ANN ARBOR - India's illegal battery recycling industry could be exposing some residents in Delhi to airborne lead levels two-to-eight times higher than their neighbors and well above recommended health guidelines, University of Michigan researchers have found. Using sophisticated microscopic equipment and a lot of detective work, U-M School of Public Health researchers were able
LANSING - Hard-knuckle politics has once again thwarted efforts to allow voters to cast an in-person absentee ballot despite a request from Governor Rick Snyder in January that it be sent to his desk as soon as possible. The bill (HB 4724) would end the limit on casting an absentee ballot to those 60 and
ALLEGAN - When news that Perrigo Co.’s then-chief executive officer, Joseph Papa, would be leaving to helm troubled Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc. first emerged, it stood to reason that Papa would be rewarded handsomely for the move. But it’s now become clear just how handsomely: about $64.7 million this year, according to Bloomberg, with the
LANSING - Computer coding would not be considered a language, but would be an option toward graduation under legislation under discussion in the Michigan House Workforce and Talent Development Committee. Under the H-1 substitute adopted Thursday, the bill (HB 5463) would merge coding, world languages and arts into 21st Century skills, and the Michigan Merit
LANSING - The majority of the state's jobs currently require no more than a high school diploma, but that will change in the coming years, a report by Business Leaders for Michigan said. The report also said that average salaries for those lower skilled jobs are about half those for jobs requiring at least a
LANSING - The Michigan Strategic Fund on Thursday announced it would provide an additional $3.5 Million to eligible Innovation Hubs across the state focused on commercializing technologies in bio medical, advanced transportation, life sciences, ag-bio and advanced materials. The announcement, made by the Michigan Economic Development Corporation, expands the Michigan Translational Research and Commercialization program
ANN ARBOR - Nasdaq GlobeNewswire has become the latest content partner to join MITechNews.Com, a website that provides stories, events listings and information on the companies, people and organizations driving technology in Michigan. Financial news from not only Michigan, but also Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio is now available at MITechNews.Com courtesy Nasdaq GlobeNewswire. “With
SOUTHFIELD – The Michigan Championship of Robofest is coming to Lawrence Technological University in Southfield April 30. Some 91 teams that advanced from 11 Michigan qualifying events will vie for state championships – and spots in the Robofest World Championship, also being held at LTU May 13 and 14. The state championship will begin at 9
EAST LANSING - Bosch has donated $200,000 to Michigan State University to support the Engineering CoRe hands-on design projects that will teach freshmen engineers to discover how to function in a collaborative, team-based, diverse setting and show the importance of engineering as well as the positive impact engineers have on a society. The Bosch Community
ANN ARBOR - University of Michigan Professor Thomas Finholt has been appointed dean of the U-M School of Information. His five-year appointment was approved this month by the Board of Regents. Finholt, professor and associate dean at the School of Information, has served as interim dean since July 2015. He replaces Dean Jeffrey MacKie-Mason, who
