Whirlpool steam washer wins design award: Benton Harbor-based Whirlpool Corp. (NYSE: WHR) today announced that the Whirlpool brand Duet Steam Washer has won its fourth design accolade -- "The IDEA Silver Award" -- conferred by the Industrial Design Society of America, and sponsored by BusinessWeek magazine. In past months, the Whirlpool brand Duet Steam Washer won three other awards: "The Good Design Award," "The Spark Award" and "The Appliance Magazine Award." The Whirlpool brand Duet Steam Washer won "The IDEA Silver Award" for its fresh new look and next-generation cleaning technology in the Home Living category. The Whirlpool Duet Steam Washer is complemented by the Whirlpool Duet Steam Dryer, the industry's first steam dryer to offer the benefits of wrinkle release and odor removal where consumers expect and want it -- in the dryer. The Whirlpool Duet Steam Dryer was intentionally designed to visually complement Whirlpool Duet Steam Washer and, together, the two products form a complete fabric care system. More at www.whirlpoolcorp.com.
Wayne State Wins Tech Innovation Award: Wayne State University has won an award from ACUTA, the Association for Information Communications Technology Professionals in Higher Education, at the organization's 37th annual conference in Las Vegas last week. Wayne State won in the category of schools with more than 15,000 students for its WSU Broadcast Messaging Service, an emergency alert and mass notification system. It was developed by the university's Computing and Information Technology department. More at www.acuta.org.
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