DETROIT - NextEnergy on Wednesday launched NextChallenge, a global challenge aimed at inspiring the development of innovative energy solutions. ?NextChallenge was developed as a way to source ideas, concepts and intellectual properties that will drive technology innovation and economic development,? Said Jean Redfield, president and CEO, NextEnergy. ?We are confident that the challenge will encourage
LANSING ? Michigan Senate Minority Leader-elect Jim Ananich on Wednesday named Democratic Sen. Vincent Gregory of Southfield the ranking member on the Senate Appropriations Committee, as well as officially appointed other senators to other positions. "Every member of our caucus will serve an important role shaping policy and strategy moving forward," Mr. Ananich said in
LANSING ? Michigan Senate Majority Leader-elect Arlan Meekhof on Wednesday pointed to creating a more well-rounded energy future for Michigan as well as improving access to and quality of the state's regulatory program regarding health care as some of his immediate goals as the next leader of the Senate in January. In an interview on
ANN ARBOR - Blaze Medical Devices, which is developing novel blood analysis technologies, announced that it has been awarded a $200,000 Phase I SBIR grant from the National Institutes of Health in collaboration with University of Michigan Health System?s Blood Bank. The focus of this grant is to study the strength of correlation between red
STERLING HEIGHTS - The Macomb-Oakland University INCubator is hosting its inaugural Project Management Principles Certificate Course through Oakland University's Professional and Continuing Education unit. This is an expansion of Mac-OU INC's current PACE offerings, which include the Lean Green Belt and Lean Black Belt certificate programs. Mac-OU INC's current business development programs bring in nearly
LANSING ? The MichBio Career Center has posted three life science jobs, including two high paying gigs in Ann Arbor. Biomedical Equipment Technician - work abroad CHSi Middle East - Baghdad, Iraq The MSSI in Iraq Program Manager establishes a clinically safe and professionally managed healthcare environment and provides primary health care as well as
EAST LANSING - Ten early-to-mid career tenure track faculty members have been selected at Michigan State University to develop and enhance their international research portfolios. The 2015 Academy for Global Engagement Fellows have diverse interests, ranging from skin mechanics to resolving water conflicts. The goal of the academy is to build a growing cohort of
DETROIT - Gov. Rick Snyder unveiled the Michigan Cyber Initiative 2015 to an audience of nearly 700 information technology experts and professionals on Monday during what he billed as the North American International Cyber Summit in Detroit. Snyder, who was re-elected earlier this month for a second four-year term, outlined an ambitious plan over the
EAST LANSING - Richard Lunt, whose solar energy research at the Michigan State University College of Engineering has attracted nationwide attention, has been awarded the highly competitive Camille and Henry Dreyfus Award in Environmental Chemistry, a $120,000 grant that adds a postdoctoral researcher to Lunt?s research team for two years. Lunt is an assistant professor
ANN ARBOR - The Michigan Venture Capital Association at its annual dinner on Dec. 1 will honor ForeSee Results with the Best Exit Award, ProNAi Therapeutics with the Financing of the Year Award, Detroit Labs with the 100 Award and Michael Finney with the Lifetime Achievement Award. ?In the most recent research report, MVCA reported