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June 30

Links' members leave lasting imprint: Professional women's group contributes to new learning center

Alicia Nails, director of Wayne State University’s Journalism Institute for Media Diversity, is quoted in a story profiling The Links, Inc., which brings its five-day 2010 National Assembly today t...

Kresge names grant recipients

Professor Chris Tysh was announced as a recipient of the Kresge Foundation’s 2010 Kresge Artists Fellows. This year, 18 winners were chosen from more than 350 applicants in Wayne, Oakland and Macom...

June 29

Resourceful traveler

“Picturing Hemingway’s Michigan,” written by Michael Federspiel of Midland, is a compilation of Hemingway family photos and other glimpses into what northern Michigan was like in the early 1900’s. ...

Supply chain strategy could bring 66,000 new jobs to region, report says

Metro Detroit, in combination with the adjacent areas of Ontario and Ohio, could see up to 66,000 new jobs and $10 billion in new annual economic development if the region develops a coordinated cr...

E2 Challenge winners pursue business dreams at TechTown

The Wayne State student entrepreneurs who won the 2010 E2 Challenge are preparing to take the next step in developing their business ventures through a summer-long mentoring program housed at TechT...

Youth Theatre Intesive Day Camp to be held at Wayne State University

The Youth Theatre Intensive Day Camp will take place July 12-16 at Wayne State University. The camp will offer acting, scriptwriting and directing classes to students ages 9-17.

Former WSU baseball star makes professional debut

Former Wayne State pitching star Justin Mazur made his professional debut Thursday for the Burlington Royals in the Appalachian League. In two relief innings, he allowed two hits, no earned runs an...

Detroit—A major American filmmaking city

A story on Detroit’s burgeoning film industry highlights the Detroit Windsor International Film Festival, which took place at Wayne State University this past weekend. http://www.theepochtime...

Wayne State rallies millions of grants for research

Grant funding for research at Wayne State University is up $8.2 million as of the end of June, compared to the same time in 2009. So far the university has taken in $122.7 million this year compare...

June 28

Clemetson new TechTown SmartStart leader

Gary Clemetson is the newest SmartStart support leader at TechTown. He has extensive experience in developing small companies around the globe. The United Kingdom native also has an MBA from the Un...

TechTown part of Business Accelerator Network

Judy Johncox, director of New Business Services at TechTown, talks about the new Business Accelerator Network that TechTown joined in June and how she hopes it will work with a pool of external bus...

June 27

Wayne State University Professor Marilyn Zimmerwoman shares photos from the 2010 U.S. Social Forum

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

Pillow talk from TFLN

Former Wayne State Law students Lauren Leto and Ben Bator often found their friends' text messages so funny that they started the Website Texts From Last Night, where people can share texts with th...

WSU professor comments of Kwame Kilpatrick's legal troubles

Professor Peter Henning is interviewed about the federal indictment charges of mail, wire fraud and income tax evasion filed this week against former Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick. Henning said th...

Job help

The Macomb/St. Clair Workforce Development Board and Wayne State University will host a workshop for unemployed white-collar workers who live in Macomb and St. Clair counties July 6 and 19, and Aug...

Macomb-Oakland INCubator joins network

TechTown has partnered with Automation Alley, Ann Arbor SPARK and Macomb Community College/Oakland University Business Incubator to launch a new collaborative group formed to support business devel...

Tech + Art = Business?: TechTown offers artists gallery space, entrepreneur training

Increasingly focusing on the arts, TechTown is evolving a holistic approach to economic development in Detroit — the idea that art and technology go hand-in-hand in making a livable city. Thanks to...

WSU med school's interim dean to keep job

After nearly a year as interim dean, Dr. Valerie Parisi has been elevated to full dean of the Wayne State University School of Medicine. “Valerie has done an outstanding job of building relationshi...

June 25

Wayne State offers free film fair

Wayne State University offered a free tech fair and networking event for aspiring film makers on Saturday. The fair, a component of the Detroit Windsor International Film Festival, offered classes ...

