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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.
hard hat, architectural equipment

Report: Number of New Home Permits Higher Than Expected in April in Southeast Michigan

More single-family permits were issued in April than expected – 431 as opposed to 409 – in Macomb, Oakland, St. Clair, and Wayne counties, according to the Home Builders Association of Southeastern Michigan. This brings the year-to-date total to 1,173.
Wayne State University

Michigan Mobility Institute Partners with Wayne State University to Develop Advanced Mobility Curriculum

The Michigan Mobility Institute has announced Detroit-based Wayne State University’s College of Engineering as its inaugural education partner to develop an advanced mobility educational curriculum.
Craig and Laura Bastuba, Nick McCombs, Laurie Sall

@Aspen Fifth Annual Cinco de Mayo Fiesta

@Aspen, a financial services organization, hosted its Fifth Annual Cinco de Mayo Fiesta on Thursday, May 2 at its Troy office. Guests enjoyed margaritas, fruit cups, a taco truck, and raffles. As part of the event, the company made a donation to Detroit Cristo Rey High School for school uniforms. // Photographs by Patrick Gloria
GM electronic platform

General Motors in Detroit Debuts Electronic Platform for Next Generation of Vehicles

Detroit’s General Motors today announced the debut of an electronic platform for its next generation of vehicles, electric vehicles, active safety, infotainment, connectivity features, and the evolution of the Super Cruise driver assistance feature.
Credit Union Trust building

Seven-Member Credit Union Trust Approved by Michigan Regulators to Begin Operations

Farmington Hills-based Credit Union Trust has received approval from the state of Michigan to begin business. The credit union is the first special purpose bank in Michigan organized by seven credit unions.
connected vehicles

Report: 11M Light Vehicles Produced in 2024 to Include V2X Systems

More than 11.2 million light vehicles equipped with some form of vehicle-to-everything system will be produced globally in 2024, representing 12 percent of the light-vehicle fleet, according to research and forecasts from IHS Markit, a business information provider that has an office in Southfield.
Craig Vanderburg, Bonner Upshaw, Mark Davidoff, David Stone

Trion Solutions Office Opening

Trion Solutions celebrated the opening of its new headquarters in Troy on Thursday, May 9, located near the corner of Crooks and Big Beaver roads. Guests enjoyed drinks, hors d’oeuvres, live entertainment, and networking. As part of the opening, Trion Solutions made charitable contributions to Hope Network in Grand Rapids and Dutton Farm in Rochester Hills.
Herek Clack and his team with air sterilization equipment

U-M Researchers Create Sterile Air Supply Through Charged Air Particles, Filtration

Researchers at Ann Arbor’s University of Michigan have found that airborne viruses are rendered harmless when exposed to energetic, charged fragments of air molecules. The goal of the system is to one day make surgical masks unnecessary.
Axalta automotive color popularity chart

Clinton Township’s Axalta Presents Future of Coatings for Autonomous Vehicles

Representatives from Clinton Township’s Axalta, a global coatings company, were featured speakers at the Future of Coatings Under Study conference on Thursday, May 9 at The Inn at St. John’s in Plymouth.
spine X-ray

Holland’s Cultivate(MD) Invests in Grand Rapids’ HAPPE Spine Implant

Holland, Mich.-based Genesis Innovation Group’s cultivate(MD) Capital Fund I and cultivate(MD) Capital Fund II LP have invested in Grand Rapids-based HAPPE Spine, a company that created a fully porous, bioactive PEEK implant for interbody spinal fusions.

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