CAN MARQUETTE EVER become a mini-Silicon Valley? A regional center for tech-based businesses? Skeptics may question that possibility, noting that the SmartZone here, designed to attract young, innovative tech businesses, is now nearly five years old, and yet still only a handful of tech businesses call Marquette ... Continue Reading
Two and a Half Million Dollars for UP Kids
IT HARDLY CAUSED a ripple when it was announced late last week. It should have been a giant splash. NMU was awarded a "Marshall Plan" grant of nearly $2.5 million to set up classes and training programs in cyber security in 21 school districts in the central and western U.P. This grant comes in addition to the ... Continue Reading