Panel to recommend new options for State Library

Mike Smith, director of Wayne State University’s Walter Reuther Library and vice-chair of Governor Granholm’s committee for a "Michigan Center for Innovation and Reinvention" in downtown Lansing, c...

Valerie Parisi named dean at Wayne State University medical school for three-year term

After nearly a year as interim dean, Dr. Valerie Parisi has been elevated to full dean of the Wayne State University School of Medicine. “Valerie has done an outstanding job of building relationshi...

June 24

WSU professor comments on Kilpatrick case

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

Court’s ‘honest services’ ruling won’t help Madoff, lawyers say

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

Summer concert series returns

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

WSU students to see tuition increase of 4.4 percent

After intense discussion, the Wayne State University Board of Governors voted on Wednesday to increase tuition for resident undergraduate students by 4.4 percent. Graduate students will pay 4.9 per...

WSU students to see tuition increase of 4.4 percent

After intense discussion, the Wayne State University Board of Governors voted on Wednesday to increase tuition for resident undergraduate students by 4.4 percent. Graduate students will pay 4.9 per...

June 23

Ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick indicted by feds on 19 mail fraud, tax counts

Law professor Peter Henning comments on the federal indictment charges filed yesterday against former Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick. Kilpatrick faces federal charges of mail and wire fraud and in...

Earthquake in Metro Detroit

Neil Cantor, director of Jewish student life at Wayne State University’s Hillel of Metro Detroit, shares his experience during yesterday’s 5.0 magnitude earthquake. Cantor describes what the quake ...

Rare quake rattles the Great Lakes

Wayne State geology professor Ed Van Hees explains the science behind yesterday’s 5.0 magnitude earthquake experienced throughout Southeast Michigan. The quake struck at 1:41 p.m. in Cumberland, On...

Jazz Week@Wayne for High School Musicians

Wayne State's Department of Music teams up each year with the Detroit International Jazz Festival to present JazzWeek@Wayne, an intensive music education for area high school jazz musicians. JazzW...

Reputations Don't Return When Prosecutors Drop Charges

Professor Peter Henning comments in an article about how difficult it can be for executives to repair their image after being indicted for corporate crimes—even after those charges have been droppe...

NextCAT Wins $150,000 SBIR Grant

NextCAT, a TechTown-based start-up received a $150,000 grant from the National Science Foundation, and another $25,000 in matching grants from Michigan's Emerging Technologies Fund for a total of $...

June 22

Forget Detroit? No Way.

Detroit City Council Pro Tem Gary Brown said the future for the city is bright, thanks in part to “Eds and Meds”—educational institutions such as Wayne State and the thriving medical campuses at th...

June 21

Business ‘accelerators’ get $3M grant

TechTown has partnered with Automation Alley, Ann Arbor SPARK and Macomb Community College/Oakland University Business Incubator to launch a new collaborative group formed to support business devel...

Wayne State to host its 1st Tech Fair

Wayne State University is teaming up with The Detroit Windsor International Film Festival (DWIFF) presented by Wayne County to host the DWIFF annual Tech Fair on June 26. The free event will give t...

June 20

Movers & Shakers

A news brief mentions that Sharon Vasquez, dean of Wayne State’s College of Fine, Performing and Communication Arts, has been named the new provost at the University of Hartford.

WSU professor receives award from SAE International

Mechanical engineering professor Ming-Chia Daniel Lai was the recipient of a Forest R. McFarland award from SAE International.

G20 police arsenal includes plastic bullets

Professor Cynthia Bir commented in an article about the various anti-riot weapons that police tactical teams have practiced at a Canadian military base near Toronto, which is preparing to host this...

Get in on discussion about $13-trillion U.S. debt

In his latest column, Dzwonkowski highlights this Saturday’s unprecedented national discussion to be held at Wayne State’s McGregor Conference Center, at which 85 invited participants will meet wit...

Local films part of festival

The third annual Detroit Windsor International Film Festival, which will be screened at a variety of locations around the Wayne State campus, runs Thursday through Sunday and will feature more than...

June 19

Sound Mind, Sound Body Football Academy

Wayne State’s Sound Mind-Sound Body Football Academy, which recently was described as one of the region's premiere events for talent development, is featured. The camp, which features many of the s...

