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Shedding light on dark matter: Grand Rapids native Jacob Bourjaily gives insight into invisible particles and neutrinos breaking the cosmic speed limit
Jacob Bourjaily stood before an audience of about 100 people who had come to hear him at the Schuler Books and Music store on 28th Street last Saturday and struggled a bit to shed some light on the...
When to watch for waterspouts in metro Grand Rapids
Late summer and fall are the most likely times in metro Grand Rapids to catch an awesome natural phenomenon without risking life or limb -- waterspouts over Lake Michigan. With the right...
Hay bales ignite like a bomb from spontaneous combustion
Jack Fisk knew he had a huge problem on his hands last Tuesday when bales of hay in his barn  that were smoldering from spontaneous combustion suddenly ignited "just like a bomb going off" as...
Space age building blocks form catenary arch
A catenary arch is a remarkable thing -- just think of the grandeur of the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, the tallest man-made monument in the United States. And it all started with observations from...
Grand Rapids area grade schoolers help prove how Native Americans made maple sugar
Grade schoolers in Grand Rapids, Mich. helped a research team to figure out the historically accurate way that Native Americans may have made maple sugar from tree sap, and the findings may change...
Maker Faire founder Dale Dougherty turns tables on Grand Rapids makers
National TED lecturer and MAKE magazine publisher Dale Dougherty turned the tables on a crowd of creatives who braved tornado warnings last night to hear his talk at GRid70 in Grand Rapids on the...

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Perkins Logistics, Noblesville, Indiana

Developed and implemented a program to reach target audiences in several industries to convey the message that Perkins is the preferred vendor of a "green" method for transporting expensive goods, without the need of disposable packaging materials. The program resulted in extensive coverage in trade publications and on the Internet, such as National Public Radio, Industry week, Monday Morning Quarterback, Cargo Business News, and SDC Executive.

Express-1 Expedited Solutions Inc., (NASDAQ: XPO) Buchanan, Michigan

Targeted audiences to raise the profile of the company with investors and existing shareholders, while also promoting the company to users of logistics and trucking services. The campaign resulted in a profile of company in South Bend Tribune and stories on the company in Transport Topics and other logistics publications.