SOUTHFIELD– At a time when lawmakers in Washington D.C. just passed a $370 billion clean energy and climate bill, the largest climate investment in US history – Michigan’s cleantech leaders will gather Aug. 25 for a C3 Summit, focused on climate technology. The C3 Summit represents cleantech, climatech and circular economy businesses involved in products
LOS ANGELES - It’s no secret by now that cities run hotter than the countryside: Fewer trees mean less shade, and concentrated human activity generates heat, which hard surfaces like pavement and parking lots absorb. To combat the so-called urban heat island effect, some cities have been retrofitting public buildings into climate shelters, while others have been planting
ANN ARBOR - Rehmann is more than just a big accounting company, they also offer back office assistance for businesses in all categories, including those working in the adult-use and legal cannabis sector of Michigan. Daryl Targosz from Rehmann spoke at the Michigan Cannabis Industry Association summer annual meeting last week to let Michigan's fastest
SOUTHFIELD - Selin Arslan, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs & Associate Professor College of Engineering at Lawrence Technological University, provides the back story on the new master's degree of perfusion that teaches students how to operate such equipment as heart-lung machines. The starting salaries for these jobs is around $140,000 a year, Arslan said. https://youtu.be/n-y1nrXa1tQ
MIDLAND — Northwood University this week celebrated a historic milestone as the Timberwolves won Program of the Year honors by the National Association of Collegiate Esports. “This award means so much to the students and myself,” said Esports Coach Cody Elsen. “The hard work everyone has put in resulted in a dream scenario for us.”
DETROIT - Kodak has announced that it is repurposing some of the expensive, high-tech machines used to manufacture its photography film for use on batteries for electric vehicles. The company has invested in Wildcat Discovery Technologies, which makes EV batteries. Engineers at Kodak have discovered that the “supercell” batteries Wildcat manufactures, require a similar coating
DETROIT - The U.S. economy today in some ways offers the most favorable conditions workers have had in years. The unemployment rate is as low as it has been in two decades, having bounced back from a COVID-induced spike in 2020. Simultaneously, the wave of quits and job switches now known as the Great Resignation
GRAND RAPIDS – Three foundations committed to innovation in education are investing in REP4, a program designed to put student ideas at the center of the future of education. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Meridian Foundation and the Steelcase Foundation together are investing in the effort that is in its second year to
WASHINGTON DC - North American Electric Reliability Corp. expects 500 GW of solar and 400 GW of wind to come online over the next decade, and officials say some work is needed to accommodate the shift away from fossil fuels. “If we’re going to reliably integrate these resources over the next 10 years, we’ve really
NEW YORK - The number of employees who are considering quitting their jobs right now is around 40%, a number that hasn’t changed much in recent months. A survey by Microsoft in March found that 41 percent of workers were thinking about leaving their jobs, and another survey last week by McKinsey put that number at 40 percent. “This isn’t
