Frank H. Wu, dean of the WSU Law School, will visit the School of Medicine next Wednesday to present a lecture on affirmative action in higher education. The talk, which is sponsored by the WSU School of Medicine Student Senate, will be at 4:30 p.m., in Scott Hall's Green Lecture Hall.

Dean Wu joined WSU as the ninth dean of the Law School in 2004. From 1995 to 2004, he served on the law faculty of Howard University, including two years as clinic director. He has been an adjunct professor at Columbia University, a visiting professor at University of Michigan and a teaching fellow at Stanford University. 

Dean Wu is the author of "Yellow: Race in America Beyond Black and White" and co-author of "Race, Rights and Reparation: Law and the Japanese American Internment." His has written for several national publications, including the Washington Post, Detroit Free Press, Chicago Tribune, Baltimore Sun, Chronicle of Higher Education, Legal Times and Asian Week.

Prior to his academic career, Dean Wu held a clerkship with the late U.S. District Judge Frank J. Battisti in Cleveland. He then joined the law firm of Morrison & Foerster in San Francisco, concentrating on complex litigation and devoting a quarter of his time to the representation of indigent individuals.  He received a B.A. from the Johns Hopkins University and a J.D. from the University of Michigan.  

For more information on Dean Wu's talk, "Toward a Diverse Democracy: Higher Education and Affirmative Action," please email alie@med.wayne.edu.