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December 31

Wayne State tops Bronco hockey team

Wayne State erupted for three goals in the first eight minutes of the second period and went on to beat Western Michigan , 6-3, in the consolation game of the Badger Shootout. It was the first-eve...

Controversy over programming changes at WDET-FM radio

This article focuses on the controversy over programming changes at WDET-FM radio. The lawyer for a vocal group of listeners opposed to the changes called the move “outright fraud” and claims the f...

December 30

Fraser: 75-year-old earns college diploma

The “City Beat” column in the newspaper’s Macomb section carried a brief write-up about Dorothy Dekutoski, the 75-year-old grandmother who graduated with honors from WSU’s interdisciplinary studies...

What causes a hotflash?

Robert Freedman, professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Wayne State , is doing research that sheds new light on why menopausal women get hot flashes. He suggests that a narrowed body temperatur...

Stressed students find safe place in support groups

Gerry Oglan, assistant dean of teacher education in the College of Education , is quoted in an article about the trend of forming support groups in schools to help emotionally troubled students. So...

December 29

Two women prove learning is ageless

December Wayne State graduates Dorothy Dekutoski, 75, and Erika Martin, 60, both of Macomb County, are featured in a story about their quest for a college degree. Wayne State is mentioned numerous ...

People on the move: Awards

The Center for Peace and Conflict Studies was awarded its Community Peacemaker Award to Reginald Turner Jr., of the Clark Hill law firm.

Majority of child safety seats installed incorrectly

A study conducted by the Wayne State University Transportation Research Group for the Michigan Office of Highway Safety Planning found that most child safety seats to protect young children riding ...

Mother, daughter walk across stage together

College graduation is a proud event for any graduate. But for a Canton mother and daughter it was a day made particularly special by participating together in December commencement ceremonies at Wa...

A good read

A study by Wayne State ’s Center for Urban Studies is referenced in a story about librarians’ efforts to serve an increasingly diverse population. The study revealed that the Detroit area, like the...

Minimal waste at universities

In a letter to the editor, Michael Boulus, executive director of the Presidents Council, State Universities of Michigan, takes issue with a Jan. 26 Free Press article reporting on alleged waste and...

Livonia: WSU prof receives $400,000 award

The Wayne Briefs column notes that Alexey A. Petrov of Livonia , physics professor in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, has been awarded a $400,000 National Science Foundation Faculty Early...

December 28

Nurse training for those with degrees makes sense

Wayne State is mentioned in this editorial about the shortage of nurses in Michigan . The Enquirer writes the following: “We’re glad to hear that Michigan State University has joined a new trend i...

Ford Explorer excels in crash tests

The Ford Explorer has won top federal crash-test scores for front and side impact – the first time it has done so in both categories at the same time. The newly-achieved 5-star rating in frontal c...

Most child safety seats used incorrectly

The Wayne State University Transportation Research group determined the state’s 79.7 percent use rate by observational and interview surveys.

December 27

Another point of view: Author returns a favor to his city, Wayne State

Guest columnist John Telford writes about author-lecturer Wayne Walter Dyer’s recently established $1-million scholarship fund for needy students at his alma mater, Wayne State University . Telford...

SAD season: If your gloomy mood matches the wintry skies, several approaches can help

An article about seasonal affective disorder, its causes and possible remedies, includes information from Dr. Alireza Amirsadri, psychiatrist and SAD specialist at the WSU School of Medicine. Anti...

It’s not your father’s auto industry anymore

A story about the fading auto industry in Michigan includes a comment by Michael Leslie, labor program specialist in the Labor Studies Center here. He pointed out that auto jobs are more scarce th...

Universities have lost focus on students when it comes to costs

An editorial about tuition increases by state universities in Michigan mentions that Wayne State, Michigan State and the University of Michigan have announced rates at least 12 percent higher than ...

Universities have lost focus on students when it comes to costs

Last summer 15 state universities completed another round of tuition increases. The biggest, Michigan State , U of M and Wayne State all announced increases of at least 12 percent.

Detroit Suburbs attract wealth

Detroit’s far northern suburbs are becoming a haven for high-income professionals, bringing shopping malls, coffee shops, gourmet grocers and luxury cars with them. Younger professionals with are ...

December 26

Wealth divides Macomb County

Jason Booza, director of the Michigan Metropolitan Information Center at Wayne State , is cited in an article about the changing economic makeup of Macomb County . He points out that seniors on fi...

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--- Wayne State University is listed as 10th among Detroit ’s largest employers with 5,078 employees reported in 2005. Detroit Public Schools led the category 17,151 employees. --- Wayne State ’s...

Wealth divides Macomb County

At 79, Victoria Bodek can't get behind the upscale retailers, fancy eateries and luxury homes sweeping across Macomb County . "Everywhere you look there is a strip mall," Bodek lamented. "I think i...

December 25

WSU appoints business school dean

The “Detroit Briefs” column includes an item mentioning that Richard M. Gabrys has been appointed interim dean in the WSU School of Business Administration. Brief background on Gabrys is included.

December 23

Women often opt out of lung cancer studies

Women and African-Americans are under-represented in lung cancer clinical trials, clinicians report in the Journal of Cancer. ''The lack of participation by minorities and women shut them out of th...

JOHN GALLAGHER: Architectural hits and misses of 2005

Architecture is more than just buildings. On the literary front, we should be grateful for the delightful new book "American City: Detroit Architecture 1845-2005," a survey of 50 great Detroit buil...

Posh spots get fix-up cash

Millions of dollars from a city program intended to fix up ratty-looking storefronts in advance of the Super Bowl have instead been spent on some of the most prestigious and best-kept buildings in ...

WSU law school moot court team advances to national finals

Wayne State University Law School ’s Moot Court program sent its two National Teams to the 56th Annual National Moot Court Competition for Region 6 at the University of Northern Kentucky , Nov. 17-...

