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August 31

TechTown First Friday moves to Sept. 11

TechTown's First Friday networking event will be held on the second Friday of September due to the Labor Day holiday. The event serves as a great networking tool, and prospecting expert Denise Robe...

Wayne State researcher to study methods to reduce police officer stress

Physician, professor and researcher Bengt Arnetz in the School of Medicine has received a $680,000 grant to study training methods to lessen the health impact of stress on Detroit police officers. ...

Next health crisis: Family doc shortage

Herbert Smitherman, assistant dean in the School of Medicine, comments in a story about the looming shortage of primary care physicians.

August 30

Wayne State pounds Mercyhurst, 31-13

Wayne State's Stan Thornton took the opening kickoff 92 yards for a touchdown and the Warriors downed Mercyhurst, 31-13, at Adams Field Saturday. It was the football season opener for both teams. J...

Wayne State pounds Mercyhurst, 31-13

Wayne State's Stan Thornton took the opening kickoff 92 yards for a touchdown and the Warriors downed Mercyhurst, 31-13, at Adams Field Saturday. It was the football season opener for both teams. J...

Wayne State gets $285k for nurse distance learning

Attendees from across the state gathered at the WSU College of Nursing recently to thank U.S. Reps, Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick and Fred Upton for their support of nursing education. They were instru...

Business centers coming

The Wayne State School of Business is launching Business Assistance Centers in three Detroit-area locations in early September. The school is seeking clients and partners who will work with MBA stu...

Wayne State launches literacy program

Wayne State University has launched its 2009-2010 literacy program, available to students in first through eighth grades. Free tutoring in reading and writing skills will be available on Thursdays ...

Move-In Day at Wayne State

WXYZ-TV 7, WDIV-TV 4, WJBK-Fox 2, WWJ-AM 950. 8/30 Television and radio reporters from four media outlets provided on-site coverage of move-in day activities, interviewing students, parents and ...

Wayne State freshmen hit campus

Nearly 1,500 freshmen are expected to move into two residence halls at Wayne State, with upperclassmen scheduled to move in Monday. University Police Lt. Dave Scott commented in a Free Press articl...

August 28

Wayne State to help train Michigan’s hybrid work force; WSU offers details on $5M electric vehicle plant; Michigan gets $1 billion plus in battery grants

Wayne State and the Michigan Department of Energy, Labor and Economic Growth are partnering to train hybrid electric vehicle engineers as the state’s automotive industry transitions to manufacturin...

Kid Rock: The only hope for Detroit?

A CNN Money report on Kid Rock’s philanthropic efforts in metro Detroit mentions the scholarship he established recently at Wayne State.

WSU offers film audition workshops

Wayne State University is offering “on your feet,” auditioning workshops to help aspiring actors and actresses break into Michigan’s burgeoning film industry. Two sessions are offered, running four...

Wayne's Latino program seeks to boost retention

The WSU Center for Chicano-Boricua Studies is launching a new program aimed at keeping students on track to graduate and finding careers. Its goal is to improve graduation rates among underrepresen...

The $60,000 jackpot

The Law School’s newly established Public Interest Law Fellowships were featured in the September edition of The National Jurist. The same edition also lists Wayne Law among the Top 50 Best Value L...

August 27

Wayne State opening 3 new business assistance centers to help companies, nonprofits

The WSU School of Business Administration’s newly established Assistance Centers will aid companies and nonprofits facing tough challenges. The centers, staffed by MBA students, will be located in ...

Detroit 'Bohemia' restaurant planned

Students at Wayne State University were interviewed about a new restaurant that is scheduled to open at the former 13th Precinct police station on Woodward. “There’s a new energy, a new life that’s...

More college grads bank future on private student loans

An increasing number of college students are turning to private loans -- one of the riskiest ways to pay for schooling, according to an education organization that compared them to credit-card debt...

Gone but not forgotten

Architect Minoru Yamasaki, who designed the Twin Towers, is having his work showcased in an exhibit called “Serenity and Delight: The Architecture of Minoru Yamasaki” at the Birmingham Historical M...

Student grants in limbo while state wrestles with big deficit

Thousands of Michigan college-bound students must make their fall tuition payments without the $500 or $1,000 state grants they expected. A deadlock over a new state budget has put in limbo the Mic...

