Wayne State University Public Relations News Releases http://media.wayne.edu/releases.php Sat, 18 May 2013 15:10:01 -0500 PHPSimpl http://media.wayne.edu/global/header/wayne_state_university.gif http://wayne.edu/ Feed provided by wayne.edu. Click to visit. http://media.wayne.edu/2013/05/16/author-to-speak-about-the-rise-of Author Michael Avery will speak about his new book, “The Federalist Society: How Conservatives Took the Law Back from Liberals” (co-author is Danielle McLaughlin), at 5:30 p.m. May 28 at Wayne State University Law School. The event is free and open to the public. The Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies has grown over the last 30 years from a small group of conservative law students into a national organization with extraordinary influence over American law and polit Wayne State University Wed, 15 May 2013 23:00:00 -0500 http://media.wayne.edu/2013/05/15/law-students-have-more-international-opportunities-than The opportunity for law students to work and study abroad has never been better at Wayne State University Law School, where the robust Program for International Legal Studies continues to expand and thrive. Nine Wayne Law students will be traveling this summer to England, the Bahamas, the Netherlands, Mexico and three locations in India. They will advocate for human rights, intern at top international law firms, study with the world leading international law scholars and much more. Four studen Wayne State University Tue, 14 May 2013 23:00:00 -0500 http://media.wayne.edu/2013/05/14/wayne-state-university-receives-44-million-for DETROIT – Wayne State University has received a gift of $4.4 million from the Evangeline L. Dumesnil Trust to provide scholarships for music students. Since 1991, the Evangeline L. Dumesnil Scholarship has been funded annually by the Dumesnil Trust to support undergraduate and graduate music students. This gift will permanently endow the Dumesnil Scholarship in the Wayne State University College of Fine, Performing and Communication Arts. “I am excited and grateful that the Evangeli Wayne State University Mon, 13 May 2013 23:00:00 -0500 http://media.wayne.edu/2013/05/14/wayne-state-researcher-aims-to-make-stem Detroit – Underrepresented minorities comprise approximately 30 percent of the U.S. population, but only 10 percent are college educated in the areas of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). Native Americans (and Aboriginal Canadians) are the least represented minority group in higher education and are poorly represented in STEM fields at all levels. A  Wayne State University study recently funded by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) ai Wayne State University Mon, 13 May 2013 23:00:00 -0500 http://media.wayne.edu/2013/05/13/detroits-school-of-medicine-to-graduate-more DETROIT – After four years of intense studying and clinical rotations in and around Detroit, the 277 men and women who make up the Wayne State University School of Medicine Class of 2013 will earn the title of doctor. The Commencement Ceremony will take place at 2 p.m. Monday, May 20, at the Fox Theatre, 2211 Woodward Ave., in Detroit. Residencies are the next step after graduation, and typically provide three to seven years of supervised training, depending on the medical specialty. In M Wayne State University Sun, 12 May 2013 23:00:00 -0500 http://media.wayne.edu/2013/05/13/wayne-law-professor-new-chair-of-american The new chair of an American Bar Association committee that sets and enforces ethical standards of conduct for tax lawyers will be Detroit resident Linda Beale, professor of law at Wayne State University Law School. She’s the author of an award-winning and often-quoted  blog called A Taxing Matter that makes money  and tax issues easily understood, and also takes on American tax policies that “operate for the high and mighty,” in her words. The latest blog entry, &ld Wayne State University Sun, 12 May 2013 23:00:00 -0500 http://media.wayne.edu/2013/05/10/judge-nancy-edmunds-to-receive-honorary-degree Judge Nancy Edmunds has presided over numerous high-profile cases during her more than 20 years on the federal bench. And on May 13, she’ll share her wisdom with the 2013 graduating class of her alma mater, Wayne State University Law School, when she receives an honorary doctor of laws degree. Edmunds is the keynote speaker for the Law School’s 2013 Commencement Ceremony, slated for 5 p.m. Monday, May 13, at the Max M. Fisher Music Center in Detroit. The judge earned her juris doct Wayne State University Thu, 09 May 2013 23:00:00 -0500 http://media.wayne.edu/2013/05/10/wayne-state-university-researchers-technique-helps-robotic DETROIT — A Wayne State University researcher understands that the three most important things about real estate also apply to small ground robotic vehicles: location, location, location. In a paper recently published in the journal IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, Weisong Shi, Ph.D., associate professor of computer science in the College of Engineering, describes his development of a technique called LOBOT that provides accurate, real-time, 3-D positions in both ind Wayne State University Thu, 09 May 2013 23:00:00 -0500 http://media.wayne.edu/2013/05/09/-----------------------------38 Ambika Mathur, Ph.D., professor of Pediatrics and director of the M.D./Ph.D. Program for the Wayne State University School of Medicine, has been selected as a member of the 2013-14 class of fellows of the Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine Program® at Drexel University College of Medicine. This is the 19th incoming class for the only program in North America dedicated to preparing women for senior leadership roles in academic health science institutions, where th Wayne State University Wed, 08 May 2013 23:00:00 -0500 http://media.wayne.edu/2013/05/08/media-advisory-wayne-state-university-commencement-ceremonies WHAT: More than 3,500 students will participate in two Wayne State University spring commencement ceremonies. The events will conclude the university's 145th academic year. The ceremonies will be one of the last major university events for President Allan Gilmour, who will retire in June. Receiving honorary doctoral degrees will be famed Detroit folk singer Sixto Rodriguez and local businessman and community leader Walter E. Douglas. WHEN: 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. on Thursday, May 9, 2013. Rodrigue Wayne State University Tue, 07 May 2013 23:00:00 -0500 http://media.wayne.edu/2013/05/08/former-professor-and-wayne-law-alumnus-lawrence A $100,000 gift from Lawrence Mann, Wayne Law ’80, will support Advocacy at Wayne, a dynamic expansion of the Law School’s Student Trial Advocacy Program (STAP) founded in 1985. Wayne Law has a strong tradition of graduating attorneys with real-world practice skills as well as a firm grounding in legal theory. Advocacy at Wayne will further improve that tradition, and make possible an advanced skills course focusing on voir dire, expert witness testimony and the use of technology in Wayne State University Tue, 07 May 2013 23:00:00 -0500 http://media.wayne.edu/2013/05/08/fellowships-allow-law-students-to-serve-public Fifteen students will get hands-on experience with the practice of public interest law this summer, with the support of the 2013 Public Interest Law Fellowships. Wayne State University Law School created the fellowships in 2009 to help students gain experience before graduation, and to help the nonprofit and government organizations where the students lend their efforts. PILF funds will be distributed as stipends to help students with their summer living expenses. Fellowship recipients are sele Wayne State University Tue, 07 May 2013 23:00:00 -0500 http://media.wayne.edu/2013/05/07/wayne-state-university-researchers-technique-can-help DETROIT — A Wayne State University researcher has successfully tested a technique that can lead to more effective use of nanoparticles as a drug delivery system. Joshua Reineke, Ph.D., assistant professor of pharmaceutical sciences in the Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, examined how a biodegradable polymer particle called polylactic-co-glycolic acid (PLGA) breaks down in live tissue. He believes the potential impact of his work is broad, as nanoparticles increas Wayne State University Mon, 06 May 2013 23:00:00 -0500 http://media.wayne.edu/2013/05/06/students-and-faculty-members-recognized-at-college DETROIT (May 6, 2013) – Wayne State University College of Engineering students and faculty  members were recognized for their accomplishments at the college’s Honors Convocation, held last month at the Detroit Yacht Club. More than 200 awards and scholarships were presented by the Engineering Student Faculty Board (ESFB), Engineering Alumni Association (EAA) and Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society. Students Tricia Fernandez, electrical and computer engineering; Radovan Dimovs Wayne State University Sun, 05 May 2013 23:00:00 -0500 http://media.wayne.edu/2013/05/06/law-professor-is-a-student-favorite Huntington Woods resident Eric Zacks, assistant professor of law at Wayne State University Law School, has been voted Upper Class Professor of the Year by the second and third year law students for the second year in a row. Zacks, who joined the faculty in 2010, teaches a variety of business law courses and currently serves as faculty adviser to the Jewish Law Students Association at Wayne Law. Zacks’ scholarship focuses on the relevance of behavioral sciences in contract formation, breach Wayne State University Sun, 05 May 2013 23:00:00 -0500