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Asian-Americans settle in Metro Detroit enclaves

The economic downturn of the past decade may have brought unemployment and plummeting housing values to some Metro Detroiters, but the combined Asian-American population in Macomb, Oakland and Wayne counties grew 37 percent between 2000 and 2010 - from 100,792 to 138,075, according to U.S. census figures released last month. The Asian population growth spurt likely can be attributed to the typical migration patterns of any social group, said Sarah Swider, a Wayne State University sociologist who specializes in Asian immigration, labor relations and gender issues. \"Migrants tend to use their social networks to migrate - the enclave effect sets in,\" Swider said.

New vehicle technologies introduced at 2011 SAE World Congress in Detroit

EcoCAR 1, a three-year collegiate engineering competition and the only program of its kind established by the U.S. Department of Energy and General Motors, was featured at the 2011 SAE World Congress held last week at Detroit\'s Cobo Center. The mission of EcoCAR 2 is to educate the next generation of automotive engineers through a hands-on, real-world engineering experience. The competition challenges 16 North American universities (including Wayne State University) to reduce the environmental impact of vehicles without compromising performance, safety and consumer acceptability.
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What Larry Fobes has learned from leaders about leadership

Larry Fobes, director of the Wayne State University School of Business Administration\'s Institute for Organizational and Industrial Competitiveness, is profiled in this piece about his Emmy Award-winning "Leaders on Leadership" series co-produced by WSU and Detroit Public Television. Fobes shared what he has learned about leadership from talking with executives, the state of leadership in Michigan and what it takes to be a leader.
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Wayne State student artists showcase architecture/landscapes

Wayne State University\'s James Pearson Duffy Department of Art and Art History invites the public to participate in an interactive art experience. Through May 6, Wayne State visitors and members of the campus community can vote for their favorite works in a new competition for the WSU Campus Art Installation Award. The competition provides an opportunity for Wayne State art students to share their talent with the public. Students were invited to create temporary artworks that relate to architecture and landscape. Five art installations are on display through May 13.

Despite massive investment, Detroit's Midtown neighborhood lost population

In a story about the Midtown area of Detroit and reports that it is a growing, up-and-coming, dynamic urban neighborhood, census 2010 figures from Data Driven Detroit are cited pointing to a population decline of 13.8 percent from 2000 to 2010. Population gains were strong in the neighborhoods near the Detroit Institute of Arts, Wayne State University and along North Cass Avenue, but dropped near the mostly medical district surrounding the Detroit Medical Center's main campus, according to Sue Mosey, president of the University Cultural Center Association.

Madoff investors' lawsuit against U.S. dismissed by court

Two of Bernard L. Madoff's investors lost their bid to bring a $2.5 million suit against the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for allegedly gross negligent oversight in failing to uncover his fraudulent scheme. U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain in New York threw out the 2009 lawsuit by investors Phyllis Molchatsky and Steven Schneider which blamed the SEC for failing to detect and end the scheme. Swain has 27 similar cases, according to the court docket. "These lawsuits are not going to survive," said Peter Henning, professor at Wayne State University's Law School. "The SEC did not cover itself in glory in the Madoff investigation, but it has discretion conducting its investigations."

WSU researcher files for patent on Chlamydia vaccine

Wayne State University School of Medicine researcher Judith Whittum-Hudson, professor of immunology and microbiology, internal medicine and ophthalmology, has identified three peptides that have demonstrated a vaccine effect to inoculate against Chlamydia successfully in an animal model. This first-ever vaccine for Chlamydia combats the world's most prevalent sexually transmitted disease and the leading cause of new cases of blindness. "There is no vaccine and the disease is widely rampant," Whittum-Hudson said. "Antibiotics, while effective in treatment, offer no protection against re-infection."

Lehman: FOIA helps keep eye on public employees

Joseph Lehman, president of the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, opined about his organization's FOIA request to Wayne State University. Noting the brief period that the website of the Center for Labor Studies was down, Lehman wrote: "WSU\'s action validates my organization\'s concern that the Labor Studies Center was perhaps engaging in politics and not just academics." He offered a rebuttal to Lansing State Journal Executive Editor Mickey Hirten recent column that the center's FOIA request had \"political overtones\" and was \"purposely intimidating\" writing that such an assertion is "simply untrue."

Emergency manager training popular

A two-day training session that begins today for prospective emergency managers and turnaround experts has drawn a huge response. Former Detroit City Councilwoman Sheila Cockrel, a consultant and professor at Wayne State University, is among those who signed up for the course. Cockrel said she doesn\'t share concerns the new powers of the emergency manager, which include scrapping collective bargaining agreements, are too broad. \"I believe they\'re appropriate to the economic circumstances,\" she said. \"Do we really think there is any governor on the planet who wants to see his state dotted with emergency managers?\"

Wayne State hosts discussion on Middle East events

Chrystal Knight spoke with Fred Pearson, director of Wayne State University\'s Center for Peace and Conflict Studies, about an upcoming discussion with four former Canadian ambassadors on the historic events taking place throughout the Middle East. \"The Arab World: Changes and Challenges after Tahrir Square\" took place at 6 p.m. yesterday in the DeRoy Auditorium. WDET's Craig Fahle interviewed David Viveash, former ambassador to Libya and representative to the Palestinian Authority, and Michael Bell, former ambassador to Egypt, Jordan, and Israel. Both interviewees were members of the event's Canadian diplomatic panel.

Wayne State researcher gets editorial post at pharma professional journal

Asfar S. Azmi, research associate in Wayne State University's School of Medicine, guest edited a recent Current Pharmaceutical Design issue highlighting the "guardian angel gene" called p53, which has potential to be used in cancer therapy. Azmi's appointment is unique, as executive guest editors of the journal are typically full professors. Nine groups of p53 research experts wrote reviews under Azmi's theme: "Pharmaceutical Reactivation of p53 Pathways in Cancer."
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Dodd-Frank would have rescued Lehman creditors, FDIC says

The Dodd-Frank Act would have enabled an orderly unwinding of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. that would have averted major losses by creditors and taxpayers, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. said in a report. Dodd-Frank, the financial regulatory overhaul signed into law by President Obama in July, expands the agency's longstanding authority to wind down deposit-taking institutions to any firm whose failure is deemed a threat to the financial system. "A crucial assumption here is that Lehman would have gone along with this," said Peter Henning, professor of law at Wayne State University. "I think that's a big assumption. Lehman would have been a significant challenge because it is structured differently from a bank and also has large international operations that usually don't come into play with the banks that the FDIC deals with."

Education: WSU Campus Art Installation Award

Wayne State University's Campus Art Installation Award program is featured with a link to the site's voting page. The Art Installation Award program is an opportunity for art students from the James Pearson Duffy Department of Art and Art History to share their talent with the public. Students were invited to create temporary artworks under the restrictions of facility limitations and a strict deadline. Audience members are invited to vote for their favorite installation, now through May 6.

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