Ballplayers win fight with U.S. over seizure of drug-test data

The drug-test records of more than 100 Major League Baseball players were illegally seized by federal agents investigating the use of steroids in professional sports, a U.S. appeals court ruled. Th...

Companies eye Wixom plant for energy park

Plans by two out-of-state companies to redevelop Ford Motor Co.'s abandoned Wixom plant into an energy park could help further solidify Michigan's effort to become an alternative energy hub, some i...

Business awards

Dr. Gerald A. Shiener was given the Nancy C.A. Roeske MD Award for Excellence in Medical Student Education and was elevated to Distinguished Fellow by the American Psychiatric Association. Shiener ...

August 26

WSU’s College of Nursing turns grant dollars into jobs

Wayne State University’s College of Nursing is taking steps to help resolve the nursing shortage in Michigan while making healthcare a driving force to aid the state’s economy. Two programs, the Nu...

Changing Michigan's government, tax structure can't save Detroit

Robin Boyle, chair of the Geography and Urban Planning Department, shares his thoughts on why the city improvement group Detroit Renaissance may be planning to become a statewide organization.

Home schooling

Several Michigan colleges and universities are now offering classes and service programs in an effort to help local organizations and to address Detroit’s challenges. An article highlights the serv...

One more spin for State Fair

Jerry Herron, dean of the Irvin D. Reid Honors College, discusses the cultural significance of the Michigan State Fair, which is about to begin what is likely its last run. "The fair was the great ...

Wayne State Prof Gets Once-A-Decade Honor

Peter Lichtenberg, director of the Institute of Gerontology, is guest editor of the spring issue of “Generations,” a once-a-decade update on Alzheimer’s and other dementias. According to JASA edito...

Wayne State says cholesterol drug study advancing

Wayne State University says promising early results have led the university to expand tests on a possible new drug treatment for high cholesterol. The university is working with Health Enhancement ...

August 25

Detroit's jobless economy: Startups take root

A feature story focuses on Wayne State’s recent FastTrac program for budding entrepreneurs. An imbedded video features comments from TechTown Executive Director Randal Charlton and several would-b...

Boys dealt harder learning curve

Boys have a harder time “keeping it together” than girls because they lag behind at various developmental stages, says Dr. Gerald Shiener, assistant professor in the Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuro...

UNC part of study on social networking

Led by the Center for the Study of Citizenship at Wayne State, 34 higher education institutions will collaborate to study the transformative relationship between social networking and civic engagem...

August 24

Bing targets Detroit city workers' perks

Marick Masters, director of the Douglas A. Fraser Center for Workplace Issues at Wayne State, comments in a story about proposed cuts to Detroit city workers’ benefits. The city's goal in seeking t...

Two Wayne State law students hit Internet sweet spot with 'Texts from Last Night'

Wayne State Law students Ben Bator and Lauren Leto often found their friends' messages so funny that they started the Web site Texts From Last Night where people could share texts with the world. T...

The bill to allow concealed weapons at Michigan’s colleges and universities

A bill recently introduced to the Michigan Senate would allow students, faculty, and visitors who possess a concealed weapon permit to carry their weapon on college campuses. The article also ment...

August 23

Wayne State prof releases new book, 'Technology and Culture'

In a new book, "Technology and Culture," Wayne State University anthropology professor Allen Batteau presents an inclusive synopsis of how technology is represented in culture and how cultural valu...

Starting in business during a credit squeeze

The entrepreneurial bug has infected hundreds of the state’s residents, many of them seeking new careers outside Detroit’s shrinking auto industry. This summer, three daylong sessions at Wayne Stat...

Business diary

Wayne State University's Executive & Professional Development, Detroit, the university's educational outreach unit for business training, executive coaching and consulting, has been selected by the...

Crime on campus a harsh teacher

A front page feature story in Sunday’s edition of the Detroit Free Press about security measures at Michigan colleges and universities featured Wayne State University and its programs currently in ...

August 21

Detroit native to lead university’s internal medicine department

The University of Michigan has named Dr. John Carethers to chair its Department of Internal Medicine, effective Nov. 1. He is a graduate of the Wayne State University School of Medicine.

