DETROIT ? THE Detroit-based theater company A Host of People Tuesday announced the launch of a new crowdfunding campaign to fund a site-specific, innovative dramatic theater piece set in the city?s community gardens. The crowdfunding campaign through Patronicity is part of Michigan Economic Development Corp?s Public Spaces Community Places initiative. ?Michigan is a beacon in
EAST LANSING - Michigan State University?s newest department has received a $500,000 gift to attract some of the country?s most talented graduate students in biomedical engineering. Jack and Dottie Withrow of Naples, Fla., who are longtime supporters of the MSU College of Engineering, have established the Withrow Endowed Graduate Fellowship in the Department of Biomedical
LIVONIA ? The December meeting of ISACA Detroit will offer up two presentations: One called Cloud Computing Demystified and the other an Overview of Cyber Security Risks at the ERP Level. Pre Dinner Topic: Cloud Computing Demystified Juman Doleh Alomary CISA, CISM, CRISC, ISO27001 Lead Auditor After Dinner Topic: Overview of Key Cyber Security Risks
STAMFORD, Conn. - Video calling is growing into a key mainstream activity on smartphones, with high adoption rates in some markets, according to a survey by Gartner Inc. The survey results showed adoption is markedly skewed toward the younger demographic, with video calling in the 18 to 24 age group reaching 53.5 percent in the
LANSING ? Michigan House Speaker Jase Bolger's new plan to raise $1 billion for roads primarily through earmarking all taxes collected on gasoline to go toward roads immediately and predictably came under heavy attack from school and local government leaders because it puts funding for K-12 schools and local government revenue sharing at risk. Mr.
LANSING - The Michigan Strategic Fund has approved a $22.5 million investment in a new private equity fund that will provide growth funding for Michigan automotive suppliers, the Michigan Economic Development Corporation announced Tuesday. The loan funding under the MEDC Capital Conduit Program went to Grow Michigan Holdings, LLC, to be invested as Michigan Capital
GRAND RAPIDS - The "Open Government" movement has encouraged governments around the world to open up their data to the public to view, analyze, and utilize in ways that will benefit us all. It also will be the focus of an aimWest panel discussion Dec. 10 in Grand Rapids. One recent local example of Open
ANN ARBOR - Meadowlark Builders will be conducting tours of a custom, resource-efficient home under construction in Dexter, the next installment in Meadowlark?s Behind The Drywall Tour Series. Attendees will get a rare glimpse of the technology and building techniques that go into constructing a resource-efficient home ? all before the drywall is placed on
LANSING - Following a series of meetings over the weekend with a variety of business and government officials, Governor Rick Snyder on Monday signed a memorandum of understanding with the Chinese Council for the Promotion of International Trade's automotive unit. While Snyder promoted Michigan throughout all his stops as a place to do business, visit
ANN ARBOR - In their annual November forecast of the Michigan economy, George Fulton and colleagues Joan Crary and Donald Grimes, University of Michigan economists,say the state will add more than 132,000 jobs over the next two years. All told, Michigan will have added nearly 463,000 jobs during the economic recovery from summer 2009 through