FLINT - Roger Fischer and Dennis LaPorte, Baker College of Flint students, have each been awarded a $1,500 scholarship funded by Mi-Light, the Michigan photonics cluster, to pursue an associate degree in photonics and laser technology. Photonics is the science of using a photon, a unit of light, to generate energy or to detect or
PLYMOUTH - Comcast has named Mikel Slater vice president of Human Resources for Comcast's Heartland region, encompassing Michigan, Indiana and Kentucky. As a key member of the region's senior leadership team, Slater is responsible for partnering with organization leads to develop and implement the HR strategy for attracting and retaining top talent and meeting the
DETROIT - TEDxDetroit 2015 has released its speaker list for the Oct. 8 event at the Fox Theatre and it includes influencers like NASA's Dr. Cathy Olkin and the Consumer Electronic Association's Gary Shapiro. In its seventh year, the day-long event, sort of a peep rally for business and innovation, will draw upwards of two
SAN FRANCISCO - Just as we expected, Apple announced the next versions of its best-selling smartphones, the iPhone 6S and 6S Plus. However, despite introducing a new color (rose gold), the iPhone 6S looks a whole lot like last year's iPhone 6- and most other iPhones - that came before. This follows the pattern that Apple
DETROIT - IT In The D's next Pink Slip Party event is scheduled for September 17 at The Majestic Theater, where as many as a thousand people show up, including over a hundred and fifty recruiters, tons of people specifically looking for jobs, and a whole bunch of folks just looking to meet people in
EAST LANSING - James Klausner, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at the University of Florida, has been named chair of the Michigan State University Department of Mechanical Engineering, effective Jan. 1, 2016. Klausner will replace Alejandro Diaz, who served as chair of the mechanical engineering department from 2009 to 2015. Diaz is now focused
SOUTHFIELD - Thylias Moss, an award-winning poet who has experimented with using computer technology to write poetry, will give a poetry reading on Sept. 25 as part of the conference, Network Detroit: Digital Humanities Theory and Practice, at Lawrence Technological University. The poetry reading, which is free and open to the public, will be at
GRAND RAPIDS - Warehouse logistics supplier Dematic announced Wednesday new automated technology and software solutions that empower retailers and wholesalers to meet the specific requirements of apparel distribution and order fulfillment. Dematic solutions address the common issues associated with omni-channel retailing such as order fulfillment costs, margin pressure, SKU proliferation, order processing accuracy and inventory
DETROIT - Join CDH on Sept. 24 from 4 to 7 pm for food, drinks and friends at a TechMash Detroit at its new downtown office on Woodward Ave. On tap will be various beers from B. Nektar meadery in Ferndale - for free. Event Information: 1500 Woodward Ave, Suite 400, Detroit, MI., 48226. Parking
EAST LANSING - The Michigan State University College of Engineering will have more than 1,000 women students, from freshmen to seniors, in the college when classes start at MSU - a first at MSU Engineering. The upward trend follows the college's overall enrollment increase in the past several years. "This fall we are welcoming one