Around the capitol

The Michigan Department of Energy, Labor and Economic Growth is partnering with Wayne State University and Michigan Technological University in the new Michigan Academy for Green Mobility. The acad...

Cherry leads higher ed workgroup

Michigan Lt. Gov. John Cherry has launched a Web site, Facebook page and Twitter feed in order to gather ideas for streamlining state government. He also is leading a workgroup that includes repres...

Turbine test plant sought for Detroit

The city of Detroit and the NextEnergy business accelerator are seeking a U.S. Department of Energy wind turbine testing plant for the city. Winning the grant competition would represent a big step...

Mumtaz Usmen “Detroit Today”

Mumtaz Usmen, newly appointed interim dean for the College of Engineering, taped an interview with Craig Fahle this morning that will air on the “Detroit Today” program this afternoon. They discuss...

Wayne State nursing school gets $2 million

The Wayne State University college of Nursing has been awarded more than $2 million in the latest round of grants related to initiatives aimed at alleviating the state’s nursing shortage.

August 20

CVS Camp Apple held at EACPHS

Wayne State University’s Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (EACPHS) hosted 29 students from six southeast Michigan high schools as a part of CVS Camp Apple, which was held Au...

August 19

Banking on our city’s youth

A story about the Detroit Summer Finance Institute, a program that provides summer internship opportunities with financial organizations to Detroit high school students, mentions that this year’s p...

Back to college awareness

An article cautioning students and parents about the importance of being prepared for fire emergencies in buildings mentions a recent laboratory fire at Wayne State that destroyed several years of ...

Session offers help to aspiring entrepreneurs

Hundreds of would-be entrepreneurs gathered at Wayne State University yesterday for an all-day session on the basics of networking and business building. The FastTrac to the Future program is organ...

Herbert Smitherman on the “Paul W. Smith Show”

Dr. Herbert Smitherman, Wayne State University assistant dean for community and urban health and associate professor of internal medicine, was a guest on the “Paul W. Smith Show” this morning. He t...

Michigan Promise Scholarship

Al Hermsen, director of the Office of Student Financial Aid, was interviewed in a story about the state possibly pulling the Michigan Promise scholarship, which would affect 96,000 students statewi...

Psychiatrist gets 10 months in citizenship fraud

An assistant professor of psychiatry at Wayne State was sentenced to 10 months in prison Tuesday for conspiring to commit naturalization fraud, admitting he falsified diagnoses to help people gain ...

People making business news

Dr. Bonita Stanton, the Schotanus professor and chair of the department of pediatrics at Wayne State University’s School of Medicine and pediatrician-in-chief at Children's Hospital of Michigan, wa...

Session offers help to aspiring entrepreneurs

Hundreds of would-be entrepreneurs gathered at Wayne State University yesterday for an all-day session on the basics of networking and business building. The FastTrac to the Future program is organ...

New signals to help blind pedestrians

Oakland County road officials this morning unveiled the High-Intensity Activated Crosswalks (HAWK) project, a system of traffic signals they hope will make it safer for blind pedestrians to cross s...

August 18

Wayne State University names new engineering dean

Mumtaz Usmen, associate dean for research and previously chair of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, has been appointed interim dean of the Wayne State University College of Eng...

Wayne State University sets fifth E2 Detroit Conference

Wayne State University and TechTown, WSU’s business incubator, will host the fifth annual E2 Detroit conference Thursday, Oct. 15. The event, co-sponsored by WSU, TechTown and WWJ Newsradio 950, pr...

Textbook rentals on college campuses

In a story about a national publishing company’s recent announcement that they will be offering textbook rentals to college students, three students are interviewed on Wayne State’s campus. Student...

College aid appeals skyrocket

sThousands of Michigan students are getting more federal aid for college this year because their financial situation has worsened over the course of the past year. Al Hermsen, director of the Offic...

Stabenow meets with medical community

U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) met Tuesday with members of the Wayne State University Board of Governors, Deans, Chairs of clinical and science departments and students to discuss health care ...

$1B in battery grants may revive Mich. talent base

Wayne State University has received $5 million in federal grants to establish training programs for people to work on electric-drive vehicles. The program will include an associate's degree track f...

