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Nonprofit board service comes with specific responsibilities Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 3:19PMIt may sound simple, but the most important function of a nonprofit board chair is to shut down sidebar conversations and “BlackBerry prayers” during board meetings, said PVS Chemicals Inc. President and CEO Jim Nicholson.
Detroit Public Television tapped all sources for capital campaign Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 3:18PMDetroit Public Television mined little-known family foundations as part of its strategy to close out its recent $22 million capital campaign.
To be part of estate plans, nonprofits need to court estate planners Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 3:18PMNonprofits should get to know local estate planning professionals so they can be included in the expected transfer of $972 billion from U.S. citizen estates over the next 50 years.
Fréchet Named Vice President for Research at KAUST Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 11:12AMNobel Laureates Applaud Selection of Renowned Scientist, Educator and Entrepreneur (PRWeb Mar 9, 2010) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2010/03/prweb3701914.htm
Fréchet Named Vice President for Research at Kaust Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 7:00AMNobel Laureates Applaud Selection of Renowned Scientist, Educator and Entrepreneur
Fashion his heritage Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 5:38AMHe grew up in the world of fashion. Kenzo CEO James Greenfield tells TAHIR ALHAMZAH that his great-grandfather, grandmother and parents are all from the fashion business
Newsmakers: CMU honors star students from Livingston Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 4:07AMCentral Michigan University has named the following Livingston County students to the fall 2009 dean's list.
Colleges and Universities See Improved Student Outcomes with Wimba Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 1:01AMLearning Environments that Leverage Wimba Solutions Better Engage Learners - Improving Grades, Retention and Employability
Meet the candidates vying for an open seat on the A2 school board Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 7:05AMWith the resignation of Ann Arbor Board of Education member Adam Hollier last month, the board is interviewing eight candidates for the position.
I-94 bridge fixes called 'smart catch' Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 12:12AMAllen Park -- State officials say a bridge over eastbound Interstate 94 that slightly sank Thursday needs repairs but wasn't about to collapse or endanger motorists.
American Institute of Architects Elevates Three Michigan Architects to College of Fellows Wednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 1:45PMDetroit - The American Institute of Architects (AIA) announced the elevation of three Michigan architects to the organization’s College of Fellows: Michael Corby, FAIA, LEED AP; C. Richard Hall, FAIA, ACHA, EDAC, LEED GA and Benedetto Tiseo, FAIA, NCARB.
Apple sues HTC over iPhone patents Tuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 8:20PMCompany alleges that rival phone maker infringes on 20 iPhone-related patents. Steve Jobs: "Competitors should create their own original technology, not steal ours."
Send items to City Editor Angela Mullins at amullins@gannett.com . Tuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 6:16AMMichCon's BelleRiver Mills Compressor Station in China Township has received a Clean Corporate Citizen designation from Michigan's Department of Natural Resources and Environment.
Presenting the Fundamentals of Environmental Ethics at Their "Ground-Level Best," Dog Ear Publishing Releases ... Monday, March 1, 2010 @ 4:30PMAfter having spent 30 years looking at the world through a “wide-angle lens,” naturalist/philosopher G. Gene Johnson, offers the reader a remarkable vision across boundaries; a vision which recognizes earth’s unity, shares earth’s community, celebrates earth’s diversity, honors earth’s circularity, participates in earth’s reciprocity, and respects earth’s numinosity. By [PR.com]
Blackbaud Offers Nonprofits Free Web Seminar Series on Rapid Response Fundraising Monday, March 1, 2010 @ 2:05PMLessons Learned from Haiti series to focus on planning, executing and following-up on rapid response campaigns (PRWeb Mar 2, 2010) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/Blackbaud/Web_seminar_series/prweb3667634.htm
Blackbaud Offers Nonprofits Free Web Seminar Series on Rapid Response Fundraising Monday, March 1, 2010 @ 8:45AMLessons Learned from Haiti series to focus on planning, executing and following-up on rapid response campaigns
Extension gets public input on cutting costs Sunday, February 28, 2010 @ 4:06PMCARROLLTON - People from 16 counties commented on their concerns regarding the reorganization of the University of Illinois Extension because of severe budget restraints tied to the state's economic woes.
President Obama Re-establishes President's Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and Universities ... Sunday, February 28, 2010 @ 10:02AMWASHINGTON – Today, President Barack Obama signed a new Executive Order re-establishing the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities and the President’s Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and Universities. A copy of the Executive Order is attached. The Board of Advisors, created in 1981 by Executive Order, is tasked with advising the President and the ...
