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October 31

Is privatization coming? The fate of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan

The Craig Fahle Show featured an interview with Wayne State University law professor and health policy expert Peter Hammer about the possible transition of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan from a...

Wayne State to use $655.5K grant to study alcohol abuse in pregnant women

A research team at Wayne State University has been awarded a grant to develop a computer-based intervention for pregnant women who abuse alcohol. The National Institute of Alcohol Abuse awarded the...

Randal Charlton to retire from Tech Town

Randal Charlton, outgoing executive director of TechTown, discusses on The Craig Fahle Show his retirement from TechTown. He reviewed his years since 2007 at the helm of the Detroit-based research ...

Royal Oak doctor recognized as 'Breast Cancer Hero'

Dr. Elizabeth Kim, a breast cancer specialist at Karmanos and Wayne State University faculty member, has received the Compassionate Caregiver Award for her achievements in the field. "This award re...

October 30

Editorial: Lift lives through reading

An editorial highlighting Reading Works, a nonprofit dedicated to boosting adult literacy in metro Detroit, features commentary from area civic leaders including Debbie Dingell, president of D2 Str...

Bloomfield Hills nurse helps heart attack patients in Hawaii

Bloomfield Hills resident Mary Anne McCoy and a team of Detroit-area advanced practice nurses are helping to provide emergency care for heart attack patients on the Hawaiian island of Maui. McCoy, ...

Harper University Hospital first in state to use new device to remove brain tumors

Harper University Hospital is the first in Michigan to use a new device, the NICO Myriad, for brain tumor removal. This one of a kind device is progressing minimally invasive surgery giving many p...

October 28

Solution to challenge is put to test

In a companion piece about business incubator activity in Michigan, Sense Aide, a venture started by Sri Rao, is profiled as a success story. The company developed a Web-based network of sensors th...

Experts: Michigan needs to do more to nurture start-ups

TechTown at Wayne State University is cited as one of the examples of a business incubator that is offering mentoring and training classes throughout the state at a time when Michigan needs to ramp...

October 27

Green manufacturing takes center stage at Wayne State conference

Channel 7 reporter JoAnne Purtan provided a noon update on the Sustainable Technologies conference held yesterday at Wayne State University’s Danto Engineering Development Center. Co-hosted by Ford...

Wayne State professor gets $1.55M grant to study links between drug use, stress

A Wayne State University professor was given a $1.55 million grant to explore the links between drug use and stress and the impact of economics on drug users' choices. The National Institute on Dr...

U.S. Commerce's Perez, Michigan Lt. Governor Brian Calley to speak at Accelerate Michigan Innovation Gala Awards

Accelerate Michigan Innovation Competition announced yesterday that U.S. Department of Commerce Deputy Assistant Secretary of Manufacturing Peter M. Perez, and Michigan's Lt. Governor Brian Calley ...

The Pre-Motor City

A feature story highlighting Detroit’s industrial past takes a look at various buildings, structures and land plots across the city, including the Michigan Central Station. Tom Killion, an archaeol...

WSU researcher to learn more about links between stress and drug use

A Wayne State University researcher is using a three-year, $1.55 million grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health to learn more about the links between s...

October 26

Hyperthermia offers novel cancer treatment options

In CBS Detroit’s “Spotlight” piece new cancer treatment research is featured looking at nanotechnology as opening new avenues of cancer treatment that have minimal, if any, side effects. Wayne Stat...

Michigan invests in university efforts to build businesses, jobs

The Michigan Strategic Fund (MSF) and the Michigan Economic Development Corp. Wednesday voted to invest $6.8 million in university-business partnerships focused on collaboration, commercialization,...

Wayne State University gets NIH grant for intervention

A team of researchers at Wayne State University’s Parent Health Lab in the School of Medicine have received a three-year grant to develop a computer-delivered intervention for pregnant women at ris...

Director: Actors are the real story in Hilberry's 'Much Ado About Nothing'

Stage director Matthew Earnest, who is shepherding the graduate student production of "Much Ado" at Wayne State University's Hilberry Theatre that opens Friday, insists the play is really about the...

Birmingham plastic surgeon volunteers overseas to give disfigured people brighter future

Dr. Mehul Mehta, a plastic surgeon and assistant professor of surgery at Wayne State University, along with 19 American doctors and support staff known as the “International Surgical Mission Suppor...

October 25

Wayne State University researchers find way to tailor antibiotics

Members of a Wayne State University research group at a national surgery meeting today described efforts to develop a faster, less expensive method of identifying infections and determining any ant...

