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Prayer changes the brain

A study conducted by Brigid Waldron-Perrine at Wayne State University, and recently published in Rehabilitation Psychology, found that patients with traumatic brain injuries who "felt a connection with a higher power" experienced better rehabilitation. Waldron-Perrine said, "Among healthy adults, religion and spirituality have shown strong association with improved life satisfaction and physical and mental health outcomes." And her research showed that this is also true for those with brain injuries.
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Wayne State University names new dean of the School of Business Administration

Wayne State University Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs Ronald Brown has announced the appointment of Margaret L. Williams as interim dean of the School of Business Administration effective August 18, 2011. Williams joined the school in January 2010 as chair of the Department of Management and Information Systems. \"Since joining Wayne State last year, Margaret Williams has been an asset to the university,\" Brown said. \"We are confident in her leadership, and believe her management and strategic planning experience will help advance the mission of School of Business Administration.\"

NASA SEMAA teams place first and third at the National Society of Black Engineers' Team Engineering Design Competition and Exhibition

NASA Science, Engineering, Mathematics and Aerospace Academy students from Wayne State University successfully competed in the National Society of Black Engineers' Team Engineering Design Competition and Exhibition held during their 37th Annual Convention, Engineering: The Gateway to Success, from March 23-27, 2011. SEMAA students, coaches and adult chaperones traveled to St. Louis, Mo., to engage in the competitions, workshops, tours, fairs and exhibitions. Two of the four NASA SEMAA teams placed first and third out of 50 teams in the hands-on, team-oriented, collaborative activities that involved mathematics, physics, mechanical engineering, software engineering, computer engineering, electrical engineering and industrial engineering. Photos of the Wayne State student teams are included.

Union at Midtown ready for Wayne State students

A $10.5 million mixed-use student housing and retail center known as the Union at Midtown held a ceremonial ribbon-cutting Tuesday in Detroit. Students will start moving in this weekend, said Tim Hanson, a spokesman for the building\'s owner and developer, Urban Campus Community of Detroit. The building near the Wayne State University campus has 81 units for 140 students. Urban Partnership Bank, Tim Hortons and Byblos Cafe and Grill plan to start building out their locations in the development\'s 6,000 square feet of retail space, Hanson said. Harvey Hollins, Wayne State's vice president for government and community affairs, is shown in a photo participating in the ribbon-cutting ceremony.
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Wayne State appoints Margaret Williams interim dean of business school

Wayne State University yesterday announced the appointment of Margaret Williams to interim dean of the school of business administration. Margaret Williams joined Wayne State in January 2010 as chair of the Department of Management and Information Systems. Before that job, she was a professor of management and director of the leadership development program at Virginia Commonwealth University's business school. Williams' appointment is for two years, during which time a search committee will be formed to find a permanent dean, said Matt Lockwood, the university's director of communications.

Dean recommends closure of Wayne State's OEHS program

A story notes that Wayne State University Dean Lloyd Young, of the Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, informed school staff of his recommendation to eliminate the school's Occupational and Environmental Health Sciences (OEHS) due to budgetary constraints. Edward Kerfoot, OEHS program director and retired director of toxicology and industrial hygiene at BASF Corporation, opposes the recommendation stating that the program has turned out thousands of competent, well-trained EHS professionals for decades. The Wayne State University Board of Governors will meet on September 21 to determine the final fate of the OEHS program.
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Clinic seeks to help atypical entrepreneur

An article highlights the Wayne State University Law School Small Business Enterprises and Nonprofit Corporations Clinic. Through the clinic, Wayne Law students represent for-profit enterprises and nonprofit organizations requiring general business start-up assistance. \"The clinic is at its heart a community economic development clinic,\" said Eric C. Williams, assistant clinical professor and director of the clinic. \"Our goal is to rebuild and stabilize communities in Metro Detroit by helping local entrepreneurs create new businesses and the jobs that come with them. In particular, the clinic seeks to engage the \'atypical\' entrepreneur -- those residing in under-resourced or economically challenged communities, or individuals making their first exploration of business ownership.\"

WSU profs' weight loss supplement to sell at Meijer stores

After years of research and testing, a dietary supplement developed by a pair of Wayne State University professors will now be made available to the public through Meijer stores. Mirafit is an all-natural, stimulant-free weight loss supplement derived from corn fiber, which does not contain allergens. It was created by Joseph Artiss, associate professor in the Department of Pathology in the School of Medicine, and Catherine Jen, professor and chair of Wayne State's Department of Nutrition and Food Science. After the Mirafit technology was licensed to ArtJen, the company joined Wayne State's research and technology park, TechTown. "We didn't know much about starting a company when Cathy and I founded ArtJen," Artiss said. "TechTown was instrumental in educating us about the process and providing the support and resources we needed to get Mirafit into the marketplace." WWJ-AM technology reporter Matt Roush talked about Mirafit during a news segment.

Johnson: Get real, Mayor Bing

Bill Johnson, an award-winning writer, former chief-of-staff for the Wayne County Commission, and a Detroit consultant, opines about Mayor Dave Bing's efforts to revitalize the city. Johnson writes that Detroiters must guard against \"renaissance psychosis,\" a mental state resulting from raised expectations beyond the ability of Mayor Dave Bing to deliver. He cautions that Bing should trim his list of recovery efforts to an essential few: crime, taxes, and red tape. However, he applauds the efforts of Wayne State University, the Detroit Medical Center and Henry Ford Health System to provide $1.2 million to 30,000 employees to buy or rent in Detroit.
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Detroit coalition to launch new Web site dedicated to assisting people with disabilities

A Detroit coalition of industry, university and medical rehabilitation specialists Tuesday announced a new Web-based initiative to identify and solve health and daily-living problems for people with disabilities. The site, lifebeyondbarriers.com, will give consumers, health care workers and others a place to gather and analyze data and a way to generate solutions and new products for the disabled. It is a collaboration of Wayne State University's College of Engineering and School of Medicine, the Detroit Medical Center's Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan and Urban Science.

WSU profs' weight loss supplement to sell at Meijer stores

After years of research and testing, a dietary supplement developed by a pair of Wayne State University professors will now be made available to the public through Meijer stores. Mirafit is an all-natural, stimulant-free weight loss supplement derived from corn fiber, which does not contain allergens. It was created by Joseph Artiss, associate professor in the Department of Pathology in the School of Medicine, and Catherine Jen, professor and chair of Wayne State's Department of Nutrition and Food Science.

Push to ban foreign laws in Lansing

A proposed law being pushed through the state legislature in Lansing has triggered criticism from some people calling it anti-Muslim. Among the laws addressed by the bill is the Sharia law, a code that many Muslims follow. Wayne State University lecturer Saeed Khan said for many Sharia law, or code, is misunderstood. \"Sharia essentially is (improperly) defined as being law. I think perhaps a more appropriate way of looking at it is it\'s a code,\" he said. Khan said Sharia offers guidelines on how Muslims should live their lives day-to-day from hygiene to prayer schedules, but it also encompasses even larger issues such as how divorces, funerals, child custody cases and wills should be handled. He said the government in the past has recognized other religions\' codes or rules. One example involves New York State and Jewish divorces.

Whiz Kids: Local youth group examines racial barriers during weeklong camp

A story notes that more than 120 young people from Kensington Community Church campuses throughout Metro Detroit - including 22 youths from the Birmingham branch - gathered July 25-29 to attend Detroit Reverse, a weeklong program at Wayne State University that aims to breaks down the cultural and racial disparities between those who grew up in the city and those who live in the suburbs. Students from the suburbs lived for a week at Wayne State alongside about 150 young people from Detroit.

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