December 22

Brown carries Illinois to 12-0

A basketball score roundup at the end of a longer story about the Illinois-Missouri game notes that Southern Indiana defeated Wayne State , 78-59, yesterday. Ethan Banks scored 16 points for WSU, w...

Tye ends season at FSU

An article about college athletes from the Chelsea area mentions that Chelsea ’s Karri Kuczajda was a member of the Warriors’ volleyball team this year. Her cumulative game stats are given. WSU end...

The gay moralist: The “Brokeback” buzz

A column about the movie “ Brokeback Mountain ” mentions at the bottom that the writer, John Corvino, teaches philosophy at Wayne State University .

Wayne State offers online bookstore

Today’s report carries an item about a new service for Wayne State University students, an online bookstore where students can browse a large selection of used books by course and section. The ser...

WDET brings back popular radio programs

An article about format changes at WDET Radio notes that many NPR and specialty music programs were discontinued in 2004 and the changes did not meet listeners’ expectations, posing challenges for ...

National Security secrets may play role in Nacchio’s defense

This story, an update of one that ran yesterday, includes a comment from law professor Peter Henning about the trial of former Qwest CEO Joe Nacchio, who is accused of publicly exaggerating the fir...

Study: Black Smokers More Susceptible to Lung Cancer

A family history of lung cancer may be more significant for blacks than whites. That's the conclusion of some research carried out at Wayne State University . Detroit researchers found that having ...

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The Edgar and Marion Beck Foundation, a non-profit, is accepting donations for items valued over $50 to be auctioned with the proceeds going to a Wayne State University ’s Neurological Research Pro...

December 21

Schools shouldn't get blank check for spending increases

Columnist Thomas Bray says a proposed law that would guarantee funding increases for public schools, community colleges and state universities equal to the rate of inflation, is a bad idea. The K-1...

Save the date dept. for 'The Eye and the Chip'

It is noted that Wayne State is conducting research on the science of restoring vision to the blind using electronics and electrical stimulation of the visual cortex of the brain. The Detroit Insti...

Smart changes at WDET

Reader Laurie Arora supports the format changes at WDET in her letter-to-the-editor. Arora wrote, “Listen up, Detroit Free Press, I love the format change! Metro Detroit has an intellectual communi...

Don't ban Plan B

Karen Liska, co-president of Law Students for Choice at Wayne State University ’s Law School , responded in a letter to the Nov. 25 article, “Bill would ban over-counter sales of abortion pill.” Li...

WSU commercialization chief voted to national board

Fred Reinhart, assistant vice president for technology commercialization at Wayne State , has been elected to the Association of University Technology Managers' (AUTM) Board of Trustees as vice pre...

Hilberry Celebrates Two Million Patrons

Wayne State 's Hilberry Theatre will hold a “Night of the Two Millionth Patron” celebration on Feb. 3 at 8 p.m., the opening night of the play "Sly Fox" by Larry Gelbart. The event will include giv...

Wayne State supports TechTown startup with fellowship

Wayne State University 's School of Business Administration has announced the selection of Alain R. Piette as recipient of the Adams Entrepreneur Fellowship. As Adams Fellow, Piette is the first em...

Nacchio hit with 42 insider-trading counts

Peter Henning, law professor at Wayne State and former Securities and Exchange Commission enforcement attorney, commented about the insider-trading case of former Qwest chief executive Joe Nacchio....

Maytag shareholders ready to vote on Whirlpool deal

Industry analysts differ in their opinions on whether the antitrust division of the U.S. Department of Justice will permit the merger of Maytag Corp. and Whirlpool Corp., the nation’s largest and t...

WSU Offers Program for Canadians

The Wayne State University College of Education soon will begin offering a new, one-year teacher certification program for Canadian residents with a bachelor’s degree. The program will be launched ...

WDET’s fund-raising was fraud, suit asserts

WDET-FM listeners, upset over the recent programming changes, have filed a class action in Wayne County Circuit Court, accusing the station, its general manager Michael Coleman and Wayne State Univ...

Wayne State Program for Girls Goes National

For six semesters, Wayne State University's GO-GIRL (Gaining Options-Girls Investigate Real Life) program has been boosting mathematics skills and generating confidence in seventh-grade girls. Now,...

FROM OUR READERS: At WSU, success not scandal

Three of four letters addressing the Dec. 10 Free Press story (“WSU chief’s travel tab: $50,000”) support President Irvin D. Reid’s leadership at Wayne State and take issue with the tone of the art...

Granholm names members to investment, strategic fund boards

Gov. Jennifer Granholm has named members to the new Strategic Economic Investment and Commercialization Board (SEIC) and to the Michigan Strategic Fund. President Irvin D. Reid is among several mem...

Community Calendar

The Edgar and Marion Beck Foundation, a not-for-profit organization, is currently accepting donations for items $50 or greater to be auctioned off with all proceeds going to Wayne State University ...

December 20

Where college students live: How safe is it?

Recent fires near the U-M campus fuel concern about rental housing that is available to students. Ann Arbor has the largest number of student renters in the state with about 70% of students – 28,00...

WDET

George Bullard from the Detroit News, submitted his blog entry on WDET. He writes that the station is receiving a bad rap from critics over recent format changes. The station’s management eliminat...

School briefs: Cooley moot court team wins regional contest

A team from Wayne State ’s Law School participated in the National Moot Court Region VI Competition, sponsored by the American College of Trial Lawyers and the Young Lawyers Committee of the Associ...

WDET issues statement about format changes

Coleman outlines the research-based rationale behind the program changes at WDET. Contributions were down, listeners were down. The station still has many music programs with experienced WDET hosts.

Job Benefits From Overseas Tax Breaks Hard to Find

The deal was Congress would open a one-year window of U.S. companies to bring overseas profits home at a reduced tax rate and in return the companies would invest billions in U.S. facilities and re...

Promise of free college changing lives

The Kalamazoo Promise, a pioneering new scholarship program for graduates of Kalamazoo ’s public schools funded by anonymous donors, has Michigan colleges competing for the prospective students. W...

