Grace Turner
Grace Turner is associate editor of DBusiness magazine, DBusiness Daily News, DBusiness Tech and Mobility News, Detroit 500, and Michigan Makers. Along with writing for these publications, she maintains the magazine’s online content and manages DBusiness’ internship program. She received the Mentor of the Year Award from the University of Michigan-Dearborn in 2019 for her work with interns. Before working at DBusiness, Turner was the education reporter at the Times Herald in Port Huron. While a student at Oakland University, she was managing editor of The Oakland Post and president of the university’s Society of Professional Journalists chapter. She also served as a content writer and project coordinator at the Oakland University Communications and Marketing department. Turner has degrees in journalism and French and was awarded Oakland University’s College of Arts and Sciences Meritorious Achievement Award, given to two students graduating from Oakland’s College of Arts and Sciences each semester. In her spare time, Turner enjoys traveling, practicing circus arts, painting, drawing, reading, and sewing formal gowns.
MedCerts in Detroit Launches Patient Care Technician Online Program
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Scientist at East Lansing’s MSU Invents 10-cent Tuberculosis Diagnostic Test
A scientist at Michigan State University in East Lansing has invented a colorimetric biosensing assay that can detect tuberculosis in 10-20 minutes and costs 10 cents per test. It has a 95-99 percent accuracy...
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Lansing’s Liquid Web, Southfield’s Nexcess Merge
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Magnet, Plant-centric Restaurant Featuring Simple Selections, to Open in Detroit’s Core City This Month
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Detroit’s gBETA to Operate Music-tech Pre-accelerator for Entertainment Startups
A free pre-accelerator program in Detroit called gBETA will operate a cohort this fall focused on “music-tech” and entertainment startups. Applications are being accepted from any startup building music- or entertainment-related products, services, or...
First Phase of Elton Park Corktown in Detroit Opens
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