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Media Reports for October 2009

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October 31

Joique Bell runs wild, but Wayne State loses

Although Wayne State University running back Joique Bell ran for 314 yards and three touchdowns during Saturday’s game against Northwood, the Warriors football team lost the game 38-24. http:/...

October 30

Former Mayor of Detroit under investigation

Wayne State University law professor Peter Henning discusses the current investigation concerning former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick.

State Budget cuts Promise Scholarship

WDIV reporter Roger Weber reports from Wayne State University’s campus for a story on state budget cuts. The cuts will slash $120 million in aid to Michigan’s Promise scholarship program. Weber int...

Wayne State University Football

During the early- and late-evening Friday news programs, the station aired a segment about the Wayne State football team. It featured an interview with standout running back Joique Bell and offensi...

Bioscience professor explains why leaves changes color

During the weather report on the early morning news, the station aired an interview with professor Dan Kashian of the Biological Sciences Department. He explained how and why leaves turn various c...

Remake of 1980s cult favorite 'Red Dawn' puts metro Detroit in the spotlight

Jerry Herron, dean of the Irvin D. Reid Honors College, comments in a story about the remake of the movie Red Dawn, which has been filming in metro Detroit since September. “'Red Dawn' is playing ...

October 21

Ramblin’ Gamblin’ Men

A brief write-up on a photo book about Bob Seger (Travelin’ Man: On the Road and Behind the Scenes with Bob Seger) mentions that the tome is published by Wayne State University Press. Published ear...

Safety of eating Great Lakes fish discussed

An article about the potential hazards of eating fish from the Great Lakes mentions a 1996 Wayne State University study which found that children born to women who ate Lake Michigan fish several ti...

Fairgrounds, Detroit school buildings among city's most-endangered sites

In a story about Preservation Wayne's 2009 list of Detroit's most endangered sites, Robin Boyle, chair of the Geography and Urban Planning Department, offers some thoughts on the criteria preservat...

WSU professor talks about the Detroit Free Press Marathon incident

Physiology professor Steve DiCarlo discusses marathon running and its effect on the heart after the deaths of three runners in Sunday’s Detroit Free Press Marathon. Interviewed inside his laborator...

Gun plan for campuses draws ire

Wayne State Police Chief Anthony Holt was among university and college officials who testified Tuesday before the Michigan House Committee on Tourism, Outdoor Recreation and Natural Resources regar...

Tuition at Wayne State University

According to an annual report from the College Board, average tuition at four-year public colleges in the U.S. climbed 6.5 percent, to $7,020, this fall. On its morning news report, Channel 7 notes...

October 20

Ex-reporter McGraw is Journalist of the Year

Former Free Press reporter Bill McGraw has been named 2009 Journalist of the Year by the WSU Journalism Program. He will be honored Wednesday at the annual Journalism Day luncheon in St. Andrew's H...

Landlords targeted over lead paint

Wayne State University experts have created a database to track lead-based paint in dwellings throughout the city in an effort to help officials crack down on landlords who have failed to remove th...

BCCCP assists uninsured breast, cervical cancer victims

A feature story focuses on two breast cancer survivors who received care through the Breast and Cervical Cancer Control Program administered by the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute and Wayne S...

Mistaken attribution

In a letter to the editor, Dr. Valerie Parisi, interim dean of the WSU School of Medicine, points out that former dean Dr. John Crissman is erroneously identified as the current dean under his Oct....

TechTown Forum Oct. 30 Shows How Startups Make Sales Happen

Wayne State’s TechTown will host the Great Lakes Chapter of the MIT Enterprise Forum and the Great Lakes Entrepreneurs' Quest on Oct. 30 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. The series provides early to mid-stag...

Wayne State sets engineering transfer student open house

Wayne State University will hold its College of Engineering Transfer Student Open House from 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 7, at the Danto Engineering Development Center. Visitors can tour the co...

Forum: Speaking for (or against) God

The writer of an op-ed piece that is critical of attempts by alleged “anti-Christian groups” to restrict opposition to their views contends that speech codes that prohibit public statements against...

October 19

Bonstelle Theatre opens its 88th season with the drama 'The Talented Tenth'

Wayne State University’s undergraduate theatre program opened its 88th season at the Bonstelle Theatre with Richard Wesley’s The Talented Tenth. Photos of the Bonstelle Theatre and cast members are...

Pro job recruiter offers help to job seekers at WSU

Wayne State University is hosting some help for Michigan's many job-seekers. WSU alumna and professional recruiter Therese Marie Boldt will host a workshop to help those who are out of work. The w...

