latest in
WARREN ? A remote broadcast from show sponsor Falling Down Beer Company where a charity fund raiser was held to bring toys to underprivileged kids in greater Detroit. Also featured was Daily Detroit, Social Media Coop Detroit, and Kelley Jean. To listen, Click on ITINTheD.Com
DETROIT ? On the Internet Advisor Podcast: Sheri Kam, PR Specialist, Social Media Expert and mother of two teenage daughters, talks about technology gadgets for Christmas; Sean McCarroll talks about the GP North Innovation Lab. MITechNews.Com headlines from Editor Mike Brennan. To listen, Click on InternetAdvisor.Net
EGHAM, United Kingdom ? As if further evidence was needed to demonstrate the market acceptance of smartphones, worldwide sales to consumers in the third quarter of 2014 grew by 20.3 percent to 301 million units, while sales of more conventional mobile phones were flat, a news survey from Gartner reports. ?Sales of feature phones declined