The Real Big Three
What drives the economy? The real Big Three — the big universities in Detroit, Ann Arbor and E. Lansing, bringing in hundreds of millions of research dollars, and fostering jobs and start-up companies.
Detroit
GM chief urges energy diversity
GM Chairman and CEO Rick Wagoner urged US policy-makers to pursue the diversification of the nation's energy sources at the Automotive News World Congress in Dearborn.
Local music gets spotlight on new weekly PBS show
Local PBS station WTVS has started a new weekly hour-long music series focusing on top independent talent in Metro Detroit.
Detroit technology – not muscle – star of Auto Show
Cutting-edge automotive technology tends to get showcased at the Tokyo and Frankfurt auto shows rather than at Detroit's. But GM changed that this year, with the unveiling of the lithium-ion batteries that will power its Chevy Volt.
Heart docs at St. John have technology to read test info at home
Cardiologists at St. John Hospital & Medical Center in Detroit can assess heart attacks faster with new computers that let them read tests remotely.
Detroit biodiesel research firm Titan Energy wins $1.1 million grant; to add 3 researchers
Titan Energy Development, a biodiesel research firm that works out of NextEnergy in Detroit's TechTown, has won a $1.1 million grant thanks to a 2007 Defense Reauthorization Bill. Titan currently employs five professional researchers and plans to add three more to its staff in early 2007.
WSU nursing PhD ranks 5th in nation
The PhD nursing program at Wayne State University in Detroit ranked 5th in the country according to a recent rating from a New York-based nonprofit.
Modern architecture enlivening Southeast Michigan’s landscape
Environmentally sensitive, beautifully detailed innovative modern building design is sprouting up all over Southeast Michigan.
Nine community colleges to share $2.15 million grant to develop ‘innovation education’
Nine metro Detroit community colleges will share a $2.15 million federal grant to develop a core curriculum in "innovation education."
Ann Arbor, Welcome Detroit
Ann Arbor needs Detroit. Detroit needs Ann Arbor. As much as these places are their own communities, they need one another more than ever.
