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Originally posted as a comment on Daily Kos. I plan on reposting the first article on ontd_political and the rest as a diary on Michigan Liberal.


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First, the good news, courtesy of Wayne State University.

( Southeast Michigan economy experienced six straight months of growth according to local Purchasing Managers Index )

Examiner.com: Local universities recognized for research into brain and spine disorders
By Vince Lamb, Detroit Science News Examiner

This month, all three of Michigan's major research universities shared the results of their efforts to understand the workings of the brain and spinal column. A Michigan State University researcher was awarded $1.5 ( Read more... )

...but I didn't scoop a lot of other publications.  Here is the list, with links, from Wayne State University's Media Page.

Michigan's advanced manufacturing sector growing, study shows, Jul 22, 2010
More than 381,000 people at 11,000 Michigan firms are working in high-tech, highly productive advanced manufacturing jobs - nearly two-thirds of the ( Read more... )

Crossposted to ontd_science.

Examiner.com: Science does not take the summer off at Wayne State University--research roundup for July 11-18
By Vince Lamb, Detroit Science News Examiner

Summer may be the time for family vacations or enjoying the hot, sunny days for most of us, but for the researchers at Wayne State University, it is a time to get things done ( Read more... )

Wayne State University: Detroit area purchasing managers survey says new orders, production and employment grow in June

The Southeast Michigan Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) expanded to 66.1 in June, indicating that the local economy experienced a significantly high rate of expansion ( Read more... )

Note the dates on the links. The top one is to a transcript of a WJJ broadcast (July 11th) and the bottom one is to a Detroit News story (July 10th). My article is dated the 9th and gets a special mention in the blurb.

WSU In The News

Wayne State medical invention may help clean up Gulf oil leak, Jul 11, 2010

A local company hopes to use medical ( Read more... )

Wayne State medical invention may help clean up Gulf oil leak
By Vince Lamb, Detroit Science News Examiner

A process originally designed to increase oxygen levels in the blood of heart attack patients without creating bubbles may be used to break down the oil spilled in the Gulf of Mexico.

The technology, called DynamOx, short for Dynamic Oxygen, ( Read more... )

Crossposted to the_recession  here.

Wayne State University: Purchasing Managers Index suggests SE Michigan economy is experiencing steady, healthy expansion

The local economy continued to improve during the month of April according to the latest Southeast Michigan Purchasing Managers Index released by Wayne State University's business school and the local ( Read more... )