WSU professor interviewed on WWJ

Sally Roberts, assistant professor in Wayne State ’s College of Education (COE), was interviewed by WWJ’s Greg Bowman during his “Making the Grade” segment. Roberts talked about the COE’s GO-GIRL (...

High joblessness plagues disabled – only 37% of working age can find jobs in Michigan

Fifteen years after the federal Americans with Disabilities Act was passed, employment remains the most glaring disparity between people with disabilities and those without – even as technology has...

More than black and white: Neighborhoods display more diversity

Jason Booza, a geographic information specialist at Wayne State ’s Center for Urban Studies, commented extensively in a story about Macomb County ’s growing diversity. Booza said that much of the n...

Edelman, Davidson to be honored at WSU commencement

Detroit Pistons owner William Davidson and nationally known children’s advocate Marian Wright Edelman will receive honorary Doctor of Laws degrees from Wayne State during winter commencement ceremo...

December 19

Leadership in Katrina Disaster

A column about relief efforts for Hurricane Katrina victims carries a tagline noting that the writer, Ron Walters, is director of the African American Leadership Institute and is author of the book...

Ex-Deloitte exec is interim chief at WSU biz school

Former Deloitte & Touche executive Richard Gabrys has been named interim dean of the Wayne State University School of Business Administration. Gabrys, a member of the Board of Visitors for the bus...

WDET protesters air ideas

A group of about 100 irate WDET listeners gathered Sunday at the Magic Stick nightclub in Detroit to plan strategy on how to get the station to return to a music format. They planned to file a cla...

Rule change could hurt WSU physicians

Proposed changes to state rules for new surgery centers could jeopardize the Wayne State University Physician Group’s plans for a new outpatient surgery center in Troy . New standards recommended ...

Viking QB commits to Wayne

Tri County all-state quarterback Josh Rouhan has accepted a full scholarship to play for Wayne State , a Division II school that competes in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. Way...

Women: Roundup

Southern Indiana defeated the Wayne State women’s basketball team 82-66. Shatona Clark had 14 points and 13 rebounds for the Warriors.

Black Businesses are growing despite Barriers

Dr. Timothy Bates, economics professor at Wayne State University , and others made it clear that young, highly educated black professionals with corporate experience are driving black business grow...

The politics behind the legal lynching of Tookie Williams

The execution of Stanley Tookie Williams by the State of California on Dec. 13 was a politically calculated action by “ruling elites.” Executing Williams, writes Azikiwe, provided the right wing w...

Most child safety seats used incorrectly

Although nearly 80 percent of Michigan children use child safety seats when riding in vehicles, 71.4 percent of the devices are installed incorrectly, according to a new report prepared for the Mic...

December 18

Courts give non-negotiable contracts the green light

Jessica Litman of the WSU Law School is quoted in an article about the legal efforts of large inkjet cartridge manufacturers to halt competition from smaller companies that refill cartridges. The a...

MBNA workers’ season of dread

A story about the buyout of a financial institution by another bank and the resulting angst of employees at the first institution includes a comment by Cary Lichtman, industrial psychologist at Way...

Gov’t seeks Arabic translators

A story about efforts by federal agencies to find persons fluent in Arabic languages as interpreters and government operatives includes a comment by Mahmoud Abdalla, WSU professor and director of t...

Miami-Dade College operations chief retires

An article about the retirement of the operations chief at Miami-Dade College notes that Meredith Gibbs, chief of staff at Wayne State , will take over the duties at Miami-Dade as of Jan. 3.

Bush not the first to challenge liberties

Marc Kruman, chairman of the History Department and director of the Center for the Study of Citizenship here, is quoted in an AP article that ran widely in newspapers across the country. The articl...

Disabled and denied

A front-page story about barriers that make getting around difficult for physically handicapped persons leads with the example of a St. Clair County man who had difficulty accessing Wayne State’s B...

Wayne State, DMC talks break down

Contract talks between Wayne State University ’s medical school and The Detroit Medical Center have broken down, primarily over financial issues, a conflict that has the university prepared to move...

Miami-Dade College operations chief retires

These duties will soon be in the hands of Meredith Gibbs, scheduled to arrive Jan. 3 from a job as chief of staff at Wayne State University in Detroit . A lawyer, Gibbs previously held several high...

WSU press celebration

More than 200 Detroit and Wayne State University boosters gathered at the Guardian Building to celebrate the WSU Press publication of American City : Detroit Architecture, 1845-2005. Two photos of ...

December 17

Give to Old Newsboys so no kid goes without Christmas

An editorial urges contributions to the Old Newsboys Goodfellow Fund and notes that the nonprofit organization, in addition to its traditional Christmas box donations to the needy, “provides severa...

December 16

Don’t weaken health programs for elderly

Wayne State is mentioned in a letter to the editor by Larry Lawhorne, M.D., director of the Geriatric Education Center of Michigan. He points out that the center he directs is located at Michigan S...

Upset WDET fans keep up the protest

Fans of WDET-FM’s former “adult alternative” music mix have been organizing a campaign to protest the station’s decision to cut music programming during the day to make way for news/talk programmin...

Girl, 12, charged as sender of threat

A 12-year-old student in the Chippewa Valley School District has been charged under a state law that makes terrorist threats criminal offenses. If convicted she could end up under the supervision o...

School Briefs: Cooley moot court team wins regional contest

An article about the moot court team from Cooley Law School winning the Region VI National Moot Court competition mentions that, among other schools, the team beat out others from Capital Universit...

Promise of free college tuition changing lives in Kalamazoo

An AP story about The Kalamazoo Promise, the scholarship program for public school students in that city that has gained widespread attention, mentions that Wayne State is offering qualified studen...

Granholm names members to investment, strategic fund boards

Gov. Jennifer Granholm has named members to the new Strategic Economic Investment and Commercialization Board (SEIC) and to the Michigan Strategic Fund. President Irvin D. Reid is among several mem...

