$42.9m U-M investment will bring 70+ new jobs
Starting next year, the University of Michigan will invest nearly $42.9 million in the university health system's medical imaging project.
Starting next year, the University of Michigan will invest nearly $42.9 million in the university health system's medical imaging project.
Compendia Bioscience, Inc., an Ann Arbor-area biotech company has gotten a $250,000 investment from Ann Arbor SPARK and a $2.4 million research grant from the National Cancer Institute.
University of Michigan president Mary Sue Coleman spoke at last week's University Research Corridor conference about the need for local universities to fully engage in Michigan's struggle to transform its economy.
Ann Arbor-based SoulTracks has grown from a one-man hobby website to the top-ranked soul music website in the nation. It is getting ready to host its first Readers' Choice Awards in Detroit on November 16.
The Big 3 of Michigan's knowledge-based economy -- Wayne State University, University of Michigan and Michigan State University -- have teamed up to throw their collective weight behind some job-growing initiatives.
Less than a month ago, metromode profiled ForeSee Results. The company had just acquired a Chicago firm that would help it add prescriptive expertise to its diagnostic services. This acquisition was part of what would grow the company from 80 to 100 employees.
The city of Taylor has signed a deal to test two wind turbines with the intent of powering 600 homes with wind energy starting in 2009.
Arbor Networks is a global IT firm that specializes in security for service providers. They have recently added 16 to their roster and are still actively hiring.
SpamStopsHere is not hardware or software but rather a managed service. This fact, along with the product's effectiveness has lead to the company's dramatic growth, adding 15 positions since 2002.
The Ann Arbor operations of i3 Drug Safety will add 70 employees, bringing its total to 300, and will open a second location, a 25,000-square foot office.
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