EAST LANSING - Anil Jain, University Distinguished Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at Michigan State University, has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering, one of the highest professional distinctions accorded to an engineer. Jain’s election to the Class of 2016 was announced Feb. 8 by NAE President C.D. (Dan) Mote Jr. He
TROY - Registration is now open for the annual Great Lakes Business Intelligence and Big Data Summit, presented by WIT, March 24 at the Somerset Inn where more than 300 BI practitioners from across the Midwest are expected to share their expertise on big data. The event offers attendees ample learning and networking opportunities throughout
GRAND RAPIDS - Student, alumni and faculty volunteers from Davenport University are trained and ready to kick off free income tax preparation sessions, available to low- and middle- income tax-filers (less than $58,000 in total family income) at locations across West Michigan. Every year, millions of dollars in tax refunds and credits go unclaimed by
DETROIT - Lawrence Technological University and Focus: HOPE will offer LTU’s new Associate of Science in Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering Technology degree at Focus: HOPE’s training facility in Detroit. Some 16 students will comprise the first class and upon completing their program will be the latest of more than 115 students who have earned Lawrence
FERNDALE - Crain’s Detroit Business Reporter Tom Henderson appears on the Jan. 25 edition of M2 TechCast to talk about the Venture Capital section published by his business tabloid. Henderson covers Venture Capital, technology and business stories for Crain’s. To listen, click on https://soundcloud.com/podcastdetroit/m2-episode-19-tom-henderson-crains-vc-report?in=podcastdetroit/sets/m2techcast-on-podcastdetroit#t=0:00
HOLLAND - Worksighted has promoted two employees - Nicholas Genther to lead dispatcher on the Remote Support Team, and Andrew Perales to Associate Solutions Designer on the Technical Services Team. Genther will be the first point of contact for customer support and will ensure customer support items are addressed in a timely fashion. Perales will
DETROIT - Detroit Comcast residential and business customers will be able to tap into the Internet with ultra-high speed gigabit service in the second half of this year, Comcast announced Tuesday. Detroit (the city of not the entire metropolitan area) will join Chicago and Miami in late summer or fall. Atlanta and Nashville will get
DETROIT - Washtenaw Community College has cut a deal with the Wayne State University Mike Ilitch School of Business that maximizes the value of some associate degrees from WCC for students earning a business degrees at WSU. Typically Wayne State accepts 64 transfer credits, but this agreement expands that limit for business students from WCC,
DETROIT - The Great Lakes Chapter of the Change Management Institute is hosting a free evening webinar Feb. 24 on the Return on Investment of Change Management - the People Side of the Change. Change is accelerating in organizations around the globe, as companies respond to our changing regulatory, technology and economic realities. Return on
FARMINGTON HILLS - Macprofessionals, Michigan’s only independent Apple authorized service provider for iPhone, has opened a second location in Farmington Hills. The company’s first retail location is in Bay Harbor in northern Michigan. Macprofessional’s headquarters is in Novi, where 90 engineers, sales executives, specialists and administrative staff are based. Some 14 new employees were hired