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This all-news station interviewed law professor Robert Sedler regarding President Bush’s use of the NSA for domestic spying under the Patriot Act. Sedler disagrees that the administration has emerg...

Want job for Big Game? Apply now

This article about temporary jobs being filled in connection with the Super Bowl in Detroit mentions that the Marriott Hotel-Renaissance Center , host hotel for the NFL, is working with Wayne State...

Family fights for Park’s estate – they say caregivers are misusing legacy

When a printer ran off 10,000 copies of Rosa Park’s obituary and funeral program and sold them for $10 a piece, family members say they felt it cheapened her name and accomplishments. Now her niece...

December 15

"History Rocks"

A new History Channel show featured footage and photos courtesy of Wayne State University ’s Walter P. Reuther Library. This episode examined 1979 showing clips and photos from the Douglas Fraser C...

Family, caregivers battle over Parks estate

When the Mays Printing Co. ran off 10,000 copies of the glossy four-color obituary programs from Rosa Parks' funeral, demand for them was phenomenal. At $10 apiece, they sold out in three days foll...

People making news

Wayne State University appointed Richard Gabrys, retired vice chairman of Deloitte & Touche's U.S. global strategic client group, as interim dean of its school of business administration.

Journal Bill McGraw: New WDET chief deflects static and appreciates audience passion

He's had his job only since August, but this week disgruntled listeners are flaying him on message boards and blogs. The phones at his radio station won't stop ringing. One letter writer called him...

Fieger asks Granholm to find a special prosecutor

It's part criminal investigation, part soap opera and part nagging political pain -- and so far nobody wants to be in charge of the probe into multimillionaire lawyer Geoffrey Fieger's secret fundi...

Gabrys tapped as interim chief of Wayne State biz school

Wayne State University has named Richard Gabrys interim dean of the School of Business Administration . He will replace Harvey Kahalas, who resigned early in November, effective at the end of this ...

Race, gender affect clinical trial participation

A new study conducted by professor Wei Du and colleagues at Wayne State University found that women and African Americans are least likely to enroll in treatment trials for lung cancer. The results...

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The station reported that William Davidson would be receiving an honorary degree at Wayne State commencement ceremonies Thursday evening.

WSU to bestow honorary degrees

This news-brief mentions that William Davidson, owner of the Detroit Pistons, and children’s advocate Marian Wright Edelman will receive honorary Doctor of Laws degrees at Wayne State ’s winter com...

December 14

WDET amps up NPR, tunes down local music, will be all-talk on weekdays

Things are about to sound a lot different at Detroit ’s public radio station. Today, the weekday schedule at WDET will go all news and talk – including a hefty dose of NPR – and replace locally ge...

Tulane Students Seek to Save Engineering Programs Slated to Close, With Petition and Pledges

Engineering students at Tulane University are gearing up to save their programs, which were among the academic units that Tulane announced last week would close as the university struggles to recov...

Wayne State honors Detroit hoops legend

Wayne State University on Dec. 7 honored Detroit Basketball legend Will Robinson, who coached in the Detroit Public Schools league for more than three decades. Robinson led the Pershing High School...

On The Go

Exhibits: ---The exhibit, “Bernard Firestone: Joy in Solidarity,” celebrates the life and service of Detroit labor leader Bernard “Bernie” J. Firestone at the Walter P. Reuther Library at Wayne S...

Dust mite exposure

Asthma and allergy researchers have found dust mite allergens in umbilical cord blood of some infants whose mothers were positive for the allergen, whereas none of the newborns whose mothers were n...

Case urges Sikhs' right to knives

A judge has been asked to rule that the knives that Sikhs carry for religious reasons do not violate the city's weapons laws. The case stems from the Aug. 14 arrest of a Wayne State University stud...

Christian right exhorts consumer crusades

Jeff Stoltman, marketing professor in the School of Business Administration , commented about the effectiveness of product boycotts by special interest groups such as Christian organizations. While...

Where to find your kind of music without WDET

Free Press pop music writer Brian McCollum reminds readers that WDET did not eliminate all of its music programming. Weekends still feature a range of sonic offerings, and weeknights include an exp...

From Our Readers: WDET’s changes a turnoff

Three letters ran in the “Opinion” section criticizing WDET management’s decision to implement significant programming changes to the NPR station. One writer suggested that many of the programs com...

WDET listeners say they’ll miss the music: Others happy to have old shows, more news from NPR

Varying opinions are expressed in this story which features letters from readers about the WDET programming changes. Andrew Foot, of Windsor , says he is happy for the change. “I missed many of the...

Wayne people in the news

Sandra Yee has been appointed co-chair of a 30-member Wayne State University steering committee preparing for a winter 2007 visit by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association ...

December 13

Letter to the editor -- Cox story lacked facts, fairness

The Free Press ran a story about special breaks (“Donors to the GOP get the breaks”) and this reader points out some of the reporting flaws in that story. “ Michigan boasts more than 35,000 lawyer...

Lung cancer research biased to white men

A study finds that women and blacks are less likely than white men to enroll in clinical trials of lung cancer treatments. Researchers from Wayne State examined data on patients treated at Karmano...

Detroit Judge asked to declare Sikhs’ daggers legal

The case stems from the August arrest of a Wayne State student for carrying a 10-inch knife, known as a kirpan, on his hip.

Sikh’s arrest sparks debate

Religious freedom and Detroit ’s knife law conflict in Wayne State student’s case. The arrest of a Wayne State student, Sukhpreet Singh Garcha, a 23-year-old senior, on campus in August, brought c...

High Tech Pajamas – Women dress for comfort in the heat of the night

Hot flash pajamas aren’t glamorous, but they are popular as the ranks of women in their 50s expand. A 2004 study conducted at Wayne State looked at the sleep quality of women ages 46 to 51, who ex...

People making news

Wayne State named Doug Czajkowski, formerly president of the MCG Foundation, as a senior director of development and alumni affairs.