Panel: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

Craig Fahle hosted a panel discussion on Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder which included Wayne State University Provost Ron Brown, a leading pediatric psychologist who specializes in childr...

10 schools with most cars on campus

Wayne State University ranked no. 2 among schools with the highest percentage of students with cars on campus according to a U.S. News & World Report survey. Of the 1,376 ranked colleges and univer...

To fix Detroit region, women's voices must be heard

In a column about the need to bring to the table more women leaders in Michigan’s efforts to reinvent itself, Rochelle Riley mentions that Forbes magazine convened a roundtable last summer for a ma...

October 24

Wesleyan group raises funds to help poor in Bangladesh

In a story about relief efforts in Bangladesh, a Wayne State University local student chapter is noted as one of three such chapters providing assistance. The students focus on improving slum condi...

Slightly more jobs for LIS grads working with kids in schools, public libraries

Freshly minted librarians have more opportunities to work with children and young adults in school and public libraries, according to Library Journal's annual Placements & Salaries Survey. "Based o...

People under 50 can have strokes, too

A report examining the prevalence of strokes among people under 50 years old includes research and commentary from Wayne State University neurologist Dr. Seemant Chaturvedi, who took a look at how ...

TechTown transition: Leslie Smith steps up as Randal Charlton steps down

Randal Charlton is stepping down as executive director of Wayne State University’s TechTown, and general manager Leslie Smith is stepping up to fill the position. Charlton announced his pending ret...

Column: 1 percent does most of giving

Nolan Finley, editorial page editor for The Detroit News, wrote about the recent dedication of the Damon J. Keith Center for Civil Rights at Wayne State University’s Law School as an example of how...

October 23

Declining numbers of blacks seen in math, science

In a story examining a decline in African Americans’ involvement in STEM education and careers, Joseph Francisco, a black chemistry professor at Purdue and past president of the American Chemical S...

TechTown leadership change is real-life lesson for startups

A feature story highlights the growth and development of TechTown and the transition of leadership as Executive Director Randal Charlton steps down. Leslie Smith, general manager and former Michiga...

Role of the URC in state’s economic development

Wayne State University President Allan Gilmour joined the presidents of Michigan State University and the University of Michigan to discuss the influence of the University Research Corridor in Mich...

October 22

Community protests Gilmour appearance at Chamber banquet

Wayne State University President Allan Gilmour was the keynote speaker at the 19th Annual American Arab Chamber of Commerce (AACC) Build Economic Bridges Banquet held Friday at The Henry Hotel. AAC...

October 21

1.7 million NIH grant will help Wayne State University researchers prepare girls to study health-related disciplines in college

Sally Roberts, Wayne State University assistant professor of mathematics education, was awarded a $1.7 million grant to help prepare high school girls for success in math, science, technology and e...

October 20

Training and development of Romanian librarians

Hermina Anghelescu, associate professor of library and information science at Wayne State University, is featured in a video discussing the U.S. contingent at the international "The Book. Romania. ...

The Damon J. Keith Center for Civil Rights opens at the Wayne State University Law School

Additional coverage of the opening of the Damon J. Keith Center for Civil Rights at Wayne State University is provided from this web-based media outlet.

WSU’s Perinatology Research Branch

Fox 2 reporter Deena Centofanti’s local “Health Works” segment exploring research on premature births being conducted at Wayne State University’s Perinatology Research Branch, ran nationally on oth...

The art of script

Gerry E. Conti, assistant professor and director of the Human Movement Laboratory, Occupational Therapy, Department of Health Care Sciences for Wayne State University, commented about the benefits ...

WSU’s Perinatology Research Branch

Fox 2 reporter Deena Centofanti’s local “Health Works” segment exploring research on premature births being conducted at Wayne State University’s Perinatology Research Branch, ran nationally on oth...

October 19

Auto union UAW approves controversial Ford contract

Mike Smith, labor historian at Wayne State University, commented in a story about the influence of the United Auto Workers (UAW) over the years. UAW membership dropped significantly from the heyday...

Wayne State University professor gets $1.7 grant to help prepare girls for math, science

Sally Roberts, Wayne State University assistant professor of mathematics education, was awarded a $1.7 million grant to help prepare high school girls for success in math, science, technology and e...

Experts want stronger message: Babies need to sleep on their backs and alone

A renewed call to encourage putting babies to sleep on their backs and discourage co-sleeping were among the solutions suggested by a panel of doctor-academics at a statewide summit in Ypsilanti ca...

