Articles tagged: DarylWeinert
column: Michigan Innovation for the new year: column will expand its focus in 2011
Posted: Jan 27, 2011There are many reasons to be excited about the state’s economic outlook for 2011. In addition to recent forecasts of positive net job growth in Michigan — the first net growth in more than a ... Read more »
Lies, damned lies and statistics: Selective use of data can lead to faulty conclusions
Posted: Oct 21, 2010In this year of census forms and elections, it seems appropriate to marvel at one of the understated wonders of our free society: the gathering of objective data. Shortly after the Berlin Wall fell in ... Read more »
Michigan's competitors span the globe yet state factions still battle each other
Posted: Sep 26, 2010Last week I attended the West Michigan Policy Forum, presented by the Grand Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce. The forum was filled with interesting speakers from varying backgrounds. There were presentations by local Michigan leaders, ... Read more »
Higher education must focus on client service even as universities target costs
Posted: Sep 09, 2010This past week the New York Times had an interesting article about computer passwords: “A Strong Password Isn’t the Strongest Security.” The basic thesis of the article is that forcing users to develop and regularly ... Read more »
Acquisitions of U-M startups result of region's growing prominence in innovative tech opportunities
Posted: Aug 26, 2010The recent acquisition of University of Michigan spinoff Arbor Networks by Texas-based Tektronix Communications, a subsidiary of Washington, D.C.-based Danaher Corp. (NYSE: DHR), underscores the growing national attention being garnered by University of Michigan startup ... Read more »
Lessons learned while in Nepal as a Peace Corps volunteer
Posted: Aug 12, 2010Almost 24 years ago I departed on one of the great adventures of my life: 2-1/2 years working in Nepal as a Peace Corps volunteer (the other big adventures have been marriage and raising children!). ... Read more »
University of Michigan, Michigan State, Wayne State all reaching out to industry
Posted: Jul 01, 2010I guess it takes a while to get the word out. That’s what I was thinking as I reviewed the latest annual “Technology Climate Survey” conducted by the Center for Innovation Research at the University ... Read more »
General Motors, University of Michigan collaborations continue to grow
Posted: Jun 03, 2010A little over a year ago General Motors and the University of Michigan announced the formation of the Institute of Automotive Research and Education with nothing less than the goal of “reinventing the automobile.” With ... Read more »
University of Michigan students, Ford collaborate on social media applications for cars
Posted: May 20, 2010I remember an old television show called “My Mother the Car” that ran from 1965 to 1966. In the show, an attorney named David Crabtree (Jerry Van Dyke) purchases a dilapidated 1928 touring car at ... Read more »
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