TechTown has partnered with Automation Alley, Ann Arbor SPARK and Macomb Community College/Oakland University Business Incubator to launch a new collaborative group formed to support business development throughout the region. The four business accelerators have received a $3 million grant from the New Economy Initiative, which is pushing to rebuild the Detroit area's economic base. "Each business accelerator has developed particular strengths, and by sharing them, we will all be stronger," said Randal Charlton, executive director of TechTown.

The Macomb/St. Clair Workforce Development Board and Wayne State University will host a workshop for unemployed white-collar workers who live in Macomb and St. Clair counties July 6 and 19, and Aug. 3. The Employment Transition Program is designed for unemployed, college-educated professionals who need help getting back into the workforce. Contact information for the workshop is also included in the article.

Professor Peter Henning is interviewed about the federal indictment charges of mail, wire fraud and income tax evasion filed this week against former Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick. Henning said that even if jurors don\'t believe the ex-mayor committed fraud with his civic funds, they could still convict him of tax evasion.

Former Wayne State Law students Lauren Leto and Ben Bator often found their friends\' text messages so funny that they started the Website Texts From Last Night, where people can share texts with the world. The site is now a runaway hit that resulted in a book deal, T-shirt sales and mobile-phone applications.

A slideshow of photos taken by professor Marilyn Zimmerman is included an article chronicling last week's 2010 U.S. Social Forum, which was held in Detroit.

After nearly a year as interim dean, Dr. Valerie Parisi has been elevated to full dean of the Wayne State University School of Medicine. "Valerie has done an outstanding job of building relationships within the School of Medicine and throughout Wayne State, as well as with other health-care organizations in the community," said President Jay Noren. During the past year, Parisi has led talks for a closer partnership with the Henry Ford Health System and completed contracts for medical students, residency programs and clinical services at DMC.

Mike Smith, director of Wayne State University's Walter Reuther Library and vice-chair of Governor Granholm's committee for a \"Michigan Center for Innovation and Reinvention\" in downtown Lansing, commented in a story about the project. The Governor asked the committee to develop recommendations towards \"re-purposing\" the state library building and possibly shutting down part or all of the facility. Smith says more than any other place in Michigan, this is the people\'s building.

Wayne State University offered a free tech fair and networking event for aspiring film makers on Saturday. The fair, a component of the Detroit Windsor International Film Festival, offered classes ranging from how to use special effects makeup to how to open your own independent theater.

After intense discussion, the Wayne State University Board of Governors voted on Wednesday to increase tuition for resident undergraduate students by 4.4 percent. Graduate students will pay 4.9 percent more. \"We as an institution face some very difficult and challenging times as we strive to be competitive and remain a premier institution,\" board member Debbie Dingell said. \"Yet at the same time, we have a moral responsibility to our students to continue to ensure that we offer an affordable and quality education.\" http://www.freep.com/article/20100624/NEWS01/6240468/WSU-students-to-see-tuition-increase-of-4-4- http://www.detnews.com/article/20100624/SCHOOLS/6240401/1026/SCHOOLS/WSU-raises-tuition-4.4--for-fall-semester http://mms.tveyes.com/Transcript.asp?StationID=2785&DateTime=6%2F23%2F2010+5%3A43%3A59+PM&Term=wayne+state&PlayClip=TRUE http://mms.tveyes.com/Transcript.asp?StationID=2790&DateTime=6%2F23%2F2010+6%3A05%3A42+PM&Term=wayne+state&PlayClip=TRUE http://mms.tveyes.com/Transcript.asp?StationID=1014&DateTime=6%2F24%2F2010+4%3A35%3A10+AM&Term=wayne+state&PlayClip=TRUE http://mms.tveyes.com/Transcript.asp?StationID=1004&DateTime=6%2F24%2F2010+5%3A38%3A08+AM&Term=wayne+state&PlayClip=TRUE http://mms.tveyes.com/Transcript.asp?StationID=2980&DateTime=6%2F23%2F2010+11%3A22%3A59+PM&Term=wayne+state&PlayClip=TRUE http://mms.tveyes.com/Transcript.asp?StationID=2990&DateTime=6%2F24%2F2010+5%3A06%3A21+AM&Term=wayne+state&PlayClip=TRUE http://mms.tveyes.com/Transcript.asp?StationID=999&DateTime=6%2F24%2F2010+5%3A09%3A47+AM&Term=wayne+state&PlayClip=TRUE