Wayne State to offer advanced battery class

Wayne State University and the Michigan Department of Energy, Labor and Economic Growth are partnering to train hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) engineers as the state’s automotive industry transition...

Detroit is in crisis, but it hasn’t given up

A major feature story about Detroit focuses on the city’s hope for the future through economic catalysts such as Wayne State University. Ibbitson writes that the future for Detroit perhaps can be ...

Lottery had 1-in-a-million winning numbers

T.C. Sun, a math professor at Wayne State University, said it's a one-in-a-million chance that 4-1-9 would be drawn twice in the same day, which occurred on Sunday’s midday and evening Daily 3 lott...

Textbook Rental

In a story about a national publishing company’s recent announcement that they will be offering textbook rentals to college students, three students are interviewed on Wayne State’s campus. Student...

College aid appeals skyrocket

Thousands of Michigan students are getting more federal aid for college this year because their financial situation has worsened over the course of the past year. Al Hermsen, director of the Office...

Judy Johncox on WWJ

WWJ’s Greg Bowman interviewed Wayne State University Director of Venture Development Judy Johncox about today’s third and final FastTrac to the Future entrepreneurial conference.

Stabenow meets with medical community

U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) met Tuesday with members of the Wayne State University Board of Governors, Deans, Chairs of clinical and science departments and students to discuss health care ...

Collaboration comes to Wayne State University

Engineers now have a new way to get a foothold in the burgeoning field of hybrid electric vehicle battery systems engineering at Wayne State University. The school will begin offering a 4-credit, g...

$1B in battery grants may revive Mich. talent base

Wayne State University has received $5 million in federal grants to establish training programs for people to work on electric-drive vehicles. The program will include an associate's degree track f...

Detroit is in crisis, but it hasn’t given up

A major feature story about Detroit focuses on the city’s hope for the future through economic catalysts such as Wayne State University. Ibbitson writes that the future for Detroit perhaps can be ...

August 17

48 vacant buildings blight downtown Detroit

Robin Boyle, chair of the Geography and Urban Planning Department, comments in a story regarding Detroit’s numerous vacant buildings.

College scholarships in limbo in tussle over 'Promise'

Al Hermsen, director of Student Financial Aid, comments in a story about the Michigan Promise Scholarship program. Facing a $1.8 billion state deficit, the state Senate voted in June to kill the $1...

Effort to lead to more hybrid electric engineers

Wayne State University and the Michigan Department of Energy, Labor and Economic Growth are partnering to train hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) engineers as the state’s automotive industry transition...

Wayne State to offer advanced battery class

Wayne State University and the Michigan Department of Energy, Labor and Economic Growth are partnering to train hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) engineers as the state’s automotive industry transition...

New URC head forges cooperation among state universities

In a Q&A piece, Jeff Mason, new executive director of the University Research Corridor (URC), discusses the successes and the future of the consortium.

48 vacant buildings blight downtown Detroit

Robin Boyle, chair of the Geography and Urban Planning Department, comments in a story regarding Detroit’s numerous vacant buildings.

College scholarships in limbo in tussle over 'Promise'

Al Hermsen, director of Student Financial Aid, comments in a story about the Michigan Promise Scholarship program. Facing a $1.8 billion state deficit, the state Senate voted in June to kill the $1...

Effort to lead to more hybrid electric engineers

Wayne State University and the Michigan Department of Energy, Labor and Economic Growth are partnering to train hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) engineers as the state’s automotive industry transition...

August 16

$1B in battery grants may recharge MI talent base

Wayne State engineering professor Simon Ng, director of the university's new Alternative Energy Technology degree program, comments in a story about $1.36 billion in federal grants being given to M...

Reporter’s notebook: Life science far from only game

Wayne State, Michigan State and U-M spent a combined $887.8 million on life sciences-related research and development in 2008 — about 60 percent of the universities' annual R&D spending.

New imaging device shows promise in detecting breast cancer

Radiology professors Dr. Peter Littrup and Neb Duric, developed a new type of ultrasound machine aimed at lowering health care costs. The device uses sound waves rather than X-rays to capture image...

