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.
Troy’s Kresge Foundation, PNC Foundation, Battle Creek’s W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Donate $2.5M to Detroit...
The Kresge Foundation in Troy, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation in Battle Creek, and PNC Foundation, which has a metro Detroit office in Troy, are donating $2.5 million in joint grants to support improvements in early childhood education facilities in Detroit neighborhoods through an expansion of the Learning Spaces program.
McCann Worldgroup Detroit’s Kidney Event 2019
McCann Worldgroup hosted Detroit’s Kidney Event on Thursday, May 9 at the company’s headquarters in Birmingham. The evening included a silent auction, raffles, cocktails, and a strolling dinner. Proceeds benefited the National Kidney Foundation of Michigan. // Photographs by Patrick Gloria
Dr. Samuel L. Stanley Jr. Appointed President at Michigan State University
The board of trustees for East Lansing’s Michigan State University today selected Dr. Samuel L. Stanley Jr. as president. He will officially begin his term as the school’s 21st president on Aug. 1.
Dearborn’s Ford Begins Second Phase of Construction at Corktown’s Michigan Central Station
Ford Motor Co. in Dearborn announced Thursday the second phase of construction at the Michigan Central Station in Detroit’s Corktown neighborhood is underway. The phase includes restoring eight acres of masonry and repairing the steel structure of the Beaux-Arts building. It is the most labor- and time-intensive part of the project and will continue into 2021.
Blog: CATCH-ing UP with the New Michigan Paid Medical Leave Act
Beginning on March 29, Michigan became the 11th state with a mandatory paid sick leave time law. The path to the current law started in September 2018, when a citizen-initiated ballot petition with the name of Earned Sick Time Act was adopted as-is by the Legislature. After the November 2018 election, the Legislature significantly revised the Earned Sick Time Act and renamed it the Paid Medical Leave Act (PMLA).
Comerica Bank’s Third Annual Women’s Business Symposium
Comerica Bank hosted its Third Annual Women’s Business Symposium on Friday, May 17 at Detroit’s Cobo Center. Guests enjoyed coffee, lunch, a keynote address by actor Geena Davis, and networking. The event included a charitable presentation benefiting Alternatives for Girls, a Detroit-based nonprofit serving homeless and high-risk girls and young women. // Photographs by Patrick Gloria
Invest Detroit Ventures Receives Enough Funding to Maintain First Capital Fund for Early Stage...
Detroit’s Invest Detroit Ventures has enough philanthropic support to begin its effort to turn its First Capital Fund into a sustainable evergreen fund that will support early stage Michigan startups.
Researchers at Ann Arbor’s U-M to Study How Initial Flu Exposure Affects Future Flu...
A researcher at Ann Arbor’s University of Michigan has teamed up with international researchers to study how first flu exposures can affect future exposures. The research is funded by a $35 million, seven-year National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases grant.
iEducation Group in Grand Rapids Acquires California’s Futures Academy
Grand Rapids-based iEducation Group has acquired California-based Futures Academy, the nation’s second-largest one-to-one school group, adding to its scholastic offerings. iEducation Group is the organization’s new name to reflect its expanded range of services. It was previously Fusion Education Group.
Researchers from Southfield’s Beaumont Health Seek Women with Breast Cancer
Researchers from Southfield’s Beaumont are seeking women who have breast cancer for a national study. Investigators hope to learn whether weight loss decreases the likelihood of a recurrence of breast cancer as part of a study called the Breast Cancer Weight Loss (BWEL) Study.
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