After intense discussion, the Wayne State University Board of Governors voted on Wednesday to increase tuition for resident undergraduate students by 4.4 percent. Graduate students will pay 4.9 percent more. \"We as an institution face some very difficult and challenging times as we strive to be competitive and remain a premier institution,\" board member Debbie Dingell said. \"Yet at the same time, we have a moral responsibility to our students to continue to ensure that we offer an affordable and quality education.\" http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-mi-waynest-tuition,0,1913397.story http://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/20100624/FREE/100629923# http://mms.tveyes.com/Transcript.asp?StationID=2990&DateTime=6%2F24%2F2010+10%3A26%3A55+AM&Term=wayne+state&PlayClip=TRUE

Jerry Herron, dean of the Irvin D. Reid Honors College, is scheduled to give a lecture July 8 at the Akron Art Museum titled, "Living with Detroit: An All-Purpose Guide to American Forgetting."

Law professor Peter Henning comments on yesterday's U.S. Supreme Court ruling that narrowed the federal "honest services" law used by prosecutors to target corporate wrongdoing.

Professor Peter Henning is interviewed about the federal indictment charges of mail and wire fraud and income tax evasion filed this week against former Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick. Henning said that the tax fraud case might be the best case the feds have against the former mayor.

NextCAT, a TechTown-based start-up received a $150,000 grant from the National Science Foundation, and another $25,000 in matching grants from Michigan\'s Emerging Technologies Fund for a total of $175,000. NextCAT is commercializing technology developed at Wayne State University that allows bio-diesel producers to use less-expensive raw materials for production, simplifying the process.

Professor Peter Henning comments in an article about how difficult it can be for executives to repair their image after being indicted for corporate crimes - even after those charges have been dropped. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-06-23/stockman-reveals-no-way-to-get-reputations-back-when-prosecutors-walk-away.html

Wayne State\'s Department of Music teams up each year with the Detroit International Jazz Festival to present JazzWeek@Wayne, an intensive music education for area high school jazz musicians. JazzWeek@Wayne culminates with a student concert July 23 at Campus Martius Park.

Wayne State geology professor Ed Van Hees explains the science behind yesterday's 5.0 magnitude earthquake experienced throughout Southeast Michigan. The quake struck at 1:41 p.m. in Cumberland, Ontario on the Ontario-Quebec border and was felt as far away as Cincinnati, according to news reports. http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/dpp/news/local/reports%3A-earthquake-in-michigan http://wdetfm.org/article/metro-detroit-shaken-by-canadian-earthquake http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/dpps/news/national/reports%3A-earthquake-in-michigan_8281359

Neil Cantor, director of Jewish student life at Wayne State University's Hillel of Metro Detroit, shares his experience during yesterday's 5.0 magnitude earthquake. Cantor describes what the quake felt like from the sixth floor of Wayne State's Student Center building.

Law professor Peter Henning comments on the federal indictment charges filed yesterday against former Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick. Kilpatrick faces federal charges of mail and wire fraud and income tax evasion for his misuse of the nonprofit Kilpatrick Civic Fund. http://www.freep.com/article/20100624/NEWS01/6240430/1336/

Detroit City Council Pro Tem Gary Brown said the future for the city is bright, thanks in part to "Eds and Meds" - educational institutions such as Wayne State and the thriving medical campuses at the Henry Ford and Detroit Medical Center.