WSU researcher targets damaging oxidants in body

New research by Dr. Stanley Terlecky, associate professor of pharmacology, could lead to new pharmaceutical treatments to reduce and eliminate the accumulation of damaging oxidants in the body, ult...

New drugs target depression, Parkinson's

Aloke Dutta, professor in the Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, has developed a class of drugs to treat depression, Parkinson's disease and drug abuse. The drugs address the...

WSU team uses nanotechnology in effort to fight cerebral palsy

A husband-and-wife research team at Wayne State believes nanotechnology could be the key to preventing and treating cerebral palsy. The team, led by chemical engineering professor Rangaramanujam Ka...

Student pro-life group, Wayne State University settle lawsuit

A yearlong lawsuit between Wayne State and a student right-to-life group has been settled. The group, WSU Students For Life, filed suit last year contending that the university did not allow the sa...

$1B in battery grants may recharge MI talent base

Wayne State engineering professor Simon Ng, director of the university's new Alternative Energy Technology degree program, comments in a story about $1.36 billion in federal grants being given to M...

Reporter’s notebook: Life science far from only game

Wayne State, Michigan State and U-M spent a combined $887.8 million on life sciences-related research and development in 2008 — about 60 percent of the universities' annual R&D spending.

August 15

Cops say Clarkston teacher sent nude photo to student, 14

Wayne State University forensic psychiatrist Gerald Sheiner comments in a story about a Clarkston teacher who sent a topless photo of herself, along with explicit text messages, to a 14-year-old st...

August 14

WSU offers details on $5M electric vehicle grant

The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded Wayne State a $5 million grant to provide an electric vehicle engineering and workforce training program. Professor Simon Ng of the Department of Chemical ...

Wayne gets 32 stimulus grants for $17.9 million

Several media outlets ran a brief AP story that notes Wayne State has received $17.9 million in research grants under the federal government’s economic recovery program. These include $11.2 million...

Runaway receiver at odds with SEC in Stanford case

Peter Henning of the Law School faculty is quoted in an article about a Texas billionaire investment firm chief who is accused by the SEC of conducting a Ponzi scheme. Henning is a former SEC attor...

Wayne State teaches students how to stay safe in campus shootings

A lengthy feature story highlights Wayne State’s efforts to ensure a safe campus and to react quickly and effectively to crisis situations. Police Chief Anthony Holt describes several measures the ...

August 13

CMU med school applies for accreditation

Central Michigan University has taken the first step toward obtaining accreditation for its planned medical school. According to the Mount Pleasant Sun newspaper, the university filed an applicatio...

People on the move

The J. William Fulbright Scholarship Board named Wayne State University alum David Egan as a 2009-2010 Fulbright Scholar to Indonesia.

Cancer Death Rates Keep Falling

Richard Severson, a Wayne State cancer epidemiologist, comments on childhood leukemia and lymphoma in a story about falling cancer death rates.

Another gaffe for DPS: Kids' secrets left to rot

Gerald Shiener, psychiatrist in the WSU School of Medicine, comments in a story about the psychological records of thousands of Detroit Public Schools students found in a deserted warehouse near th...

BET Conference aims to help African-American women improve their health

The BET Foundation will bring its Women's Health Symposium, “Remembering Our Health,” to Wayne State University Saturday. The symposium was designed to help reduce health disparities among African-...

August 12

CVS Camp Apple

TV-7 was on hand for the CVS Camp Apple program at the Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences. The weeklong activity gives high school students insights into careers in retail pha...

Getting it wrong

In his column, Jack Lessenberry, a member of the WSU journalism faculty, comments on efforts by retired WSU law professor Maurice Kelman to obtain an answer from state officials regarding whether f...

August 11

Prison term urged for psychiatrist in naturalization fraud

A story about a federal case against a West Bloomfield psychiatrist for fraudulently signing naturalization waiver forms for citizenship applicants mentions that, among positions elsewhere, he serv...

Wayne State Football on WMYD

The evening news broadcast included a brief report about the Wayne State University football team, including shots of a practice session. Head coach Paul Winters said the Warriors have good team sp...

Federal judge OKs $925M UnitedHealth settlement

Law professor Peter Henning is quoted in a story about a stock options backdating case involving UnitedHealth Group Inc., headquartered in Minnesota. Henning said that a $925 million settlement to ...

