What do community "best of" lists really tell us?
Ann Arbor lands on lots of best of lists. Lots and lots of lists. But do they really paint an accurate picture of what it's like to live in or visit our community? This fascinating article gets past the hype. Excerpt: "To even begin to understand how these slightly unsettling results are arrived at, we need to understand who compiles them and who they are for. The lists are made by well-travelled academics, researchers and journalists... [Read More...]
LanguageMate opens office in downtown Ann Arbor
New York City-based LanguageMate has opened an office in downtown Ann Arbor and plans to grow it significantly over the next year. The 50-person firm has a team of five people in the Ann Arbor SPARK incubator in downtown Ann Arbor and is working with SPARK to find permanent offices in the city. The nine-year-old company is also looking for interns and plans to flesh out its staff soon. “By the end of the first year, we want to have 7-8 employees,”... [Read More...]
U-M has MacArthur Foundation’s only female African-American Fellow
This year U-M was home to not one, not two, but three MacArthur Foundation fellows (aka the "genius" awards). Given that only 22 people receive the annual designation (and $500K prize), that's a pretty impressive tally. Excerpt: "The chairwoman of the university's Afroamerican and African Studies Department also is considered a genius, by virtue of the MacArthur Foundation fellowship that she won last month, an award the... [Read More...]
U-M has MacArthur Foundation’s only female African-American Fellow
This year U-M was home to not one, not two, but three MacArthur Foundation fellows (aka the "genius" awards). Given that only 22 people receive the annual designation (and $500K prize), that's a pretty impressive tally. Excerpt: "The chairwoman of the university's Afroamerican and African Studies Department also is considered a genius, by virtue of the MacArthur Foundation fellowship that she won last month, an award the... [Read More...]
U-M has MacArthur Foundation’s only female African-American Fellow
This year U-M was home to not one, not two, but three MacArthur Foundation fellows (aka the "genius" awards). Given that only 22 people receive the annual designation (and $500K prize), that's a pretty impressive tally. Excerpt: "The chairwoman of the university's Afroamerican and African Studies Department also is considered a genius, by virtue of the MacArthur Foundation fellowship that she won last month, an award the... [Read More...]
U-M has MacArthur Foundation’s only female African-American Fellow
This year U-M was home to not one, not two, but three MacArthur Foundation fellows (aka the "genius" awards). Given that only 22 people receive the annual designation (and $500K prize), that's a pretty impressive tally. Excerpt: "The chairwoman of the university's Afroamerican and African Studies Department also is considered a genius, by virtue of the MacArthur Foundation fellowship that she won last month, an award the... [Read More...]
Ann Arbor-on-the-Huron
Ann Arbor chieftains are trying to restore the Huron River back to the same primacy it had as a vital water route for the area's early Native American residents. So can the city trade yet on its efforts to better integrate the river with the people? Paddles in hand, Concentrate's Tanya Muzumdar and Doug Coombe push off on a river culture study. News from Concentrate Read More →
Presentation on state incentives and capital programs
On July 14 we will be presenting a program on the many programs funded by the state that put cash in the bank accounts of start-ups and early stage growth companies. When you look around at the incentives other states are providing technology and other innovative entrepreneurs you will be hard pressed to find one that has as many creative programs providing capital than Michigan. We have programs for university based commercialization opportunities,... [Read More...]
