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Cynthia Pasky Named 2014 Executive Of The Year

DETROIT - The Detroit Executives Association will honor Strategic Staffing Solutions founder, president and CEO Cynthia J. Pasky as its 2014 Executive of the Year at a luncheon Nov. 6 at the Detroit Athletic Club. ?S3 is a global IT and business services company that has 31 branch locations and 2,700 employees in the U.S.

By |2014-10-06T00:00:00-04:00October 6th, 2014|Archive, Events/Announcements|

Another Canton-Northville Team Advances To World Robot Olympiad In Russia

SOUTHFIELD - Three seventh graders from Canton and Northville have earned the right to represent the United States at the World Robot Olympiad by winning the Open Senior category of the national championships held Sept. 27 at Lawrence Technological University. Eric Liu (seventh grader, Canton East Middle School) and Brian Ding and Justin Chang (seventh

By |2014-10-06T00:00:00-04:00October 6th, 2014|Archive, Events/Announcements|

A Record-Breaking Year For U-M Tech Transfer

ANN ARBOR - Fiscal year 2014 was a record-breaking year of tech transfer performance at the University of Michigan as reflected in the number of new inventions, agreements and startups launched - all derived from U-M research discoveries. Researchers reported 439 new inventions in FY 2014, up from last year's 421, demonstrating the growing participation

By |2014-10-06T00:00:00-04:00October 6th, 2014|Archive, Events/Announcements|

Interest Grows In Building Ecosystems That Empower Entrepreneurs

KANSAS CITY - While the understanding is growing that Silicon Valley can?t be copied, there is a growing interest in building local and regional ecosystems that empower entrepreneurs to help them start and scale new firms. "Examining the Connections within the Startup Ecosystem: A Case Study of St. Louis," released by the Kauffman Foundation, reports

By |2014-10-06T00:00:00-04:00October 6th, 2014|Archive, Entrepreneur Corner|

The Persistent Gender Gap in Entrepreneurship

KANSAS CITY - Last week, the SBA Office of Advocacy released a study on the issue of women involved in entrepreneurial activity in science, technology, engineering and math fields. It found that across all STEM fields, female PhDs have lower rates of patenting and entrepreneurship than do male PhDs (5.4 percent versus 7 percent and

By |2014-10-06T00:00:00-04:00October 6th, 2014|Archive, Guest Columns|

CIOs Discuss IT Trends, Tech Careers For Women At Detroit Summit

DETROIT - Technology leaders from some of America?s largest corporations gathered Sept. 23 with more than 500 Michigan IT professionals, business executives and students to discuss IT trends and opportunities at the IT Executive Connection Summit at Detroit?s Westin Book Cadillac. The event focused on thriving in a connected world. Various women role models shared

By |2014-10-02T00:00:00-04:00October 2nd, 2014|Archive, Cyber Defense|

Hackathon Leads to Innovative Hacks to Improve City Life

DETROIT ? The College of Creative Studies hosted an all-night Hackathon this week, kicking off the Meeting of the Minds conference focused on urban sustainability and technology. The winning team earned $5,000. The event was sponsored by Qualcomm and encouraged developers to arrive Tuesday night and develop a product by Wednesday morning. The five teams

By |2014-10-02T00:00:00-04:00October 2nd, 2014|Archive, Guest Columns|

Summit On Energy Innovation, Resource Scarcity, Preparedness, Sustainability

GRAND RAPIDS ? West Michigan Sustainable Business Forum?s Climate Resiliency Framework Initiative will host the West Michigan Climate Resiliency Conference October 6 at the Amway Grand Plaza Hotel in downtown Grand Rapids. The full-day event will introduce participants to national and local thought leaders on climate resiliency in the public and private sectors, a line-up

By |2014-10-02T00:00:00-04:00October 2nd, 2014|Archive, Clean, green, hybrid|

Apple Issues Fix For Shellshock, aka Bash, Bug

CUPERTINO, Ca. - Apple has issued a fix for Shellshock, aka Bash, a bug that could let hackers gain access to some Macintosh computers. But security experts said Tuesday that Apple's patch is incomplete and leaves one vulnerability open. Shellshock affects most computers around the world running Unix and Linux, including Apple's OS X operating-system

By |2014-10-02T00:00:00-04:00October 2nd, 2014|Archive, Cyber Defense|