June 18

U.S. Civil Rights Commission convene at Wayne State University

The U.S. Civil Rights Commission met at Wayne State last Friday, prompted by Rep. Kim Meltzer’s (R-Macomb Twp.) Immigration Reform Enforcement Act, which mirrors Arizona’s recent controversial immi...

Wayne State University researchers have oil spill solution

A local company hopes to use medical technology developed by cardiologists at Wayne State to help clean up the areas affected by the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Using technology to get oxygen ...

Maker Faire Detroit coming July 31-Aug. 1

An article mentions that Wayne State’s TechTown is heavily involved with Maker Faire, a do-it-yourself festival celebrating individual innovation that will be coming to Detroit July 31-Aug. 1.

Rich Rodriguez talks grades, Antonio Gates talks camp

Rich Rodriguez, head coach of the University of Michigan football team, was a guest speaker at Wayne State’s Sound Mind, Sound Body football camp, which was hosted by Detroit native Antonio Gates o...

U-M posts lowest tuition increase since 1984

In an article about U-M’s increased fall 2010 tuition rates, it’s mentioned that Wayne State will set its rates next week.

Wayne State names provost and senior vice president for academic affairs

Wayne State University President Jay Noren announced the appointment of Ronald T. Brown as provost and senior vice president for academic affairs effective August 1, 2010. Brown was dean of the Col...

June 17

De La Salle graduate signs with Royals

Former Wayne State University right-hander Justin Mazur signed as a free agent with the Kansas City Royals. Mazur was named the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference pitcher of the year t...

Wayne State's Sound Mind, Sound Body Football Academy

Wayne State’s Sound Mind-Sound Body Football Academy, which recently was described as one of the region's premiere events for talent development, is featured. The camp, which features many of the s...

Wayne State spinoff NextCAT wins innovation award from National Science Foundation

NextCAT Inc., a Wayne State University spinoff that hopes to commercialize its process for using catalysts to make biodiesel fuel, has received a $150,000 Small Business Innovation Research award f...

Northville, Detroit score downtown streetscape grants

The city of Detroit, in partnership with Wayne State University, will construct a streetscape project on Anthony Wayne Drive, from Warren Avenue to Palmer Street. This includes building ADA-complia...

Sound Mind-Sound Body camp has become premiere event

A sports column describes Wayne State’s Sound Mind-Sound Body Football Academy as “one of the region's premiere events for talent development.” The camp, which features many of the state’s top coll...

Ronald Brown named new Wayne State University provost

Wayne State University President Jay Noren announced the appointment of Ronald T. Brown as provost and senior vice president for academic affairs effective August 1, 2010. Brown was dean of the Col...

June 16

WSU Dean interviewed on The Craig Fahle Show

Wayne State College of Nursing dean Barbara Redman was interviewed on "The Craig Fahle Show" regarding nursing and health care reform. She discussed how nursing can help address the primary care ga...

'Picturing Hemingway's Michigan' explores how summers in Michigan shaped author's childhood

“Picturing Hemingway’s Michigan,” written by Michael Federspiel of Midland, is a compilation of Hemingway family photos and other glimpses into what northern Michigan was like in the early 1900’s. ...

June 15

SE Michigan Purchasing Managers Index improves to 62.1

The Southeast Michigan economy is expanding at a faster rate and showing greater signs of recovery, according to a monthly survey of purchasing managers by Wayne State University's School of Busine...

Cultural barriers can deter some from care

Only 42 .9 percent of Arab-American women age 40 to 49 reported having a mammogram in the previous two years compared with roughly 74 percent of all Michigan women, according to a 2008 report from ...

Music, art combine for museum's Downtown@Dusk

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

WSU professor honored by SAE International

Mechanical engineering professor Ming-Chia Daniel Lai was the recipient of a Forest R. McFarland award from SAE International. http://www.wxow.com/Global/story.asp?S=12652947 http://www.wlns....

