Digital Lakes News Today

Our roundup of the latest news from metro Detroit and Michigan businesses as well as announcements from government agencies.

The grant will launch a pilot project with Kettering University and Michigan Technological University to track and retain students in statewide high school FIRST Robotics, Square One Network and VEX programs.

The grant will fund projects aimed at growing Michigans high-tech workforce and building talent pipelines for the auto, mobility and tech sectors.

Over a 13-year period, ending in 2016, Michigan companies bolstered their headcount with international student workers by a growth rate of more than 300 percent.

New research from Global Detroit chronicles the growing importance of international student talent to the state’s economic competitiveness.

Digital Lakes, a nonprofit business partnership designed to draw tech talent to stay in Michigan, has relaunched after a two-year hiatus.