After having initial discussions in 2021, this fall several Oakland University School of Engineering and Computer Science students partnered with the team at SEA LIFE, Michigan's largest aquarium, at Great Lakes Crossing Outlets, to bring some Thanksgiving joy to Benson and Carr, the aquarium's two resident sea turtles.
Oakland County Economic Development Director Ingrid Tighe joined small business leaders at Dearborn Music in Farmington to encourage holiday shoppers to purchase gifts and other items locally, especially on Small Business Saturday Nov. 26.
The city of Southfield will officially kickoff the holiday season with the annual Municipal Campus Tree Lighting Ceremony on Tuesday, December 6 from 5:30-8 p.m. on the front lawn of City Hall, 26000 Evergreen Road.
Established in 2002 by Oakland University Alum and OU Trustee Emeritus Dennis Pawley, the Pawley Lean Institute was designed to benefit Oakland University students, schools, nonprofits, government and industry.
Oakland County Executive Dave Coulter and Business Sweden signed a joint statement of cooperation to "promote innovation and sustainable growth in the mobility and advanced manufacturing industries" at U.S. Ambassador Erik D. Ramanathan's residence in Stockholm Monday.
Members of the Society of Women Engineers Oakland University student chapter recently attended the organization’s national conference where they presented research, gleaned inspiration from women leaders and learned about diverse career paths for aspiring engineers.
Bhubanjyoti Bhattacharya, associate professor of physics at Lawrence Technological University, has been named the inaugural winner of the new Doc Brown Young Investigator Award by the Eastern Great Lakes Section of the American Physical Society.