Local prep standouts on their grind at all-star games, camps the next few days

Wayne State’s fifth annual Sound Mind, Sound Body football camp is included in a calendar listing of upcoming prep sports events. The camp, which features many of the state’s top college gridiron p...

Tech jobs slipping in state, education key to industry, leaders say

George Ericksek, senior regional analyst at the W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, said that while some are concerned about the state suffering from a brain drain, Michigan would have a...

Editorial: Menu labeling can have positive health effects

Wayne State University nutrition and food science researcher Catherine Jen speaks out in favor of a recent government mandate requiring restaurants to post the nutritional information of menu items.

Study in Lansing might lead to improvements in care of premature babies

A new study of premature infants at Lansing's Sparrow Hospital could provide a bedside measure of pain and lead to more effective pain management for those infants. Carolyn Herrington, an assistan...

Special letter: UAW changes tough, but necessary

In his last “Labor Voices” column of his tenure, UAW President Ron Gettelfinger mentions that Wayne State University’s Walter P. Reuther Library is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year.

UAW begins historic convention

More than 1,200 autoworkers arrived at Cobo Center yesterday for the UAW’s 35th Constitutional Convention. This year’s convention has extra historical significance, according to UAW president Ron G...

Wayne State re-employment program for displaced auto workers

A segment highlights Wayne State’s re-employment program for displaced workers available through the University's Macomb Education Center. Terry Margolis, director of educational outreach and execu...

June 14

Professors become entrepreneurs, market discovery as supplement

Wayne State University researchers Catherine Jen and Joseph Artiss are now in the marketing phase of their recent discovery, mirafit fbcx, a dietary supplement that binds fat, and keeps it from ent...

Spirit Airlines pilot strike frustrates stranded LaGuardia Airport travelers

Wayne State biomedical student Rupi Sckhon commented in a story about Spirit Airlines travelers’ strife and anger over the company’s decision to cancel all flights due to a pilot strike. "I'm suppo...

BP may face charges, but execs likely won’t

Professor Peter Henning comments in a story about the unlikelihood of BP executives facing charges in the wake of the massive oil spill, noting that it wasn’t one person’s fault, but rather “a mass...

June 13

Oil damage may be beyond calculation

Professor Peter Henning comments in an article outlining the difficulty many people may find in proving to the court that their losses resulted indirectly from the Gulf oil spill.

DETROIT: Reuther Library features exhibit on UAW's history

Wayne State University's Walter P. Reuther Library is featuring an exhibit titled "75 Years of Solidarity: A History of the UAW" through Oct. 1. The exhibit highlights the story of the UAW from its...

June 12

Wayne State's Justin Mazur signs with Royals

Former Wayne State University right-hander Justin Mazur signed as a free agent with the Kansas City Royals. Mazur was named the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference pitcher of the year t...

June 11

Great Lakes Entrepreneur’s Quest awards $250,000 to state businesses

Angott Medical Products L.L.C., which is developing a system that uses a variety of techniques at once to detect breast cancer, in collaboration with Karmanos Cancer Institute and Wayne State Unive...

VCs, meet the new sheriff

Terry Cross, executive-in-residence with Wayne State’s School of Business Administration, comments in a story about the recent rise in angel investors—wealthy individuals funding startups on a much...

President Noren attends the White House Council on Automotive Communities

Both Governor Jennifer Granholm and Mayor Dave Bing acknowledged Wayne State University President Jay Noren who was attending the White House Council on Automotive Communities meeting. Granholm als...

Job creation in Metro Detroit starts with regional collaboration

In an op-ed outlining the steps that would help return Detroit to prominence, Wayne State and the other URC partners are noted as bringing innovation to the forefront.

Economic development organizations jump into bed with state's public universities

Jeff Mason, executive director of the University Research Corridor (URC), says that while Michigan’s universities are paramount to the state’s success, collaborations between the URC and outside or...

Role of 'microgrids' may grow; integrating current, future technologies will be challenging

In an article about an increase in investments in “smart” power grids, Caisheng Wang, WSU engineering professor who recently received a grant from the National Science Foundation to pursue his work...