Meet the candidates vying for an open seat on the A2 school board Saturday, February 27, 2010 @ 7:31PMWith the resignation of Ann Arbor Board of Education member Adam Hollier last month, the board is interviewing eight candidates for the position.
College news: Graduations and Dean's Lists Friday, February 26, 2010 @ 1:14AMSchools include those in Michigan and elsewhere, including Ball State University.
Stanford Business magazine Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 7:52PMProfessor Stefanos Zenios talks about the multidisciplinary philosophy behind his biodesign class. The course seeks to cross disciplines to breed new biomedical ideas. The collaborative projects have led to several medical device startups.
Experts: Don’t Blame Lean Manufacturing for Toyota’s Problems Tuesday, February 23, 2010 @ 2:55PMIndustry pundits say if anything company lost focus on lean values and didn't extend quality assurance to the engineering department.
Experts: Don't Blame Lean Manufacturing for Toyota's Problems Tuesday, February 23, 2010 @ 2:53PMIndustry pundits say if anything company lost focus on lean values and didn't extend quality assurance to the engineering department.
Engineering Society panel offers preview of alternative energy conference Tuesday, February 23, 2010 @ 2:15PMThe Engineering Society of Detroit is planning a free sneak preview of its upcoming Alternative Energy Conference Thursday morning.
Could electronics be what's causing runaway cars? Tuesday, February 23, 2010 @ 6:22AMAllegations of unintended acceleration by Toyota models that are not part of the recall and by cars from other automakers have revived debate over whether electromagnetic interference is the cause of such incidents.
Could electronics be what's causing runaway cars? Monday, February 22, 2010 @ 11:37PMAllegations of unintended acceleration by Toyotas not part of the recall and by other makers' cars revive electromagnetic interference debate.
Cosmic Log: A golden year for lasers Monday, February 22, 2010 @ 6:38PMScience editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: Fifty years after the laser was first demonstrated, scientists and engineers celebrate the golden anniversary and look ahead to a golden age.
LTU students to join in Haiti relief effort Sunday, February 21, 2010 @ 6:03AMSOUTHFIELD — Three Lawrence Technological University students won't be spending spring break enjoying some relaxation.
County getting federal funds Friday, February 19, 2010 @ 12:40AMSYCAMORE – Gov. Pat Quinn, as well as local and federal officials, will be in Sycamore today to announce funding to improve broadband Internet access in northern Illinois.
College students heading for Haiti Tuesday, February 16, 2010 @ 12:59PMAlain Bonny knows his mother survived the earthquake in Haiti, but he doesn't know where she is staying right now.
"The Future is Now" Tuesday, February 16, 2010 @ 11:05AM"'I have seen the future, and it is now.' Those words came to mind again as I recently listened to Craig Venter, one of those leading the new areas of synthetic genomics and synthetic biology," writes Lawrence Krauss in Scientific American . In the piece, Krauss says the he expects an artificial life-form to be produced soon . He also notes that while some may fear that these new life-forms ...
OU, ExxonMobil dedicate engineering building Tuesday, February 16, 2010 @ 12:07AMRepresentatives from OU and ExxonMobil dedicated the ExxonMobil Lawrence G. Rawl Engineering Practice Facility on Monday. OU President David Boren said the new facility will only reach its full potential with students’ innovation and inventions.
Engineering facility to be dedicated at OU Monday, February 15, 2010 @ 12:27AMThe ExxonMobil Lawrence G. Rawl Engineering Practice Facility, the first of its kind in the nation, will be dedicated 2 p.m. today at the University of Oklahoma in a public ceremony at 850 S. Jenkins Ave.
Pressure BioSciences, Inc. Provides Corporate Update Friday, February 12, 2010 @ 8:39AMSOUTH EASTON, Mass. -- Pressure BioSciences, Inc. today provided an update on various corporate activities, including the national recognition of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory for its collaboration with PBI on the development of a rapid and reproducible method to prepare proteins for analysis, the presentation of data that show a notable improvement in the yields of DNA from challenging ...
Academic Notebook Friday, February 12, 2010 @ 6:17AMThe "Aloha Room," Mrs. Hammel's 5th grade, continued its 7-year mission of "Operation Heart to Heart" Support the Troops, by organizing a Hat Day to raise funds for sending care packages to our soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan.
A tantalizing hint, but not proof, of elusive dark matter, reports Cleveland physicist and research team Thursday, February 11, 2010 @ 1:14PMTwo impacts on an ultra-sensitive detector in a Minnesota mine look like elusive dark matter particle strikes, but they aren't definitive proof, a Case Western Reserve University physicist and his colleagues report.
