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Sharing the health care burden

Posted on October 29, 2019 by Leslie Green Leave a comment

Insurance agents support business leaders’ efforts to up their benefits SPONSORED BY MICHIGAN ASSOCIATION OF HEALTH PLANS By Leslie D. Green After a health insurance carrier pre-approved one woman for a lap-band procedure to help with weight loss, but before she could undergo the surgery, her employer transitioned to a new carrier. The new carrier didn’t cover the procedure. Seeking

‘Music Helps Me Engage’

Posted on September 5, 2019 by Leslie Green Leave a comment

Composer and trumpeter Kurton Harrison III plays the "Rising Stars Series with Sean Dobbins" in the Kerrytown concert House.Photo by Jeff Dunn

By Leslie D. Green Songs are not minor in trumpeter’s life The Ford Motor Company Fund recognizes that creativity and artistic expression enrich lives and inspire innovation and that communities which support and provide access to the arts are stronger for it. In this collection of stories, we share how and why music affects us at all ages and stages

Keeping neighborhoods safer, healthier

Posted on March 12, 2018 by Leslie Green

Genevive Meeks was 19 when AmeriCorps members began boarding up abandoned homes in her Detroit neighborhood. “There were open holes where there was a lot of drug trafficking,” she says. Afterward, she says the neighborhood felt different. “I know the kids felt safer going to school. It wasn’t just every person for themselves anymore.” While working on her street, a

Special section – 2016 Eureka Index: Breaking with traditional technologies

Posted on November 11, 2016 by Leslie Green

Automakers and suppliers are consolidating their technologies and outnumbering life science companies on this year’s Eureka Index, Crain’s annual look at the top 25 most innovative companies. Crain’s worked with Ocean Tomo, a Chicago-based intellectual property valuation firm, to rank 2015 patent portfolios for companies in Southeast Michigan

CoolCalifornia participant logs miles and energy usage in his quest to lower his carbon footprint

Posted on April 1, 2016 by Leslie Green

Helping his city win the CoolCalifornia Challenge was nice, but David Sawhill of Claremont knows the real prize is acquiring habits that improve our environment.

Special section – Surfing the Internet of Things: Industry still sorting out complex network

Posted on March 13, 2016 by Leslie Green

From desktop telephones to handheld smartphones to heart signatures that unlock smartphones, IoT is not new. But the rapidly evolving uses for smart sensor technology and the abundance of data being generated is making the Internet of Things increasingly part of the worldwide lexicon.