Wayne State University opens Judge Damon J. Keith civil rights center

Numerous media outlets reported the dedication and opening of the Damon J. Keith Center for Civil Rights at Wayne State University. An overflow audience in the university's 600-seat Community Arts ...

Damon Keith Center for Civil Rights grand opening

Wayne State University’s Law School today is set to celebrate the grand opening of the Damon J. Keith Center for Civil Rights. The Keith Center honors the life and legacy of Keith, a federal judge,...

October 18

Wayne State gets licenses for breakthrough approaches to vision restoration

RetroSense Therapeutics LLC, a Michigan-based company, announced that it has executed its exclusive, worldwide option and signed a license agreement for novel gene-therapy approaches for treating b...

MEGA board OKs tax break for WSU medical office building

The Michigan Economic Growth Authority board Tuesday approved a $408,647 tax break to support construction of a new five-story medical office building in Detroit to house Wayne State University Sch...

YPSILANTI: Gov. Snyder, health experts discuss infant mortality issues at summit

Dr. Valerie Parisi, dean of Wayne State University’s School of Medicine, comments in a story highlighting the 2011 Michigan's Call to Action to Prevent and Reduce Infant Mortality Summit held Monda...

Staebler Appointed to Development Authority

At its Oct. 17 meeting, the Ann Arbor city council voted to appoint Ned Staebler to fill an open four-year term on the local development finance authority board. Staebler took a position starting i...

Dr. Roberto Romero, NIH Principal Investigator Of PREGNANT Study, Co-Sponsored By Columbia Laboratories, Honored With John Dingell Hero For Babies Award By March Of Dimes

Dr. Roberto Romero, chief of the Perinatology Research Branch of the Division of Intramural Research of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), ...

October 17

Over U.S.$50,000 worth of text books donated to UL

The University of Liberia (UL) Thursday received a donation of several text books from Wayne State University valued over $50,000. According to Irvin D. Reid, president emeritus at Wayne State Univ...

Detroit physician's mentoring work goes into new regional education center

An article highlighting Mohammed Arsiwala, an internist on the board of the Michigan State Medical Society who has been mentoring high school students for more than 10 years, notes that the doctor ...

$1.7 million NIH grant to Wayne State prepares girls to study for health-related fields

Wayne State University faculty are collaborating on a federally funded effort to minimize health disparities nationwide by increasing the number of local high school girls, particularly those of co...

Plante Moran execs release new book

The former and current managing partners of CPA and business advisory firm Plante Moran have released “Succession Transition: A Roadmap for Seamless Transitions,” a book that offers an inside view ...

Wayne State University students help care for remains at Oak Hill Cemetery in Pontiac

An article highlights the work of Wayne State University anthropology students and faculty who are donating space and time to help save Pontiac’s Oak Hill Cemetery. Teddi Setzer, a physical anthro...

October 16

New group's plan: Link Detroit to Halifax, future mega-ships

A new nonprofit wants to transform Detroit's logistics assets into an inland port linked by rail to the deepwater facility in Halifax, Nova Scotia, to take advantage of the newest generation of mas...

Anita Hill still looking to make a difference

Jocelyn Benson, associate director of the Damon Keith Center for Civil Rights at Wayne State University’s School of Law, comments in a feature story about Anita Hill, professor and senior adviser t...

Wayne State University to open Damon J. Keith Center for Civil Rights this week

Wayne State University's Law School will hold a grand opening Wednesday for the new Damon J. Keith Center for Civil Rights. Its namesake, Judge Keith, serves on the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeal...

October 14

Gore links climate change to world's weather woes

Former Vice President Al Gore linked climate change to a rash of environmental catastrophes Thursday, from floods in Pakistan to drought in Texas and rampant algae blooms sucking oxygen from Lake E...

Recent weather proves climate crisis, Gore says at Wayne State

ýFormer Vice President Al Gore brought his message on the "climate crisis" Thursday to a crowd of more than 500 at Wayne State University. Gore drew parallels between the regional fight to restore ...

October 13

Wayne State University and General Motors spark students interest in manufacturing

Students from sixteen universities spanning the U.S. gathered in Detroit in late September to explore issues pertaining to buying advanced technology components for electric vehicles. The General M...

Repatriation Tax Holiday push shows Congress turning deaf ear to Occupy Wall Street

Linda Beale, a Wayne State University law professor who blogs about tax policy, commented in an article examining the push for a repatriation tax holiday -- a huge, temporary reduction in the tax r...