Higher education is one of Michigan's best exports

Wayne State is among three universities in Michigan that rank in the top 40 doctoral granting institutions based on the number of international students, according to the Institute of Higher Educat...

June 10

BP's PR blunders mirror Exxon's, appear destined for record book

Matthew Seeger, chair of Wayne State University’s Communication Department, is among a group of corporate communications experts to comment about BP PLC’s public reaction to its April 20 oil spill....

WSU Fine Arts Dean Sharon Vasquez to become University of Hartford provost

Sharon Vasquez, dean of Wayne State’s College of Fine, Performing and Communication Arts, is leaving her position Aug. 16 to become the Provost at the University of Hartford in Hartford, Conn. Vasq...

We Came to Work

Elena Herrada, a lifelong Detroiter and Wayne State University graduate, wrote a blog about Detroit through the generations from a blue-collar perspective. Photos from Wayne State’s Walter P. Reuth...

University of Michigan researchers find clues at bottom of Lake Huron to ancient hunters

University of Michigan researchers worked with WSU computer science professor Robert Reynolds to reconstruct and then simulate caribou migrations across the corridor at the bottom of Lake Huron.

King to face UAW activist

Mike Smith, director of Wayne State’s Walter P. Reuther Library, comments in a story about a local union activist’s run against UAW presidential candidate Bob King. The union is scheduled to elect ...

Wayne State to keep award named for Helen Thomas

Wayne State University announced Wednesday that it will keep the Helen Thomas Spirit of Diversity Award, established a decade ago to honor journalists. The university said in a statement it "strong...

June 9

FBI gets 2001 video of Kilpatrick describing civic fund

Wayne State law professor Peter Henning comments on the FBI’s recent acquisition of a 2001 mayoral debate video containing footage of Kwame Kilpatrick discussing the Kilpatrick Civic Fund.

John Popovich named new CEO at Henry Ford Hospital

John Popovich Jr., M.D., a pulmonary disease and internal medicine specialist and WSU School of Medicine professor, has been named CEO of 802-bed Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. He replaces Tony Ar...

Congress' OK is required for bridge project

Law professor Robert Sedler commented in an article about the process in which states undergo to enter into compacts with foreign governments, as is the case involving the Detroit River Internation...

New suburban blight: Empty industrial sites

Jerry Herron, dean of the Irvin D. Reid Honors College, commented in an article chronicling the spread of suburban industrial blight over the past decade in southeastern Michigan.

Wayne State University Farmers Market opens

Wayne State University’s annual Farmers Market kicks off today and will run every Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. throughout the summer. The market is located in front of Prentis Hall on Cass Ave.

June 8

Bomba king Osvaldo 'Ozzie' Rivera: A Motown oracle for modern times

A feature story about Osvaldo "Ozzie" Rivera, educator, musician, activist and historian, notes that he was a founding member of Latino en Marcha Leadership Training Program at Wayne State Universi...

Erb Family Foundation announces $1.2 million in grants

The Erb Family Foundation has awarded 19 grants totaling $1.23 million for environmental and arts/cultural initiatives in the metropolitan Detroit region, Crain's Detroit Business reports. Grants i...

Neighborhood farmers markets begin their seasons -- here are the wheres and whens

Midtown has two markets, both operated by SEED Wayne, that will be operating through the end of October. The Wayne State Wednesday Farmers Market will take place Wednesdays from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. o...

DPS closing 32 buildings in June

While Detroit Public Schools will shut 32 schools this month -- nearly a fifth of the district's schools -- it's also launching new approaches to instruction with a teacher-run academy and a medica...

U.S. surgeon general at WSU med school commencement today

U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Regina Benjamin is speaking at the Wayne State Medical School commencement ceremony today. The graduation is being held at the Fox Theatre in Detroit. http://www.detnews...

Wayne State researcher calls for dramatic shift In cancer research

For decades, cancer has been believed to be caused by a sequential accumulation of common gene mutations, with the identification, characterization and targeting of common genetic alterations and t...

Wayne State mulls fate of diversity award named after Helen Thomas

Helen Thomas, Wayne State alum and journalist who was formerly a member of the Washington D.C. press corps, has resigned her position with Hearst as a columnist. This move follows in the wake of he...

