Events/Announcements

Detroit-Windsor Bridge Supporters Mixed On Obama Budget Prospects For Customs Plaza

WASHINGTON DC - President Barack Obama's budget contains no direct funding to build the U.S. customs plaza at the new bridge connecting Detroit and Windsor, Ontario, but there is a pool of $486 million for customs and border protection construction and facilities management that backers of the new bridge said Michigan's congressional delegation should target

By |2014-03-05T00:00:00-05:00March 5th, 2014|Archive, Events/Announcements|

Apple Launches CarPlay To Bring iOS To Vehicles

CUPERTINO, Ca. ? Apple has finally perfected its iOS product for the car, called CarPlay -replication of a simplified iOS interface into a touch-screen display in the car, plus extensive voice command. The focus here is simplicity and safety, with no complex interface elements and, seemingly, no virtual keyboards, CNET News.Com reported. Instead, many actions

By |2014-03-04T00:00:00-05:00March 4th, 2014|Archive, Events/Announcements|

Merit Network Completes Upgrades On Statewide Fiber-Optic Backbone

ANN ARBOR - Merit Network announced Wednesday the completion of several upgrades to its statewide, fiber-optic backbone. The upgrades bolster critical paths on Merit's core network to better support bandwidth exchange between Members and improve the flow of traffic to key interconnection points with Internet2, the Tier 1 Internet and content providers. "Our Members continue

By |2014-03-04T00:00:00-05:00March 4th, 2014|Archive, Events/Announcements|

February Southeast Michigan Purchasing Managers Index Dips Below Growth

DETROIT - The Southeast Michigan Purchasing Managers Index for February dipped to 47.3, down from 52.3 in January. A PMI value above 50 generally suggests economic growth. A PMI index value below 50 generally suggests economic slowing. ?Though the southeastern Michigan economy has slowed a bit, there?s no reason to believe that this is a

By |2014-03-04T00:00:00-05:00March 4th, 2014|Archive, Events/Announcements|

Wayne State Professor Love Of STEM Learned At Racetrack

DETROIT - Michele Grimm, interim director of Wayne State University's Transfer Student Success Center and associate professor of biomedical engineering, just may be one of Michigan?s most active and successful science, technology, engineering and mathematics supporters and advocates. Her track record is like a guidebook for service to STEM fields; her work is paving the

By |2014-02-28T00:00:00-05:00February 28th, 2014|Archive, Events/Announcements|