Ruling limits lawsuit on jail

An illegal policy of stripping jail detainees in Saginaw County will now be considered either by jury trials for each plaintiff separately or in one large proceeding. Starting Thursday, lawyers for...

December 12

Teacher colleges key to improving state schools

An editorial was featured concerning Michigan ’s colleges of education turning out graduates who are unprepared to teach. One major insufficiency is that many graduates are often unprepared for de...

Blue Cross incentives target breast cancer

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan wants to do for breast cancer what it has done for heart attacks and pneumonia: pay more for improvements in treatment. The Blues and other insurers have linked h...

TechTown welcomes first retail outlet, other new tenants:

The fine folks at TechTown, Detroit 's only research and technology park, announced Friday that six new tenants have signed TechTown leases in the final quarter of 2005. The incoming group of entre...

Small Colleges News

Men's basketball Hillsdale 63, Wayne State 59: Hillsdale (6-1, 4-0) trailed 25-24 at the half but outscored Wayne State 38-34 in the second half. Hillsdale used a balanced attack on offense, with...

Business Diary

Wayne State University of Detroit and St. Clair County Community College of Port Huron have agreed to provide associate of arts and bachelor’s degree programs to St. Clair County residents.

Banking on small business

Name changes and consolidations among the area’s biggest banks capture headlines, but industry and government analysts say the activity also creates big opportunities for community banks. Those ban...

Plan casts Detroit Renaissance as agency coordinator

A new plan being launched by Detroit Renaissance Inc. for 2006 is intended to put the organization in the role of “convener” and coordinator to bring existing agencies together to attract and expan...

Braking China

China’s booming automotive industry has come with a price in that country — an alarming traffic fatality rate. But that’s an opportunity for U.S. safety suppliers such as TRW Automotive Holdings Co...

Wayne to honor two

Wayne State University will confer honorary Doctor of Law degrees on Detroit Pistons owner William Davidson and Marian Wright Edelman, founder and CEO of the Children’s Defense Fund, during its win...

WSU drops Web link after state chamber protest

Wayne State University removed a link from its Labor Studies Center Web site on Dec. 2, after the Michigan Chamber of Commerce filed a campaign-finance complaint against the university. The complai...

WSU has too much at risk for political games

Did Wayne State University break state elections law? The Michigan Chamber of Commerce has asked the Michigan Department of State to find out. The chamber’s complaint was triggered by postings on t...

MARGARITA BAUZA: Winning workers have the holiday spirit; Dollar Store does the trick

The second-place winner is Wayne State University 's department of computing technology. Cathy Whitaker of Detroit and her cube-mate Glen Wasik of Shelby Township took the honor. The IT systems ana...

Elder care training funds could vanish

Michigan's system for training thousands of doctors, nurses and others who care for a growing elderly population could get axed this month because of a tight federal budget. The nation's 50 geriatr...

Knife charge creates conflict over city's weapons ordinance

The arrest of a Wayne State University student has sparked conflict between upholding the city's knife ordinance and protecting religious freedoms. Senior Sukhpreet Singh Garcha, 23, was arrested o...

Readers see education gap tapping in China

Columnist Carol Cain mentions that she has received a lot of mail on her Dec. 5th column, “China Land of Opportunity.” Many readers mentioned the e-learning report by Tom Watkins, former state sch...

Blacks, women underrepresented in lung cancer trials: Study

Race and gender affect enrollment in lung cancer clinical trials in the United States , according to a study that found that women and blacks were least likely to take part in such trials. The Wayn...

WSU students launch auto supplier

This article traces the founding of SpaceForm, a startup company located in TechTown, by Wayne State graduate business students with cooperation from Delphi Corp. The company uses an innovative me...

Still perfect

Hillsdale’s victories over Wayne State , December 10, in men’s and women’s basketball games are detailed in this article. The host Chargers won the men’s contest 62-59 to stay perfect in the GLIAC....

Wayne State Lecture Series hosts “Sharing the Wealth”

Janine Marie Lanza will speak on “Sharing the Wealth: Families and Inheritance in Early Modern Paris” at a free brown-bag lunch program, 12:30 p.m., Dec. 13, in the Faculty/Administration Building.

WSU professor named associate dean

An article about the appointment of David Moran as associate dean in the WSU Law School traces his academic background and accomplishments. A photo accompanies the piece.

A better test sought for prostate cancer

Testing for prostate cancer is an inexact science and results in many false positive results. Some doctors say many prostate tumors grow so slowly as to present a low-level of threat. But doctors c...

December 11

U-M spent $70,000 plus on China trip – one third of total went to receptions at Luxury hotels in Beijing , Shanghai

That was the cost of a week-long business trip to China taken by Mary Sue Coleman and 10 administrators and faculty members.

Ape and essence – new and classic books about King Kong

This article reviews about 15 books on the big ape and Professor Cynthia Erb of the Wayne State History Department is mentioned as the author of a, “…superb scholarly study, ‘Tracking King Kong: A...

Fast-track nurses training grows

Wayne State ’s 16-month program enrolled 64 students this fall, compared with 37 in 2001. The school had more than 750 applicants.

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Sports brief entries in separate roundup articles note that Hillsdale defeated Wayne State , 62-59, in basketball. Kris Krzyminski led the Warriors in scoring with 18 points.

December 10

WSU chief's travel tab: $50,000

As Wayne State University president, Irvin Reid's mission is to make the school world-class. In the last five years, he's been abroad 15 times to such places as India, Brazil, Chile, Turkey, German...

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On her “Great Stuff” (to do on the weekend) report Saturday afternoon, news anchor Roberta Jasina mentioned that “Pride and Prejudice” was playing at Wayne State ’s Bonstelle Theatre.

New book shows off Detroit architecture

Robert Sharoff and William Zbaren, architectural writer and photographer, respectively, were in Detroit two years ago to do a story on the Book Cadillac Hotel; they fell in love with Detroit ’s bui...