Wayne State researcher calls for dramatic shift In cancer research

For decades, cancer has been believed to be caused by a sequential accumulation of common gene mutations, with the identification, characterization and targeting of common genetic alterations and t...

Environmental Lawyers Weigh BP's Liability in Leak

Law professor Noah Hall was a featured guest on PBS NewsHour, where he discussed many of the complex legal issues that BP will face in the coming years as a result of the oil spill.

Survey: State’s economy growing

A new monthly survey of purchasing managers by Wayne State University’s School of Business Administration and the Southeast Michigan chapter of the Institute for Supply Management released Tuesday ...

U.S. surgeon general addresses future docs

U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Regina Benjamin spoke at the Wayne State Medical School commencement ceremony Tuesday. Valerie Parisi, interim dean of Wayne State University's School of Medicine, comments...

June 7

Could Time Inc. donate the 'Assignment Detroit' house to local journalists?

A group of panelists, who attended last weekend’s Journalism That Matters conference, suggested that Time Inc. should donate to local reporters the house that serves as the “Assignment Detroit” pro...

Wayne State mulls fate of diversity award named after Helen Thomas

Helen Thomas, Wayne State alum and journalist who was formerly a member of the Washington D.C. press corps, has resigned her position with Hearst as a columnist. This move follows in the wake of he...

Former Wayne State kicker Greg Gunderson signs with Alabama Vipers

Former Wayne State placekicker Greg Gundersen signed with the Alabama Vipers of the Arena Football League. Gundersen played for the Warriors in 2003-04 and was a student assistant coach for WSU kic...

Wayne State’s BizTech Summer Camp seeks partners

Wayne State’s School of Business Administration is partnering with metro Detroit businesses and nonprofits for its BizTech Summer Camp program, June 21 through Aug. 3. The program introduces 30 hig...

June 6

New programs in Detroit

A directory of new academic programs mentions that the School of Business Administration will begin a specialization in internal auditing.

BizTech Summer Camp needs support

Crain’s “Rumblings” section mentions that the School of Business Administration is seeking support for the BizTech Summer Camp.

Intern of the Year: Yan Isayev, 21

Yan Isayev, a Wayne State University student scheduled to graduate with a bachelor’s degree in honors finance in December, is on internship number four with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. This...

Awards and certifications from June 4-6

WSU student Yan Isayev was honored as Best Intern by Crain's Detroit Business and the Detroit Regional Chamber's InterninMichigan.com program for his work at Blue Cross Blue Shield.

Wayne County news briefs: Surgeon general to be WSU speaker

U.S. Surgeon General Regina Benjamin is scheduled to deliver the commencement address Tuesday for the Wayne State University School of Medicine. The ceremony begins at 2 p.m. at the Fox Theatre. Ne...

June 5

Two Dearborn actors in ‘Robin Hood’ at Hilberry

Reviewer Sue Suchyta provides readers with a review of the Hilberry Theatre’s upcoming production of “Robin Hood.” Showtimes and ticket information are provided.

Pakistani doctors group has free health event today

Wayne State medical school students participated at a free health clinic for the Association of Physicians of Pakistani Descent of America’s National Health Care Day. WSU student Mubeen Quresh help...

June 4

WWJ Highlights the History of Wayne State University

WWJ ran a segment highlighting the history of Wayne State University dating back to its post-Civil War roots when it was known as “Detroit Medical College,” which became WSU’s medical school in 186...

June 3

Metro Detroit produce guide

Wayne State’s Farmers Market is included in a listing of local markets, many of which support area growers. WSU’s Farmers Market features goods from area farmers and Detroit growers including the G...

Perfect Game Robbery

Roger Weber reported live from the WSU Baseball Field to discuss the controversial call from MLB umpire Jim Joyce that nullified Detroit Tigers pitcher Armando Galarraga’s bid for a perfect game We...

Making the Grade: Detroit Garden Classroom

Theater professor Mary Anderson was interviewed on a “Making the Grade” segment about her “Detroit Garden Classroom: A Healthy Kids Advocacy and Media Project,” which offers Detroit Public Schools ...

