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Coronavirus / K-12 Education / Life Sciences

Ferndale firm offers rapid COVID-19 testing to Michigan schools

FERNDALE—Officials at Olive Labs Inc. announced a partnership with Concentric, a COVID-19 testing division of Boston-based Gingko Bioworks, to provide rapid testing for schools. Olive Labs Inc. is a women- …

Online Marketing / Online Shopping / Retail Technology

Jet’s Pizza offers new text ordering program

STERLING HEIGHTS—Jet’s Pizza is offering 20 percent off pizzas to customers who use the company’s new text-to-order platform at participating locations. Jet’s has partnered with Ann Arbor-based startup Ordr AI to offer …

Foundations / K-12 Education

Kellogg Foundation website shows improvements in Battle Creek schools

BATTLE CREEK—Officials of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation announced the launch of a new web site, ChangeStartsHereBCPS.org, to share achievements, opportunities and lessons learned thus far, four years after the foundation’s …

Green Technology / Higher Education

UM discontinues investments in the largest contributors to greenhouse gases

ANN ARBOR—Officials at the University of Michigan said UM will shift its natural resources investments to focus more on renewable energy, stop investing in funds primarily focused on certain fossil …

Medical Research / University Research

Science, society need ‘grand challenges’ more than ever, LTU speaker says

SOUTHFIELD—Give scientists a challenge and they’re likely to solve it–and that usually winds up improving the human condition. Issuing “grand challenges” in a wide variety of scientific disciplines has a …

Connected Vehicles / Electric Vehicles

Troy EV company in partnership with telematics, data firm

TROY—Electric Last Mile Inc., a Troy-based commercial electric vehicle company focused on last-mile delivery systems, announced a partnership with Oakville, Ontario-based Geotab Inc. to develop a factory-installed connectivity system that …

Acquisitions / Medical Supplies / Personal Protective Equipment

Caledonia’s Aspen Surgical buys Canadian maker of PPE

CALEDONIA—Aspen Surgical Products Inc., the Caledonia-based manufacturer of disposable surgical products, announced the acquisition of Saint-Laurent, Quebec-based BlueMed Medical Supplies Inc. BlueMed is a manufacturer of high-quality, cost-effective disposable shoe …

LED Lighting

New highbay lighting from Muskegon’s EarthTronics

NORTON SHORES—The LED lighting manufacturer EarthTronics announced the introduction of its UFO LED Highbay with Networked Lighting Controls to deliver maximum lighting efficiency for 15-to-25-foot mounting heights when replacing up …

Customer Experience / Utilities

Pandemic caused surge in power use, but not in love for utilities

ANN ARBOR—Household power consumption surged during the pandemic, but customer perceptions of utilities barely budged. Residential customer satisfaction with the energy utilities sector overall ticked down 0.1 percent to 72.0 …

Uncategorized

State approves new talent initiatives, business aid

LANSING—The Michigan Strategic Fund this week approved state aid for new talent initiatives, a business expansion, and community revitalization projects, the Michigan Economic Development Corp. announced. MSF approved two programs …

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