Nurse training on fast track in state

An AP story about fast-track nursing degree programs for people who hold college degrees in other fields mentions that Wayne State enrolled 64 students in its 16-month program last fall, up from 37...

December 9

Tulane U. to Lay Off 233 Professors and Eliminate 14 Doctoral Programs

A little more than three months after Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans , forcing administrators to cancel the fall semester at Tulane University , the storm has dealt another blow to the instit...

In a recent experiment male monkeys chose toy cars, while females chose dolls

Just like human boys and girls, male monkeys like to play with toy cars while female monkeys prefer dolls, a research project has shown. This intriguing discovery is one of many signs of deep-roote...

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Two defendants in the DeMarcus Graham murder trial have court-appointed private attorneys because many public defenders have conflicts of interests stemming from the case’s grand jury investigation...

Wayne weekend tipoff: Tennessee Williams play

Detroit: The Wayne State University College of Fine, Performing and Communication Arts presents a performance of the Tennessee Williams classic, "Sweet Bird of Youth" at 8 p.m. today at the Hillber...

College grads take fast-track to nursing

More people are scrapping established careers to become nurses, enticed by programs designed to draw professionals from other industries to the under-served field. Wayne State University 's 16-mont...

People making news

Wayne State University's office of development named Bernice Lopata, formerly executive director of corporate and foundation relations and campaign operations, as associate vice president of advanc...

Robert M. Mentzer Jr. named dean of Wayne State University School of Medicine

This Detroit newspaper reports in a four-column story on the appointment of Dr. Robert Mentzer as dean of the WSU School of Medicine. “His demonstrated leadership abilities and visionary insight wi...

College night gets a new twist

Students who weren’t thinking past high school are now attending college fairs with relish as a result of the Kalamazoo Promise (KP). A recent well-attended fair in town featured representatives fr...

December 8

Research shows racial steering by real estate agents still exists

George Galster, professor of urban studies at Wayne State , co-authored a study examining “racial steering,” the practice of persuading potential home buyers to purchase in specific neighborhoods a...

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An interview by Jerome Vaughn with Robin Boyle of the Geography and Urban Planning Department on the topic of the impact on workers and the economy of Delphi Corp.’s bankruptcy filing aired twice ...

New County jail now up and running

Daniel Spitz, a forensic pathologist from Grosse Pointe, will be the new medical examiner for St. Clair County, effective Jan. 1. Spitz also is the medical examiner for Macomb County and is an ass...

Plan will measure arts’ economic force

A new cultural development plan for the state of Michigan will include a Web site that will provide a way to measure the economic impact of arts and culture. The site will help any cultural organiz...

Rochelle Riley: All dolled up for the holidays

Rochelle Riley’s column focuses on a Detroit-area resident who makes dolls that are among those distributed by the Detroit Police Department through the Goodfellows program run by the Old Newsboys....

People on the move

Robert M. Mentzer, M.D., was appointed dean of the Wayne State University School of Medicine. He is a nationally-recognized cardiothoracic surgeon and medical school administrator with experience i...

Push is on for 4-year college

Wayne State is mentioned in an article about a proposed four-year college in Macomb County . A committee that is studying the issue contends that a university in Macomb would increase opportunities...

Monkey study shows early toy preference

Scientists are using the latest tools of genetics and neuroscience to explore deep-rooted behavioral differences between the sexes. They report significant difference in the structure and functioni...

Report Says States Aim Low in Science Classes

Nearly half the states are doing a poor job of setting high academic standards for science in public schools, according to a new report that examined science in anticipation of 2007, when states wi...

Teens Help Control Diabetes with Psychotherapy

Intensive, home-based psychotherapy can significantly reduce diabetes-related stress in adolescents with type 1diabetes, according to a report in journal Pediatrics. "Although medical care provider...

Yellow Jackets avenge loss

Wayne State University faced a much different West Virginia State University team than when the two teams met three weeks ago. The Warriors came to West Virginia State on Nov. 15 and handed the Jac...

Local boys come home to play on Wayne State University's hockey team

Having a player come home to play college hockey is becoming commonplace in the game these days, and it's on display twice as much in Detroit as Adam and Matt Krug are teammates on Wayne State. Ada...

‘Pride and Prejudice’

The historic Bonstelle Theatre at Wayne State will present Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice,” which opens Dec. 9. The article provides background and the names of the “huge cast,” along with tic...

‘Championship Season’ is a winner

Reviewer Robert Delaney gives a thumbs up to the play “Championship Season” at Wayne State ’s Studio Theatre. “The quality of this production gives testimony to the talent of these young performer...

December 7

The song that is the city

A sidebar to the story notes that Wayne State University professor-emeritus and poet Alvin Aubert and WSU senior lecturer M.L. Liebler and his Magic Poetry Band will be appearing at the Community A...

Ask tough questions before decision to start franchise

A 1996 study for the Small Business Administration (SBA) by economics professor Timothy Bates is referenced in a story about startup businesses. Bates’ study found that “while franchise firms were ...

A sweet menagerie

Performing arts writer Michael Margolin reviews “Sweet Bird of Youth” which is appearing at Wayne State University ’s Hilberry Theatre. Margolin says, “Despite less-than-perfect casting — and the u...

While others dig for gold, Lansing looks for the shovel

In an opinion piece about Michigan ’s ailing economy, Wayne State is noted as one of the universities receiving a $275,000 grant from the 21 Century Jobs Fund – which will replace the Michigan Tech...

West Side story

George Galster, urban affairs professor, discusses the challenge of maintaining neighborhoods on Detroit ’s west side. In neighborhoods like Tireman, Galster says, owning a home may carry more fina...

Kalamazoo Promise: The second wave

An editorial takes issue with other universities in Michigan extending offers of free or subsidized room/board to students participating in the “Kalamazoo Promise” – a plan by philanthropists to pr...

Musical composer to be honored by WSU

Composer and lyricist Stephen Schwartz will receive the 2006 Apple Award for career excellence in theater. Bestowed by Wayne State University and the Nederlander Organization and named after family...