Campus briefs: Black law students raise nearly $400 for Haiti relief Thursday, February 11, 2010 @ 12:17AMThe Ada Lois Sipuel chapter of the Black Law Students Association raised almost $400 that will be donated towards the American Red Cross’ Haiti Relief Fund during its Haiti Relief Week Feb. 1 to 5.
James M. Gentile: Who Will Win The Race For Jobs In Renewable Energy? Monday, February 8, 2010 @ 10:31AMWhen it comes to renewable energy innovation and equipment manufacturing, China is challenging the West, and the outcome will decide where millions of jobs go...
'Kick-Ass', 'MacGruber,' 'The People Vs George Lucas' among the SXW titles announced Saturday, February 6, 2010 @ 8:21AMAs many years as I've been going to Austin for film-releated events, it shocks me that last year was my first time visiting SXSW from end to end, and I loved it. Each film festival has its own energy, and the fact that SXSW is half music-fest, half film-fest gives it a very unique party vibe.
Oakland's Patterson touts 'thoughtful management' Thursday, February 4, 2010 @ 12:17AMPontiac -- Oakland County faced a tough year in 2009, but County Executive L. Brooks Patterson vowed that with diversification programs the county has initiated and other measures, Oakland could become "recession-resistant."
Architect Raymond Cekauskas Named 2010 President of American Institute of Architects Detroit Wednesday, February 3, 2010 @ 3:41PMDetroit - The American Institute of Architects Detroit (AIA Detroit, www.aiadetroit.org ) announced the election of Southfield, Mich., architect Raymond Cekauskas, AIA, LEEDAP, EDAC, as its 2010 president.
Patterson looks ahead in State of Oakland County address Wednesday, February 3, 2010 @ 2:45PMPontiac -- It was a tough year for Oakland County: Two auto companies, General Motors, formerly Oakland County's largest employer; and Chrysler, headquartered in Auburn Hills, went bankrupt, the county saw nearly 8,500 foreclosures and unemployment reached 15.6 percent, higher than the state's 15.2 percent.
Automation Alley names Scott Goemmel president, elects new board Wednesday, February 3, 2010 @ 2:08PMTroy-based Automation Alley has named Scott Goemmel as its new president.
Donations to MSU down, but only by 4 percent Wednesday, February 3, 2010 @ 3:15AMWASHINGTON - Charitable contributions to Michigan State University dropped last year, but not as much as the nationwide decline in giving to colleges and universities.
Donations to MSU down, but only by 4 perfect Wednesday, February 3, 2010 @ 3:12AMWASHINGTON - Charitable contributions to Michigan State University dropped last year, but not as much as the nationwide decline in giving to colleges and universities.
No Moon Missions, That's a Relief Monday, February 1, 2010 @ 1:04PMThe rumors were true, Constellation is cancelled. No Ares 1 crew vehicle, no Ares V heavy lifter, no Altair lander. No bases on the Moon, and no human exploration of Mars. NASA is canceling the human return to the Moon. Good. (...)Read the rest of No Moon Missions, That's a Relief (678 words) © Fraser for Universe Today, [...]
Plex Systems Announces Record 2009 Growth, Including 31% Growth in Recurring Revenue Monday, February 1, 2010 @ 10:55AMERP Manufacturing Software Leader Plans for 2010 Expansion Plex Systems, Inc ., provider of the No. 1 rated manufacturing ERP software, Plex Online, today announced that its 2009 ...
Plex Systems Announces Record 2009 Growth, Including 31% Growth in Recurring Revenue Monday, February 1, 2010 @ 7:09AMERP Manufacturing Software Leader Plans for 2010 Expansion
Plex Systems Announces Record 2009 Growth, Including 31% Growth in Recurring Revenue Monday, February 1, 2010 @ 7:00AMAUBURN HILLS, MI--(Marketwire - 02/01/10) - Plex Systems, Inc., provider of the No. 1 rated manufacturing ERP software , Plex Online, today announced that its 2009 recurring revenue grew 31 percent over 2008, and its total revenue grew 14 percent. The industry-leading software as a service (SaaS) solution provider also improved its EBITDA profitability by 21 percent year-over-year. Note that as ...
Diamond Can Endure Shock Waves From Powerful Lasers Monday, February 1, 2010 @ 3:16AMMost people know that diamond is one of the hardest solids on Earth, so strong that it can easily cut through glass and steel.