Kid Rock raises money for Wayne State University music scholarships

Sales of a Wayne State University/Made in Detroit limited edition T-shirt have exceeded the $25,000 threshold required to start a scholarship for students at the university’s College of Fine, Perfo...

TechTown center of $2.4B battery investment from feds that could create 6,800 jobs in next 18 months

Wayne State’s TechTown is featured in an article about Vice President Joe Biden's announcement of Michigan's $2.4-billion federal grant program designed to spur manufacturing of batteries for elect...

Wayne State University faculty union cries foul over process used to pick Valerie Parisi as new dean

A Wayne County News Briefs column includes an item mentioning that the faculty union at Wayne State has filed a grievance over the process used in appointing Dr. Valerie Parisi to a three-year stin...

Goal: 1,200 new Detroit-area businesses in 3 years

The Kauffman Foundation has launched a $9.25 million initiative to find and cultivate 800 Detroit-area aspiring entrepreneurs in efforts to help the region develop a new economic base, said program...

August 10

Carol Miller on WDET

Carol Miller, chair of the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department talks about the $1.48 million grant the university received to develop computer software that will help reduce water waste ...

Debbie Dingell to leave GM

An article about the announced resignation of Debbie Dingell from General Motors mentions that she is a member of the Wayne State University Board of governors. She is vice chair of the GM Foundati...

Remembering Our Health: Women's Health Symposium

A calendar item notes a women’s health symposium being held on Saturday, Aug 15, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., at Wayne State University’s Community Arts Auditorium. The free all-day event will feature health ...

TechTown hosts Chinese Business Forum

Wayne State University’s TechTown will be hosting its quarterly Chinese Business Forum on Thursday, Aug. 13, 9-10:30 a.m.. The free event is aimed at helping local firms which are interested either...

August 9

Make his a 'Vette

An entry under “Poli-bites” notes that Vice President Joe Biden said he thought he had died and gone to classic car heaven during his visit to Detroit last week to announce federal grants to spur d...

MEDICINE: CMU proposal seeks to open medical school

A proposal by Central Michigan University to open a medical school is advancing, with the university submitting an application last week to the national accrediting group for doctor training. Michi...

Careless mistake blamed for campus fire

Authorities said someone left an electronic device plugged in, causing a fire at a building at Wayne State University. The fire started on the fifth floor of the Biological Sciences Building causi...

Doctor develops DNA vaccine to fight cancer

Dr. Wei-Zen Wei, professor in the Department of Immunology and Microbiology at Wayne State University’s School of Medicine, and her colleagues at the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, shook up...

TechTown guides entrepreneurs to bring business plans to life

An extensive piece discusses the popular “FastTrac to the Future: The First Day of Your Entrepreneurial Adventure” at Wayne State University. A third session is scheduled for Aug. 18 at WSU’s Commu...

Wayne State University faculty union cries foul over process used to pick Valerie Parisi as new dean

The faculty union at Wayne State University has filed a grievance over the process Wayne State's President Dr. Jay Noren used in hiring Dr. Valerie Parisi to a three-year contract as interim medica...

August 8

Wayne State's Juszczyk qualifies for U.S. Amateur

Wayne State golfer Joe Juszczyk qualified for the U.S. Amateur Championship, finishing third in a 36-hole qualifier this week at Avon, Ohio.

At Wayne State Law School, remarkable success still

A letter to the editor from Wayne State University’s Law School dean Robert Ackerman clarifies the statistics provided in a Detroit Free Press online chart that accompanied a July 19 article titled...

Woman beats the drums at WSU for a new marching band

A prominent feature story discussed the return of Wayne State University’s marching band. Recently hired marching band director Janet Wright-McCaskill said she expects to have the rudiments of the ...

August 7

Brain study seeks tools for making cars safer

The federal government is funding a study that seeks ways to reduce traumatic brain injuries that are one of the most serious outcomes of car crashes. Wayne State University professor Dr. John Cava...

People making news

Dr. Larry Stephenson, chief of cardiothoracic surgery at the Detroit Medical Center and Wayne State University's School of Medicine, has been inducted into the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences. ...

