Professor Anne Marie Burr, director of Legal Writing at Wayne State University's School of Law, is co-authoring a new book titled \"U.S. Legal Skills for Foreign Students\" with Howard Bromberg, assistant clinical professor at the University of Michigan. The original idea for the book grew out of the pair\'s experience designing and implementing the legal practice program for the first western style law school in China: Peking University\'s School of Transnational Law, launched in Shenzhen, China in 2008 to provide practice skills necessary to achieve success in global law firms.

Dr. Mark Juzych has been appointed chair of the Wayne State University School of Medicine Department of Ophthalmology and director of the Kresge Eye Institute. The appointment is effective Aug. 1. \"Dr. Juzych has been deeply involved in all aspects of the ophthalmology department and has demonstrated tremendous commitment to our missions, especially in the area of medical education,\" said Dr. Valerie M. Parisi, dean of the School of Medicine. \"We can be confident that his experience with the school and with the Kresge Eye Institute ensures he is the ideal choice to lead the department and the institute into the future.\"

A brief mentions the Academic Learning and Strings, or "ALAS," program designed to introduce a larger number of Latino/o youth to violin in Southwest Detroit. The resources and expertise of Wayne State University's Strings Project @ Wayne help students learn the importance of music and education. Two senior-year WSU students teach 40 Cesar Chavez students, grades 3-5, in four sessions about the rudimentary concepts of string music, instrument care and theory.

Stroke mortality and disease burden relative to ischemic heart disease varies considerably around the world, with certain developing countries carrying a higher relative stroke burden, a new comprehensive global analysis shows. Approached for a comment on the study, Dr. Seemant Chaturvedi, professor of neurology at Wayne State University's School of Medicine, and a member of the American Academy of Neurology, said the paper is a reminder of the significant geographic variation in stroke and heart disease rates. According to Chaturvedi, the high stroke burden in China is \"quite striking.\" "Further studies are needed to address which treatable risk factors are most prevalent in each country,\" he said. \"For example, in some countries, diabetes may be the main target whereas in other locales, treating hypertension and smoking cessation may give the biggest bang for the buck.\"

Na Zhu, a Wayne State University College of Engineering student, has received the 2011 American Tinnitus Association Student Research Grant Program award. The program financially supports scientific studies that investigate and aim to find a cure for tinnitus. Zhu, a Ph.D. student under the supervision of Sean Wu, University Distinguished Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, is developing an innovative, 3-D computer-aided diagnostic system to pinpoint the exact locations of the tinnitus-related neural network activities in the brain\'s auditory structure.

Wayne State University pharmacist and pediatrics professor Susan Smolinske comments in a story about a staggering increase of prescription drug abuse in Michigan.

Gov. Rick Snyder is expected in Detroit a week from today to address the role of immigrants and immigration in the revitalization of the state\'s economy. The keynote speech is part of the inaugural Immigration and Michigan\'s Economic Future conference, taking place from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. July 18 at Wayne State University. Snyder is scheduled to speak from 12:30-2 p.m. at WSU's Community Arts Auditorium. The free conference is sponsored by New Michigan Media, a network of ethnic and minority media providers in Michigan, and Global Detroit, a regional economic development initiative that seeks to capitalize on the economic assets of immigrants and the international community. Wayne State President Allan Gilmour, former Compuware CEO Peter Karmanos Jr., and Detroit City Councilman Ken Cockrel Jr. are among the distinguished speakers expected at the event.

The 6th Circuit has overturned Michigan\'s ban on affirmative action at public colleges and universities and in government hiring, finding the voter-approved prohibition is unconstitutional because it places an impermissible burden on racial minorities. In 2003, the Supreme Court ruled \"universities cannot establish quotas for members of certain racial groups\" but may \"consider race or ethnicity more flexibly as a \'plus\' factor in the context of individualized consideration.\" In 2006, Michigan voters approved a statewide ballot proposal to amend the Michigan Constitution \"to prohibit all sex- and race-based preferences in public education, public employment, and public contracting.\" Proposal 2 forced Michigan\'s public colleges and universities \"to modify the policies they had in place for nearly a half-century to remove consideration of \'race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin\' in admissions decisions. The day after the amendment passed, several interest groups and individuals filed a federal suit against then-Governor Jennifer Granholm, the Regents of the University of Michigan, the Board of Trustees of Michigan State University and the Board of Governors at Wayne State University.

