Southeast Michigan Purchasing Managers Index Strongest In Three Months
Officials say early indications suggest the economy is simply emerging from the effects of particularly harsh winter weather.
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Officials say early indications suggest the economy is simply emerging from the effects of particularly harsh winter weather.
Foreign mussels hitchhiking to the Great Lakes in the ballast water tanks of international freighters are becoming one of the most vexing environmental problems facing the Great Lakes. A group of scientists from Wayne State University, in collaboration with the United States Geological Survey and the Environmental Protection Agency, are working together to battle this problem.
The Detroit-area economy slipped into reverse in February, according to Southeast Michigan Purchasing Managers Index.
Three University of Michigan pathologists who developed software that could improve cancer diagnosis and treatment won a statewide entrepreneurship competition organized last week by the Center for Entrepreneurship at the UM College of Engineering.
The Southeast Michigan Purchasing Managers Index for January is 52.3, up from 50.6 in December, as both the production and new orders indexes rebounded after a seasonal, year-end low.
The alliance, which consists of University of Michigan, Michigan State University and Wayne State University, placed last in launching startups over the five-year period.
Michigan's three powerhouse research universities are among the top university innovation clusters in the nation, according to a new study.
Rather than banning hackneyed words, Wayne State University is out with a list of cool old words it would like to see all of us start using again.
Protons and neutrons, the particles in an atomic nucleus, are made of smaller pieces called quarks. And some types of quarks can form particles that exhibit surprising behaviors -- and a new surprise has been found by researchers at Wayne State University in Detroit.
Detroit police are looking for help from the public to identify two men who may know something about the shooting death of Tiane Brown.
Wayne State University, in cooperation with the Automotive Industry Action Group, is offering a non-degree certificate program designed to provide participants with an in-depth understanding of supply chain topics and issues in the context of the global vehicle industry.
The National Science Foundation has awarded a $1.32 million grant to five Michigan universities for a project that will increase the academic success of underrepresented minority graduate students and postdoctoral scholars in STEM (science, technology , engineering, and mathematics) fields, as well as women graduate students in gender-imbalanced fields.
Elizabeth Barrios says her career dream officially began when she was just 10 years old on a trip to NASA's Kennedy Space Center. Now, she's graduating from Wayne State and off to get her Ph.D.
The latest event and meeting notices from Michigan's technology-focused companies, institutions and groups.
The Southeast Michigan Purchasing Managers Index for November came in at 58.3, down from 63.1 in October. Despite a slow-down in the rate of growth, the three-month average for the economy registered a robust 60.4. A PMI value above 50 generally suggests economic growth.
The latest event and meeting notices from Michigan's technology-focused companies, institutions and groups.
The latest event and meeting notices from Michigan's technology-focused institutions, groups and companies.
Wayne State University's GO-GIRL (Gaining Options-Girls Investigate Real Life) program, designed to help girls build confidence, capacity and career awareness in science, technology, engineering and mathematics disciplines, is now accepting applications for the winter 2014 semester.
Are today's young ladies mistakenly waiting around for Prince Charming?
Wayne State University is experimenting with dogs and that's not sitting well with a group of doctors who plan to file a lawsuit.
Researchers at Wayne State University have received a $684,000 research grant from the Department of Defense to explore the genetic and epigenetic factors -- factors that interact with genes -- that might contribute to this racial and ethnic disparity in prostate cancer risk and progression.
The latest new business earned by Michigan's technology-focused companies
University of Toledo President Lloyd Jacobs said the aim is to "blur the line between Michigan and Ohio."
The Southeast Michigan Purchasing Managers Index rose to 63.1 in October, from 59.9 in September, raising the three-month average for the economy to a robust 61.1.
Flint's McLaren Health Care will take over the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute in Detroit. And the Detroit Medical Center isn't happy about it.