Retinal degeneration treatment firm raising funds ahead of clinical trials

A Michigan company developing a treatment to help restore vision in patients with retinal degeneration hopes to have its lead candidate in clinical trials in 2012. RetroSense Therapeutics is targe...

Conference features Al Gore

Former Vice President Al Gore’s appearance at Wayne State University’s Community Arts Auditorium today was noted. Gore will be speaking at 1:15 p.m. as part of the Great Lakes Week conference.

EPA vows to help fund cleanup of 6 toxic waterways in Michigan

Six toxic areas in Michigan, including the St. Clair River, will get special attention from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for funding to finish long-term cleanups there in the next two y...

October 12

Innovation Institute debuts at Henry Ford Hospital

A $12-million Detroit project aimed at shaping the future of medicine – the Innovation Institute at Henry Ford Hospital – officially opened its doors Wednesday. The Institute, located on the campus...

TechTown signs on with Export-Import Bank to help entrepreneurs increase exports

TechTown, the Wayne State University-affiliated business incubator, announced today that it has formed a relationship with the Export-Import Bank of the United States that will allow local entrepre...

Joseph Hayes: Troy Burrell making mark for Wayne State Warriors

There are several college football teams in the state that are playing outstanding football. But one that has gone mostly overlooked is the Wayne State University Warriors. Playing out of NCAA Div...

Economic development pieces came together for Whole Foods store in Detroit

The story of how Whole Foods decided to open a store in Detroit started years ago. Like any other economic development, the right pieces had to fit together at the right time, those involved in the...

Touché! En Garde Detroit is a hit

A feature story spotlights En Garde Detroit, a fencing club that is staffed by coaches from Wayne State University and the University of Detroit Mercy fencing teams. The free program is completely ...

October 11

Norma Goldman: She taught Latin, kept it alive

Norma Goldman, a lifelong educator who taught Latin at Wayne State University for more than 45 years, regarded it as the backbone of all languages and authored one of the textbooks used to teach fr...

Detroit's rebound feels real this time

In a column about Detroit’s rebound, Daniel Howes writes: “Wayne State University and the College for Creative Studies are reinvesting in Midtown, bolstering a critical mass of smarts, young people...

October 10

In brief

Three Detroit schools are among 63 across the state awarded grants to help fight childhood obesity. The grants are part of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan's Building Healthy Communities school p...

Detroit Public Television's Premiere Night

An overview of Detroit Public Television's PBS Premiere Night and Benefactor Dinner notes that Wayne State University President Allan Gilmour received the organization’s Visionary Award for establi...

Stakes high as UAW workers prepare to vote on Ford contract

Jobs for Michigan, the reputation of UAW President Bob King and Ford's ability to compete with U.S. rivals are all at stake this week as the union works to persuade 41,000 Ford workers to vote in f...

Heated debate over same sex marriage takes stage at UT

A heated debate took center stage at the University of Tennessee on Monday night featuring two of the nation's leading and opposing voices on same sex marriage. John Corvino, professor at Wayne Sta...

Health care people

Dr. Sonia Hassan has been appointed associate dean for maternal, perinatal and child health at the Wayne State University School of Medicine. She has served as the director of the Center for Advanc...

Chamber set for Building Bridges dinner

Wayne State University President Allan Gilmour and John Moran, managing director of Overseas Private Investment, will discuss Michigan's economic future in the global economy at the American Arab C...

October 9

3 Detroit schools get grants to fight obesity

Three Detroit schools are among 63 across the state awarded grants to help fight childhood obesity. The grants are part of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan's Building Healthy Communities school p...

Week on the web

A review of last week notes that Presidents Allan Gilmour of Wayne State University, Mary Sue Coleman of University of Michigan and Lou Anna Simon of Michigan State University told the Detroit Econ...

October 8

ANN ARBOR: Michigan's URC a critical asset in state's economic recovery

At the forefront of Michigan's economic resurgence is the University Research Corridor, an alliance of Michigan's three largest research institutions-Wayne State University, Michigan State Universi...

October 7

Seminar set on luring business

Learning from Detroit's Midtown area's success is the focus of a daylong session at Wayne State University, 12:30-6 p.m., Tuesday, at the McGregor Memorial Conference Center. The event, sponsored b...

New think tank in Detroit to develop medical marvels

The next major innovations in medicine could be on the drawing boards in Detroit, including a bra with ultrasound that can detect breast cancer and a miniature wireless pump to help millions of Ame...

October 6

Privett the perfect Warrior for Wayne State

Chet Privett has multiple roles for the undefeated football team at Wayne State University. The highest-ranking college football team in Michigan doesn't reside in Ann Arbor or East Lansing. The u...

