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
GRAND RAPIDS - West Michigan Sustainable Business Forum will present a luncheon on corporate water stewardship and community solar at its April 13 membership meeting at Grand Rapids Public Library. Through a series of field tests, a Council of Great Lakes Industries project team has demonstrated that water stewardship tools can be valuable to industries
GRAND RAPIDS ? West Michigan colleges are collaborating in mid-April at the second annual MWest Challenge to give entrepreneurially minded students the chance to grow new ventures based on their own ideas. A purse of $30,000 is on the line. MWest Challenge is hosted by the Richard M. and Helen DeVos Center for Entrepreneurship and
LANSING - The Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget has not done enough to ensure only appropriate access to the various Oracle databases it oversees, auditors said in a report. The performance audit of Statewide Oracle Database Controls by Auditor General Doug Ringler, for the period October 1, 2012, through September 30, 2014, found
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
LANSING - The Michigan Strategic Fund did not have sufficient internal control in place to ensure it properly recorded and reported its financial activity in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, an audit by the Office of the Auditor General released Thursday concluded. As a result, the MSF could not ensure the accuracy of accounting
LANSING - The Michigan higher education budget approved Thursday by a House subcommittee would decrease Governor Rick Snyder's recommendation for the universities by $14.7 million and increase the cap on how much universities can raise tuition. Rep. Michael McCready (R-Bloomfield Hills), chair of the House Appropriations Higher Education Subcommittee, said he would prefer a budget
LANSING ? Visitor spending in Michigan hit $22.8 billion last year, and the state?s Pure Michigan tourism campaign generated $6.87 for each dollar spent on Pure Michigan advertising in 2014, according to two reports released this week at the Pure Michigan Governor?s Conference on Tourism in Grand Rapids. ?Michigan?s tourism industry is a strong pillar
DETROIT - Digital Diva, Amanda Lewan, attends SXSW to capture exciting interviews with Women in Technology. This podcast features three short diverse discussions with women focused on: Large Scale 3D Printing, The ?Internet of Everything? Bra & ?Detected the Movie?, and even the new .CLUB domain name extension. To listen click on DigitalDivas3.Com