The Penny Godboldo (PG) Institute celebrated on July 9 The Ties That Bind, a day-long conference and concert featuring dramatist Madelyn Porter and the Ngoma Za Amen-Ra Institute drummers and dancers. Wayne State University dance instructor Karen Prall offered an African Congolese Dance Class during the event.

A story that breaks down the funding for the proposed Woodward Avenue light rail project mentions that Wayne State University has committed $3 million for a Midtown Detroit station.

Increased costs in health insurance, unnecessary treatments and tests and poor patient care are just a few of the issues that will be discussed at the upcoming Waste in Healthcare Forum at Wayne State University. Chris Webb, co-director of the Engineering Society of Detroit Institute, spoke with WWJ about the forum scheduled Thursday at WSU's College of Engineering auditorium.

Wayne State University School of Medicine student Courtney Moore has turned a near-fatal family tragedy into a life-changing lesson for thousands. She saved her father's life by administering chest compressions after he suffered sudden cardiac arrest. Moore has now turned the experience into a book, a pamphlet of recommendations for improved heart health and a new organization to improve the cardiac condition of the people of southeast Michigan, one healthy habit at a time.

Jerry Herron, the dean of the Wayne State University Honors College and an expert on popular culture, discusses the Casey Anthony trail and similar real-life cases and how they've become sensationalized in mainstream and social media.

The Wayne State University Golf Outing and Alumni Game are scheduled for Sept. 24-25. The golf outing is set for Northville Hills Golf Club on Sept. 24 and the Alumni Baseball Game will be held Sept. 25 at the University\'s baseball field.

Seventeen local companies have been accepted into the Creative Ventures Acceleration Program developed by the Detroit Creative Corridor Center. The curriculum for the 12-month program, which gives businesses access to strategic counseling and developmental support, was developed in partnership with Wayne State University's TechTown business incubator.

The Wayne State University Farmers Market was mentioned among area farmers markets participating in the "Double Up Food Bucks Program" to provide affordable fresh food to residents.

An article highlights a new grass-root concept called crowdfunding through which startups in Detroit and across the country are raising cash. \"I recommend crowdfunding to everybody, I really do,\" said Jack Miner, entrepreneurial coach at TechTown, the Wayne State University Research and Technology Park. \"It\'s probably the most important thing that\'s happened to startup investing - maybe ever.\" He uses crowdfunding to help small-business entrepreneurs validate their ideas. If consumers are willing to invest in a raw product, the owner can show that it is a promising business idea and gain further support for it. A sidebar with tips from Miner is included.

State Budget Director John Nixon has asked for certification of the tuition status of various Michigan institutions after increases recently were announced. On June 17, Michigan State University trustees approved a 6.9 percent tuition increase for in-state undergraduates. University officials said that the hike was small enough for the university to qualify for tuition restraint incentive dollars from the state. However, that claim is now in doubt. According to an analysis from within the House Fiscal Agency, MSU actually hiked its tuition 9.4 percent above what students paid last fall. Nixon\'s final decision on the MSU situation could set a precedent not only for years to come but for other universities this year. So far, MSU is the only university with a questionable approach to determining the status of its tuition increase. However, issues could potentially arise with Wayne State University and Northern Michigan University. NMU is expected to announce its tuition status on July 13.

Casey Anthony will be sentenced Thursday after her conviction on four counts of lying to police in the case that saw her acquitted of her daughter's death. She could get one year in prison for each of the four misdemeanors of which she was convicted Tuesday. Wayne State University law professor Peter Henning doesn't think the judge will give Anthony the four-year maximum, but expects she'll spend some extra time behind bars. "The fact that her lawyer essentially admitted that she was a liar and that hampered the investigation, I would expect that will cause the judge to react quite negatively but I would be surprised if we saw the full four-year sentence imposed," Henning said. "To send the message that her obstruction in the investigation made it much more difficult to figure out what actually happened here. I would expect that's a message that he wants to send out. The lying to the officers had a significant impact on this case."

A brief notes the following winners of the Research Enhancement Program in the Arts of Humanities at Wayne State: Creative Dance Intervention for Children with a History of Lead Poisoning; Selfhood on the Edge: African Photography at the Indian Ocean Crossroads; In the Courts of Revolution: Vengeance, Legality and Citizenship in the Rural Soviet Courtroom, 1917-1953; Lens Flare: Realization, Release and Recapture; and Arthur C. Danto: Printmaking Workshop and Demonstration, Master Print Collection and Online Exhibition.