Detroit's TechTown gets six new tenants

In the final quarter of 2005, six new tenants have signed leases at TechTown on Wayne State University ’s campus. With the new companies, 21 entrepreneurial enterprises are now housed there. The ne...

DJ tied to CD, ticket misuse

Violation of Wayne State University policies regarding acceptance of free concert tickets and proper use of recorded music played a part in the departure of WDET-FM 101.9 midafternoon music host Ma...

Push is on for 4-year college

Elected officials who have established a committee to study the issue of establishing a 4-year college in Macomb County say a university could increase opportunities for students and improve the lo...

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WWJ sports director Larry Henry mentioned during the morning newscast that Wayne State is honoring Detroit basketball legend Will Robinson during halftime of its game against West Virginia State to...

Wayne State honors local alumni

The Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences at Wayne State University honored Roger L. Wabeke of Dearborn for outstanding achievement as an alumnus of the Occupational and Environm...

A good read

This article about a gathering of librarians from around the state in Sterling Heights , cites information from the WSU Center for Urban Studies about the inflow of immigrants to the Detroit area d...

December 6

Committee to consider if Macomb Co. needs 4-year university

A new collaborative effort is under way to establish such a school in the county. U.S. Rep. Sander Levin, state Rep. Fred Miller and Macomb County Commissioner Paul Gieleghem last week unveiled pl...

Sikh student acquitted of charges for possessing ‘Kirpan’

A Sikh student of Wayne State University , charged with violation of the local Knife Ordinance Code for keeping a ‘kirpan’, as acquitted following the efforts of the United Sikhs and the American C...

Cool therapy reduces brain injury and death from oxygen loss in newborns

Infants born with oxygen loss who are given an innovative therapy that lowers their entire body temperature by four degrees within the first six hours of life, have a better chance of survival and ...

Benefit cuts hit public workers

Government employees in Michigan have been booted off the gravy train when it comes to benefits as hard-strapped counties and municipalities take a cue from the private sector and cut back on pensi...

Bandyke leaves WDET

Martin Bandyke, who hosted a hip alternative music program on WDET-FM, has resigned from the Wayne State University station.

Ford to pull ads from publications that cater to gays

Ford Motor Co. said Monday that its Jaguar and Land Rover brands will stop advertising in magazines that cater to gay and lesbian people, but the automaker denied that it struck a secret deal with ...

SCHOLARSHIP: WSU journalism student to get Wilson award

Wayne State University journalism student Leah D. Boyd is this year's winner of the Flip Wilson Scholarship, a prize that covers up to $33,000 in tuition, fees, books and room and board. Boyd is th...

Wayne State honoring former W.Va. State star Robinson

Wayne State University will recognize long-time Detroit basketball legend Will Robinson during halftime of its basketball game against West Virginia State at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday. Robinson is a West...

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Robert Sedler of the Law School participated with three other participants in a panel discussion on the topic “The Ten Commandments in Michigan and Separation of Church and State.” The discussion w...

WSU journalism student to get Wilson award

Leah D. Boyd wasn’t born when Flip Wilson was at the height of his comedic career, but she is benefiting from his largesse. The WSU journalism student and freelance writer is the this year’s winne...

December 5

New School for Macomb ?

There is a movement abroad in the land to develop a full-fledged four year college in Macomb County . Michigan has 15 state-funded universities that grant four-year degrees. Now, U.S. Rep. Sander...

On the move

Robert Mentzer was named dean of the Wayne State University School of Medicine. He had been surgical department chair and physiology professor at the University of Kentucky . Mentzer replaces int...

Economic funk won’t end in 2006

As the nation’s outlook improves, Michigan will see its 6th straight year of job losses. Amid the gloom, a few encouraging signs can be found. There is a chance that high tech jobs such as the o...

Sikh student acquitted of charges of carrying kirpan

A23-year-old Wayne State University student, who was arrested for carrying a kirpan on the university campus under the Detroit Knife Act has been acquitted of all charges thanks to United Sikhs and...

State makes plan to use arts to spur economy

The state is launching a comprehensive strategy to leverage arts and culture for economic growth. The sector is already an important contributor to the economy, said William Anderson, director of ...

College divide threatens to keep poor in poverty

Even with Pell Grants, designed to help children from the nation’s neediest families, college students are finding it increasingly hard to get through school without holding down jobs and amassing ...

China: land of opportunity

“If we do not understand how fundamentally the world has changed with the emergence of 1.3 billion new Chinese capitalists and instant communication through technology and take swift action to resp...

Earlier Down test raises ethics debate

An early test for Down syndrome has some fearing in increase in abortions. Dr. Marjorie Tredwell, professor of obstetrics and gynecology at WSU, said some women take the test purely to be prepared...

Killing over drugs hits even safe ‘burb

When you think Farmington Hills , drug-relate executions don’t leap to mind. “That is the reality. If you have a criminal organization that generates a lot of income, the heads of those organizat...

WSU Honors Visteon VP

The Socius Collegi award was presented to Visteon Corp.’s John Kill, senior vice president and president North America Customer Group. Wayne State ’s College of Engineering recognized his support o...

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This article, written in Albanian by a visiting professor who attended a November taping of the “Leaders on Leadership” program hosted by Larry Fobes of the School of Business Administration , appe...

December 4

Alternative energy may help jolt Michigan ’s economy

Next Energy got off to a rocky start when an arrangement with U of M fell apart. The Engler administration then turned to WSU, which offered building space in its nascent Tech Town technology park...

Daniel Howes: Old hand touts new plan for Michigan economy

Doug Rothwell, former Michigan economic development czar and current president of Renaissance, wants to focus Detroit ’s corporate leadership on driving economic change, but do so with greater atte...

Mercyhurst 65, Wayne St. 61

WSU men’s basketball was defeated by Mercyhurst 61-65. The Warriors’ Jeffrey Ferguson came off the bench to score 20 points and snag a game-high seven rebounds.

