There 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 decade — the University of Michigan has started off the new year giving us some additional ...
In 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 1989, I had the chance to live and work for a year in Hungary. I ...
Last 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, but also a wide array of presenters from outside the state. As the sessions unfolded, ...
This 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 change elaborate passwords doesn’t necessarily lead to a more secure environment. The part that caught ...
The 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 ventures. With the announcement, Arbor Networks became the third local U-M startup acquired in as ...
Almost 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!). This fall the Peace Corps is set to kick off its 50th anniversary celebration in ...
I 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 of Michigan-Dearborn. Tim Davis and his team at “iLabs” have been compiling the survey since ...
A 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 initial research in battery technology, engine systems, smart materials and advanced manufacturing techniques, the intent ...
I 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 a used car lot instead of the fancy station wagon his family is expecting. It ...
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