SC4 to host Wayne State University advisers

Wayne State University School of Social Work representatives will be available from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Aug. 26 to answer questions and get students enrolled for its bachelor of social work program t...

August 6

WMU, U-M open latest Confucius Institute branches

Two more branches of the Chinese-sponsored Confucius Institute will open in Michigan this fall at the University of Michigan and Western Michigan University. The institute, which encourages the tea...

Exercise sometimes kills

Wayne State University School of Medicine professor Donal S. O'Leary has received a $921,000 grant to conduct his study which looks at the risks of exercise for people with high blood pressure. O’L...

Q+A: What to know about these new jobs

A brief question and answer piece mentions that Wayne State University is one of four colleges in the area that will receive more than $10 million to offer programs aimed at jobs in advanced batter...

Valerie Parisi, Wayne State University School of Medicine interim dean, on "Detroit Today."

Valerie Parisi, Wayne State University School of Medicine interim dean, was a guest on "Detroit Today" hosted by WDET’s Craig Fahle.

Detroit's TechTown is launchpad for battery plan

TechTown is featured in this story about Vice President Joe Biden's announcement of Michigan's $2.4-billion federal grant program designed to spur manufacturing of batteries for electric vehicles. ...

August 5

Celebrity Scholarships

Francine Wunder, director of corporate and public affairs at Wayne State University, mentions how her chance encounter with Kid Rock led to an agreement to donate the proceeds of a limited edition ...

Big 3, Michigan win big in battery grants

Vice President Joe Biden was at Wayne State’s TechTown this afternoon to announce that Michigan and Detroit's Big Three automakers will receive more than $1.3 billion of $2.4 billion in federal bat...

August 4

Rosenberg on Primetime

Wayne State University researcher David Rosenberg was highlighted on ABC’s Primetime last night and discussed the role of glutamate in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). Rosenberg, professor of p...

COMPLIANCE WATCH: Morgan Keegan asks court to vacate awards

Morgan Keegan, a regional brokerage firm, has faced a flood of claims by investors who were hit by sizable losses in 2007 and 2008 in seven funds that made bets in debt and other mortgage-related h...

WMU, U-M open latest Confucius Institute branches

Two more branches of the Chinese-sponsored Confucius Institute will open in Michigan this fall at the University of Michigan and Western Michigan University. The institute, which encourages the tea...

Re-sentence for Nacchio not unusual

A ruling from the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals may allow the imprisoned former Qwest chief executive Joe Nacchio to be free on bail while the sentence is sorted out. If the government is not succe...

WSU prof ties chemical to obsessive disorder

Wayne State University medical researchers recently discovered a chemical that plays a major role in children with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Dr. David Rosenberg, professor of psychiatry ...

August 3

Which airlines will survive?

Business professor Marick Masters comments in a story about restructuring plans for America’s ailing airline industry.

Colon cancer’s racial divide

African-Americans are less likely to survive colon cancer than white Americans, according to a study recently released by Dr. Michael Simon, professor of medicine and oncology at the Karmanos Cance...

Both sides put positive spin on Michigan Supreme Court’s Dow class-action ruling

Law professor Noah Hall discusses a class action suit against Dow Chemical by residents of Michigan’s dioxin-contaminated Tittabawassee River floodplain.

New trend in childbearing: Expectant moms get checkups together

According to a Yale University study, group pregnancy medical check-ups may be contributing to healthier babies significantly fewer premature births. Deborah Walker, Wayne State associate professor...

Wayne State University and Children's Hospital of Michigan research team discover chemical that plays a major role in obsessive-compulsive disorder

Wayne State University medical researchers recently discovered a chemical that plays a major role in children with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Dr. David Rosenberg, professor of psychiatry ...

On the move

A brief mentions Dr. Valerie Parisi has been named interim dean of Wayne State University’s School of Medicine for a three-year term.

August 2

Beef up your zinc levels –and give your fertility a boost

A Wayne State University study shows that zinc is essential for the normal development and function of immune cells and also plays a critical role in cellular reproduction, growth and development.

Cheaper meds are a border away

The U.S. Congress is considering relaxing rules that make it hard to purchase prescription drugs outside the country. Pharmacy professor Jess Vivian comments.