Student program aims to solve pharmacy woes

Oakland University is partnering with Wayne State and its Pharmacy School to share resources and expertise. This new partnership allows students to enter OU, enroll in its School of Health Sciences...

December 3

Barnes receives academic honors

Former Grand Ledge football player Dan Barnes was named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District IV College Division Football First Team. Barnes, Wayne State football team’s linebacker, finished the sea...

Alternative energy finds fruition in NextEnergy

When the plan to locate NextEnergy near the U of M in Ann Arbor fell apart, Governor Engler turned to Wayne State , which offered building space in its TechTown technology park. Booth Newspapers bu...

December 2

4-year Macomb university proposed

U.S. Rep. Sander Levin, D-Royal Oak, is leading an effort to form the 12th District Congressional Advisory Committee on Higher Education in Macomb County . Local elected officials are gathering in ...

Stolen memories

Lauren Ungar, a clinical psychology physician at Wayne State ’s Institute of Gerontology (IOG), commented in a story about the effects of Alzheimer’s. Ungar said people suffering from Alzheimer’s e...

American City : Detroit Architecture 1845-2005

Celeste Headlee did an extensive report on this new book from the Wayne State University Press. The report included interviews with the book’s author, Robert Sharoff, and some Detroit architects. T...

Noel Night to brighten Detroit ’s holiday spirit

Wayne State is included as one of the “Noel Night” venues during the Saturday evening festivities in Detroit ’s University Cultural Center . More than 25 venues – museums, churches, galleries, the ...

Holiday cheer, Detroit style

Wayne State University is noted as one of 80 members of the University Cultural Center Association (UCCA) in a story about the annual “Noel Night” scheduled on Saturday, Dec. 3, throughout the Detr...

National & World News Section – Beyond Black and White

In 2004, former AsianWeek columnist Frank H. Wu became the ninth dean of the WSU Law School . He is profiled here. For ten years before, he taught at Howard University as the only Asian American o...

Nation Briefs – Wu Debates Connerly in Michigan

Ward Connerly, California leader of a ballot campaign to curtail affirmative action in Michigan debated the proposal with Wayne State University Law Dean Frank Wu before about 1,000 people at Lawre...

December 1

WSU’s Black Theatre Program celebrates life of Rosa Parks

The 35th season of Wayne State ’s Black Theatre Program is producing “Buses,” by native Detroiter Denise Nicholas, as its touring show for the 2005-2006 season. Direction is provided by Maria-Tania...

NextEnergy fuels Michigan 's emerging AET workforce

Wayne State is noted as a recipient of NextEnergy’s Phase One grant in 2003 as well as Phase Two – awarded earlier this year. Also, Alternative Energy Technology (AET) courses being offered during ...

Diplomat-scholar to speak on 'human cost of free trade'

Renald Clerisme, former Haitian ambassador to the World Trade Organization, will be lecturing at Wayne State Dec. 7 in the Alumni Lounge. "While discussion of NAFTA, GATT and other treaties is wide...

Living with less: Downsized paychecks force tough choices

Mike Smith, director of Wayne State ’s Walter P. Reuther Library, commented about the auto industry’s influence on the American economy. "The UAW and the auto industry basically created the America...

Granholm visits Next Energy

WDET ran an evening and morning report on Governor Jennifer Granholm’s visit to Next Energy. Granholm spent the morning (Wed.) visiting the offices of NextEnergy in Detroit . NextEnergy is a nonpro...

WSU Names Medical Dean: Mentzer Wants to Lift School 's Stature

“Michigan Business” ran Detroit Free Press reporter Pat Anstett’s complete story on the appointment of Dr. Robert M. Mentzer Jr. as dean of the medical school.

WSU names dean of medical school

A “Metro Business Brief” notes the appointment of Robert Mentzer Jr. as dean of the School of Medicine . Mentzer takes over in March overseeing the school's $530 million budget, 1,375 students and ...

Wayne State School of Medicine names new dean; Mentzer comes from University of Kentucky

The appointment of Dr. Robert Mentzer as dean of Wayne State ’s School of Medicine is discussed in this Web story. Mentzer replaces Robert Frank, the medical school’s interim dean during a year-lon...

WSU names medical dean: Mentzer wants to lift school's stature

Wayne State University has named a Kentucky heart-and-lung surgeon and organ transplant advocate, Dr. Robert M. Mentzer Jr., as its 14th dean of the medical school. President Irvin D. Reid announce...

Getting it straight

An item in the Nov. 25 Community Free Press about scholarships offered by Wayne State University and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra should have said they were called the WSU/DSO Scholarships in Mus...

Diversity expert highlights MLK celebration events

Frank Wu, Wayne State ’s Law School dean, will be the featured speaker during Western Michigan University ’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. celebration Jan. 15. Biographical information about Wu is ...

Jenison swimmer St. Andrew finds Wayne State to her liking

Jenison standout Ashley St. Andrew has signed with Wayne State ’s swimming program. St. Andrew was also a prospect for the University of Toledo and Oakland University but chose Wayne State because ...

CROSS-COUNTRY: Wayne State fast becoming stellar

Wayne State University continues to prove itself as one of the top men’s cross-country programs in the nation, running to a seventh-place finish at the Nov. 19 2005 NCAA Division II 10-kilometer ch...

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WSU Opera Workshop presented free performances of Seymour Barab’s one-act opera for young audiences, “The Toy Shop.”

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The Cultural Center including WSU will celebrate Noel Night on Dec. 3rd. Chart with the story explains WSU events and locations.

“Championship Season” at Studio

WSU’s Studio Theater is presenting, “That Championship Season,” a drama by Jason Miller, Dec. 1-10.

Attendees enjoy Second Annual Barristers Gala

The WSU Law School Student Board of Governors hosted their Second Annual Barristers Gala on Saturday, October 29th, at the Greektown Casino. A photo was featured with the article showing Jeff Glogo...