Wayne State and Hillsdale atop the football standings as GLIAC hits season midpoint

The 2011 Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) football season is at the halfway point. With five games to play the divisional races are tight, and many teams still have their sig...

Wayne State gets $3M grant to study effect of home life on asthma

According to the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America, asthma is the third ranking cause of hospitalization of children younger than 15 in the United States. Richard Slatcher, assistant profess...

October 5

Reading Works aims to raise the level of adult literacy

A story about Reading Works, the new coalition of business, civic, educational, philanthropic and media partners, mentions Wayne State University’s participation as one of the partner organizations...

Comings & Goings

The Michigan Diversity Council announced the appointment of representatives from sponsor organizations Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, KPMG, Michigan First Credit Union, MRM Worldwide and Wayne...

Report: MSU, U-M, Wayne State presidents oppose potential statewide governing board for universities

The presidents of Michigan's three largest public universities on Tuesday called proposed legislation that could result in consolidation of the institutions' governing boards unnecessary. Wayne Sta...

Report: Michigan’s URC a critical asset

At the forefront of Michigan’s economic resurgence is the University Research Corridor (URC), an alliance of Michigan’s three largest research institutions — Michigan State University, the Universi...

University presidents say statewide system not necessary

Although Michigan's universities are working together more than ever, there's no need to consolidate them into one statewide system, the presidents of the state's biggest three said Tuesday at the ...

October 4

Supply chain competition focuses on auto industry

The General Motors/Wayne State University Supply Chain Case Competition brought 16 university teams to Detroit in late September. The program, developed by professors at Wayne State's business scho...

Could progesterone gel reduce preterm births

Fox 2 reporter Deena Centofanti’s “Health Works” segment explores research on premature births being conducted at Wayne State University’s Perinatology Research Branch. A discovery made by research...

Heads of Big 3 Michigan research schools hold talk

The presidents of Michigan's three top research universities are holding a panel discussion at the Detroit Economic Club. The event starts at 12:40 p.m. Tuesday at the Westin Book Cadillac hotel. T...

October 3

Purchasing Managers Index falls for 6th straight month

The Southeast Michigan Purchasing Managers Index continued to slide in September, falling to 53.1 from 53.8. It was the sixth straight month that the index has fallen. “We are now starting to see ...

State: Wayne State withstands Northern Michigan rally

WSU senior free safety Jeremy Jones knocked down a fourth-and-10 pass to help the undefeated Warriors win 30-28 in Marquette against Northern Michigan last Saturday. James Jackson took the opening ...

FOXe Report: Bio-fuel game changer

The cost of gasoline has drivers feeling the pain at the pump nationwide. Bio-fuel could be the solution to weaning the U.S. off its dependency on foreign oil, but in recent years the high cost of ...

October 2

Warriors win over Northern Michigan

Fox Sportsworks’ Woody Woodriffe congratulated WDFN’s Sean Baligian, also known as the “voice of Wayne State football,” on the Warriors’ big win over Northern Michigan University over the weekend.

Purchasing managers index dips to 53.1 in September

The Southeast Michigan Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) dropped slightly from 53.8 in August to 53.1 in September. Levels above 50 in this index indicate economic growth, so the lower number means t...

Wayne State, BCBS announce initiative addressing childhood obesity

Nate McCaughtry, Wayne State associate professor and director of the Center for School Health, spoke about the university’s new partnership with Blue Cross Blue Shield to address obesity among scho...

Another Chance: Woman aims to be 'back in society'

Wayne State University’s Another Chance adult education program is mentioned in this story profiling Tulsha Morsaw who benefitted from the services, and obtained her GED. "I wanted it so bad. I wan...

October 1

WXYZ's Detroit2020 team joins forces with Habitat for Humanity Detroit for our very first Buildup

A report highlighting Detroit2020’s first Buildup with Habitat for Humanity Detroit notes that a group of students from Wayne State University volunteered to hammer on some walls as part of the pro...

Paul Anger: Unique alliance forms for a win-win cause

In a story about Reading Works, a program designed to boost adult literacy in metro Detroit, it is noted that Wayne State University President Allan Gilmour and Carolyn Shields, College of Educatio...

Rochelle Riley: Region's racism is roadblock to Detroit's rebirth

Columnist Rochelle Riley, who moderated a panel discussion last week about Detroit’s future, lauds panelists Allan Gilmour, president of Wayne State University; Nancy Schlichting, CEO of the Henry ...