Challenges for BP

Law professor Noah Hall discussed the financial challenges that lie ahead for BP as they begin to face mounting lawsuits resulting from the oil spill.

URC reports energy gains, announces joint events

Michigan's University Research Corridor (URC) Thursday announced steady progress on recent energy research grants, according to URC executive director Jeff Mason. A URC-supported collaboration betw...

Ruin, growth portrayed in 'Detroit: Disassembled'

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

Cultural barriers can deter some from care

Only 42 .9 percent of Arab-American women age 40 to 49 reported having a mammogram in the previous two years compared with roughly 74 percent of all Michigan women, according to a 2008 report from ...

Meadow Brook celebrates its history with ‘Wickets, Wine & Wheels’ event

Wayne State University professor Charlie Hyde will present a lecture on Meadow Brook Farms and the Dodge Brothers at Meadow Brook Hall’s “Wickets, Wine & Wheels” on Sunday June 13.

The Wall of Fame

Don Pilette, a news editing professor at Wayne State, comments in an article about Detroit’s historic newspaper hangout, the Anchor Bar.

Medical centers to partner to attract talent, investments

Wayne State University, Henry Ford Hospital and Detroit Medical Center are within a few weeks of finalizing a deal to invest jointly in an effort to attract more young talent and business investmen...

Petition seeks cuts in Warren council

Wayne State student Michael Bertollini is leading a petition that calls for a reduction of the size of the Warren City Council to seven members from nine and carving out representative districts. C...

2010 ISAAC Round Table on African American Education

Wayne State University and the Institute for the Study of the African American Child will host a weekend of events aimed at reversing the patterns of failure among African American children. The Ro...

Twenty corner stores selling produce in Detroit

A new Wayne State program is supplying corner stores throughout Detroit with fresh fruits and vegetables. Detroit Fresh: The Healthy Corner Store Project was created by urban planning professor Kam...

Wayne State University hosts Journalism That Matters: Create or Die - Innovate, Incubate, Initiate media conference

Wayne State will host the "Journalism That Matters: Create or Die - Innovate, Incubate, Initiate" media conference today through Sunday. The conference kicks off a one-year effort to broaden journa...

Michigan's business assets can fuel renewal

A Detroit News column highlighting Michigan’s business assets touts the University Research Corridor as “a rich matrix of capability in technology, life sciences and research and development that c...

June 2

People making news - Barry Franklin

Dr. Barry Franklin, professor of physiology at Wayne State’s School of Medicine, was appointed to the American Heart Association board of directors for a two-year term. Franklin will serve as a sci...

This week: Digital Justice and the Allied Media Conference

The Detroit Justice Coalition will be participating in the 12th annual Allied Media Conference being held June 17-20, in the McGregor Conference Center on the campus of Wayne State. The event will ...

New book offers glimpse of Hemingway’s boyhood

“Picturing Hemingway’s Michigan,” written by Michael Federspiel of Midland, is a compilation of Hemingway family photos and other glimpses into what northern Michigan was like in the early 1900’s. ...

Healthy eating promoted

The state, local governments and community groups are ramping up efforts to make fresh, healthy produce more widely available -- especially in urban areas -- with a mix of programs targeting shoppe...

New Lawyer aims to free Kilpatrick, appeal conviction

Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick's new attorney said Tuesday he will immediately file a motion asking that his client be released from prison while appealing his probation violation conviction...

June 1

Canadian lakes turbine plans draws fire

Nick Schroeck, adjunct professor at Wayne State, comments in a story about a Canadian company's plans for more than 165 wind turbines in Lake St. Clair and Lake Erie. Opponents of the plan say it ...

Spill Draws Criminal Probe

The U.S. has launched criminal and civil investigations into the Gulf of Mexico oil spill—the latest move by the Obama administration to show it is taking aggressive action amid bipartisan criticis...

Spill Draws Criminal Probe

The U.S. has launched criminal and civil investigations into the Gulf of Mexico oil spill—the latest move by the Obama administration to show it is taking aggressive action amid bipartisan criticis...