More opportunities for higher education in Macomb County

An article on higher education opportunities in Macomb County mentions that the Wayne State University School of Business Administration sent eight graduate student interns to the county building i...

Police pool resources for new equipment

Eric Lambert, chair of the Criminal Justice Department, comments to WWJ reporter Mike Campbell regarding the value of various suburban police agencies in the Detroit metro area pooling resources to...

Wayne State takes part in the African Democracy Project

The African Democracy Project, a new program in which a group of WSU students have an opportunity to visit an emerging democratic country on the African continent, was the topic of an interview wit...

Wayne State University to help Ford Motor Co. commercialize patents

The School of Business Administration announced Monday that its Adams Entrepreneurship Fellowship Program will help Ford Global Technologies L.C.C. commercialize Ford Motor Co.’s extensive patent p...

Galleon Insider Trading Case: ‘Like Finding a Needle in a Haystack’

Using a Q&A format, the Wall Street Journal interviews WSU law professor Peter Henning regarding an insider trading case involving the founder of the Galleon Group. Among other things, Henning comm...

October 18

Kalamazoo hosting annual gathering of bioscience experts

Representatives from Wayne State University will participate in the upcoming MichBio Expo in Kalamazoo. The event is Michigan’s largest annual gathering of bioscience professionals and is expected ...

Wayne State study shows adult stem cell grafts help paralyzed

A new study by Wayne State University School of Medicine associate professor Jean Peduzzi-Nelson of the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, details the outcome of adult stem cell grafts in spin...

October 17

Joique Bell scores six touchdowns as Wayne State rolls

Wayne State Warrior running back Joique Bell tied a GLIAC record with six rushing touchdowns and Anthony Morasso added a 44-yard field goal as Wayne State defeated Ferris State 45-7 at Adams Field ...

Wayne State's Math Corps featured on CNN

Wayne State’s Math Corps program is featured on CNN’s Assignment Detroit segment. The six-week camp teaches mathematics and life skills to over 400 Detroit Public Schools students each summer.

October 16

Secretary of State candidate tells Saginaw County League of Women Voters election reform needed

Wayne State University law professor Jocelyn F. Benson spoke to the League of Women Voters yesterday in Saginaw Township on election reform. Benson announced her candidacy to become Michigan’s next...

New businesses can thrive in bad economy, Michigan native entrepreneur says

Rick Inatome, a venture capitalist and founder of two billion-dollar companies, was the keynote speaker Thursday at Wayne State’s fifth annual E2Detroit conference. Inatome spoke about funding and ...

Wayne State professors show their stuff

The artwork of six Wayne State art professors is now on display in the University’s Art Department Gallery. Several photos of the artwork accompanies the story.

Detroit to host 2010 World Stem Cell Summit

Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm announced yesterday that Detroit will be the host of a convention next October on stem cell research and commercialization. The World Stem Cell Summit will bring its...

October 15

WSU Professor comments on the Ambassador Bridge evaluation

Professor Tapan Datta, director of Wayne State University’s Transportation Research Group, commented about the recent fair rating evaluation of the Ambassador Bridge. The bridge is being replaced n...

Mortuary Science Program holds Open House

The Mortuary Science program at Wayne State University opened its doors to the public offering a look at how people are autopsied, embalmed and buried. Highlights of the event were previewed briefl...

Wayne State professor helps make deep-space images available on the Internet

Morning anchor Deana Centofanti highlighted Wayne State University professor David Cinabro’s project to help make deep-space images available on the Internet. The research is made possible by a $25...

Wayne State's Warriors and the Ironman

An article by a Time writer relates how four Wayne State student athletes—Lisa Seymour, Vince Bechard, Robin Coolsaet and Adham Aljahmi – acted as volunteer guides for Richard Bernstein, chair of t...

Funding critical to Detroit’s comeback, ex-mayor of Pittsburgh says

Former Pittsburgh Mayor Tom Murphy, spoke at Wayne State University’s E2 Detroit 2009 conference yesterday about the key components of fostering entrepreneurship in the city of Detroit. http://w...

October 14

Dr. Suzanne White talks about H1N1 Virus

Dr. Suzanne White, department chair, Emergency Medicine, at Wayne State University’s School of Medicine, and a nationally-recognized expert on pandemic preparedness, talked about the H1N1 virus and...

October 5

PC retail pioneer Inatome to close E2 conference

Serial entrepreneur Rick Inatome will give the closing keynote address at E2 2009, the annual one-day conference for entrepreneurs at Wayne State University. Inatome founded two companies here, Ina...

