GRAND RAPIDS ? The Grand Rapids Veterans Home will provide the setting Sunday April 5 for the fifth annual Community Sunrise Memorial Service hosted by the DeMolai Commandery No. 5, Knights Templar of Grand Rapids. A color guard from A Company, 1st Battalion, 24th Marines in Grand Rapids will present the US flag and a
LANSING ? If you want a crack at rebuilding the official Travel Michigan website, the state has issued a Request For Proposals. The deadline is April 27. The RFP came from the Michigan Strategic Fund and the Michigan Economic Development Corporation Monday. ?Michigan.org is one of the nation?s premier travel and tourism websites. Through this
ANN ARBOR - Ann Arbor SPARK is hosting its second annual A2 Tech Connect job fair on April 9 from 4 to 7 p.m. This free event will be held at the Kensington Court in Ann Arbor. A2 Tech Connect will give job seekers a chance to learn about open IT jobs ranging from internships
ANN ARBOR - In a torpedo-shaped one-seater powered by a lawnmower engine, a team of University of Michigan students is aiming for a fuel economy of thousands of miles to the gallon. The U-M Supermileage Team will compete in the Shell Eco-marathon, held for the first time in Detroit starting April 9. The contest, which
ANN ARBOR ? We?re launching a new section in the MITechNews.Com eNewsletter focused on a growing business segment that also combines the state?s most creative entrepreneurs ? the Makers Movement. We?re calling it Makers Michigan. What we plan to do in the Makers Michigan section, soon to be added to a new and improved MITechNews.Com
ANN ARBOR ? The second of what is becoming an annual MakerFest will be held on April 2 at the University of Michigan where students and other interested parties can interact with creative entrepreneurs who have become part of the Makers Movement. The Maker Movement features entrepreneurs with an interest in engineering-oriented pursuits such as
ANN ARBOR - The Michigan Angel Fund led a $1.7 million round of funding for Arborlight that recently closed. The company will use the money to further commercialization efforts for its award-winning LightWell product, which offers the benefits of a skylight, with the convenience of a light fixture. ?The Michigan Angel Fund is focused on
DEARBORN ? The theme for this year?s fourth annual Cisco Women of Impact event was be fearless. The more than 100 attendees were mostly female and included Cisco employees, Channel partners, and customers dedicating time to develop themselves. With the pace of change and innovation in technology accelerating faster than ever, women need to develop
DETROIT ? The Michigan Council for Women in Technology on March 18 celebrated with a day of enrichment and giving back to women in technology. Female tech professionals gained insight from Quicken Loans CIO Ling Long in the morning, while hundreds of grade-school girls were inspired by the Internet of Things in the afternoon. The
LANSING - The Michigan House Appropriations Environmental Quality Subcommittee agreed with most of the fee changes Governor Rick Snyder had proposed, but reduced some of the funding available to the Air Quality Program. The key change to the air program, reducing the fee to $51.15 per ton to generate $1.2 million in new funds and