LANSING - Pure Michigan’s public relations campaign has been awarded both silver and bronze awards for its marketing campaign in 2016. The awards come from the Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association International. Those awards include: Skiing Michigan’s Hidden Gem: Skiing Magazine Feature Placement Print (Silver) Mount Bohemia is a hidden gem extreme skiing destination, with
DETROIT – LIFT - Lightweight Innovations For Tomorrow, the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities, and the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences named six educators to its Expert Educator Team. The EET will collaborate with LIFT’s technology project teams to identify how colleges and universities can modify their curricula and related industry certifications to meet
PHILADELPHIA, PA – Building off of last year’s success, Comcast, ABC Television and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will again partner to create an immersive The Oscars television viewing experience for Xfinity X1 customers. This year The Oscars experience will include more than 1500 hours of content, as well as live streams
WEST OLIVE – The Great Lakes Ag-Tech Business Incubator is now known as ACRE AgTech, but it will continue its work to connect, develop and cultivate agriculture technology innovations, either into new businesses or commercializing them in partnership with established entities. ACRE connects entrepreneurs with the resources they need to succeed, furthering the cultivation of emerging
DETROIT - The wireless carrier launched a new plan Monday that offers unlimited data, talk time and texts for $80 per month for the first line when you select automatic payments. Customers can add up to four more lines for $45 per month each. The plan is available to both new and existing customers. Verizon,
HOUGHTON - Interested in making an investment that promises a 100 percent return on your money, and then some? Buy a low-cost, open-source 3-D printer, plug it in and print household items. In a recent study published in Technologies, Michigan Technological University Associate Professor Joshua Pearce set out to determine how practical and cost effective
ANN ARBOR - Atomic Object’s Ann Arbor office will grow by 25 percent the custom software design shop hired three new computer science graduates recruited through an artificial intelligence competition. In January, the company hosted the 2017 Atomic Games in its downtown Ann Arbor office, modeled after a similar event held in Atomic’s Grand Rapids office
SOUTHFIELD - Digital Voice and VOIP provider BullsEye has promoted Brian Babich to Vice President, Channel Sales, and Chris Otenbaker to Vice President, Corporate Accounts. Babich is a 22-year telecom veteran who has served in both direct and Channel Sales leadership roles at BullsEye. Babich led the national direct Sales team prior to spearheading the
ANN ARBOR - The University of Michigan Museum of Art is now making museum membership free. Previously, UMMA membership was available through a minimum $50 donation ($15 for U-M students). Starting Jan. 30, UMMA membership will be available to everyone, anywhere. Thanks to a grant from the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, UMMA aims to
ADA - Benefits administration service provider Next Generation Enrollment has been acquired by Florida-based PlanSource, which provides cloud-based benefits and HR software. The transaction closed on January 20. Terms were not announced. Next Generation Enrollment offers services to help automate the process of employee benefits administration, including total benefits outsourcing, call centers, ACA services, billing