Hard times are driving people back to school

As the economy prompts more people to pursue higher education, Wayne State University has seen 76 percent of last year's freshman class return to school this fall compared with just under 70 percen...

Fed grant to boost school patrols

The Wayne State University Police Department will soon share a $270,000 federal grant with the Detroit Police Department and Detroit Public Schools. Wayne State will use its $90,000 share to cover ...

Wayne State, Karmanos plan to expand partnership

Wayne State University School of Medicine and the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute on Friday announced they will work to expand their long-term partnership agreement in cancer research, educat...

On the move

The Wayne State University Foundation board has elected Eugene Driker, a founding member of the Detroit law firm Barris, Sott, Denn & Driker, P.L.L.C., as its second chairman, succeeding Eugene App...

October 4

"Auditioning for Feature, Commercial and Industrial Films" workshop offered by Wayne State University

A professional workshop titled “Auditioning for Feature, Commercial and Industrial Films” will be offered this fall by the Wayne State University College of Fine, Performing and Communication Arts ...

Cassandra Ulbrich featured in Crain's 40 under 40 class of 2009

Casandra Ulbrich, Wayne State’s director of corporate and foundation relations, is featured in Crain’s Detroit Business’ 40 under 40 Class of 2009. 40 under 40 includes rising stars at large organi...

The perfect day of weight loss

An article on weight loss mentions a Wayne State University study that found that taking three seconds to lower weights during full-body resistance training can rev your metabolism for up to three ...

Would-be neurosurgeon gets look at brain research

Troy High School senior Gayathri Kollipara has a head start in her quest to be a brain surgeon, with help from a cell biologist at Wayne State University's medical school. Kollipara has been shadow...

WSU marching band hits field after 2 decades

Wayne State University's marching band took to the field for the first time in two decades before Saturday's homecoming game against Ashland University. The Wayne State Warriors football team won 4...

WSU, Henry Ford Health consider joint research facility

Henry Ford Health System and Wayne State University announced last week they have signed a letter of intent to expand their medical education and research relationships. Over the next 90 days, offi...

October 3

Woman Groped On WSU Campus

Wayne State University police have issued a campus crime alert after a 20-year-old woman reported being groped by a stranger. http://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/index.ssf/2009/10/woman_groped_aft...

WSU symposium looked at state's medical-marijuana law

Lawyers, public officials and doctors gathered at Wayne State University Saturday to discuss the state of Michigan’s medical-marijuana law, nearly a year after its approval by voters. The one-day M...

October 2

Star RB one of best ever at Wayne State

A sports feature story examines the college career of Wayne State Warrior running back Joique Bell, who has a career total of 5,534 career rushing yards placing him 17th on the all-time NCAA Divisi...

Cancer symposium to give doctors more resources

The ProMedica Cancer Institute (PCI), led by Wayne State professor Manuel Valdivieso, will host a Fall Symposium on Oct. 9 in Perrysburg, Ohio. “There are 12 million cancer survivors in the nation,...

Budget means less for Medicaid, nursing homes

Recent state health budget cuts passed by the House and Senate have resulted in a $400,000 cut to Wayne State University for diabetes education and outreach in Detroit.

Africa project could aid Detroit literacy effort

A column about the tutoring initiative ProLiteracy Detroit mentions that the program is supported by Wayne State University.

Career coah Therese Boldt discusses tactics for the new economy

Wayne State University alumna and career coach Therese Marie Boldt answered caller questions about job search tactics and discussed her new book Yes! You can land a job (even) in a crummy economy ...

Opposing view: ‘We are leading the way’

NFL Executive Vice President Harold Henderson penned this article detailing the league’s commitment to reducing and properly treating concussions. Henderson mentions that the NFL initiated and fund...

More stroke victims get clot-busting therapy

A new study found that more stroke victims are getting a brain-saving drug -- tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) -- but many others aren't arriving at hospitals early enough to benefit from the tre...

Most babies born today may live past 100

Hector Gonzalez, assistant professor of medicine and public health at Wayne State, comments in a story about an increased life expectancy for babies born in industrialized nations since the year 2000.

October 1

‘Fantasticks’ musical opens Hilberry season

Known for its presentations of classic comedies and dramas, Wayne State’s Hilberry Theatre opens its new season with only the third musical ever presented during a regular season. The Fantasticks o...

High court to hear Michigan case about juries

In a case that could determine how much authority federal courts have on state rulings, the U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal by the State of Michigan seeking to reinstate the murder ...

Detroit coaxes students to high-stakes roll call

Paula Wood, dean of Wayne State University’s College of Education, commented in a story about public school districts across Michigan mobilizing last Wednesday to boost attendance for Count Day. Th...