LANSING - Several state forest campgrounds in the Upper Peninsula temporarily closed during the Duck Lake Fire have been completely or partially reopened to visitors, the Department of Natural Resources announced Thursday. Michigan?s Upper Peninsula, and the majority of its recreational facilities, is open for business and with the tourism season gearing up officials from
LANSING - Instate students at the University of Michigan's main campus in Ann Arbor will see tuition rise by 2.8 percent for the 2012-13 school year after approval Thursday by the U-M Board of Regents of the school's budget. The board also approved a 3.6 percent increase for U-M Flint and 3.7 percent for U-M
GRAND RAPIDS - A discovery by Van Andel Institute researchers has identified a potential drug target for NK/T-cell lymphoma, a type of cancer responsible for claiming the life of a close friend and fellow researcher. A study, authored by Bin Tean Teh, M.D., Ph.D., and published this week in Cancer Discovery, a journal of the
DETROIT ? A million dollars in cash awards are up for grabs in the 2012 Accelerate Michigan Innovation Competition, one of North America's largest business competitions. The winner gets $500,000 alone, runner-up wins $150,000 plus there are business in-kind awards to later stage, entrepreneurial businesses that have the potential to have an immediate and positive
ROYAL OAK ? Attend the June 28 Check Point GAiA Technical Brief Webinar on June 28 and receive up to four tickets to the Detroit Tigers game on July 6. The webinar is presented by Sequris Group. Quantities are limited. Check Point GAiA Technical Brief will be roughly 30-40 minutes in duration, leaving 10-15 minutes
LANSING - The Michigan Economic Development Corporation Thursday announced Michigan Strategic Fund approval of loans of up to $6.8 million for five growing Michigan companies through the Michigan Business Growth Fund Loan Participation Program. ?The Loan Participation Program will allow these companies to move forward and continue to grow, which in turn brings jobs and
WASHINGTON D.C. - According to several sources who spoke with the Washington Post, Flame helped "prepare the battlefield" for other cyberattacks, including Stuxnet. The Washington Post reports, citing sources, that Flame was the brainchild of the U.S. National Security Agency, the Central Intelligence Agency, and Israel's military. The focus of the malware was to surreptitiously
ANN ARBOR - EDUCAUSE and Internet2 are implementing a new series of pilot efforts to evaluate technologies and business models in the fast evolving migration from traditional textbooks to electronic content. For the fall 2012 term, the pilot is being conducted in partnership with McGraw-Hill Education and Courseload, through which more than 25 colleges and
KALAMAZOO ? BioStar Ventures and the Michigan Accelerator Fund led a $5.3 million preferred stock investment in Ablative Solutions Inc., a Kalamazoo-based medical device company with a new technique for fighting high blood pressure. ASI says it is developing a ?significantly different? approach to renal denervation, a new therapy for high blood pressure and other
KALAMAZOO ? The Southwest Michigan First Life Science Fund will be managed by Open Prairie Ventures, an Illinois-based venture fund. Patrick Morand, Managing Director of Southwest Michigan First fund, will remain in this role as well as assuming the role of President of Open Prairie Ventures. The funds have collaborated for more than five years