Michael Barbour, assistant professor of instructional technology at Wayne State University\'s College of Education, has spent the past three years conducting an ongoing study to evaluate ways in which Canadian students, like those in northern Ontario, are benefitting from the use of technology as a tool to provide distance learning. The purpose of the study is to examine the legislation, policy and regulations that govern K-12 distance education in Canada. \"In many instances, distance education is seen as a substitute when face-to-face learning is not feasible or economic,\" said Barbour. http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/222358.php http://esciencenews.com/articles/2011/04/14/teaching.with.technology.wsu.examines.status.quo.benefits.online.learning.canada http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2011/04/13/wsu-prof-examines-benefits-of-online-learning-in-canada/

Wayne State University\'s School of Business Administration welcomes two additional executives to its lineup of board of visitors members. David M. Leone and Katie Maple McBride, both employees of General Motors, accepted seats on the board. The school\'s board of visitors is a group of alumni, business leaders and community members that supports the school in many ways. Its primary functions include helping with development, community involvement, academic support and strategic planning.

Over 50 Mancelona High School art students had the opportunity to take a unique field trip to Detroit last month visiting Wayne State University, the Detroit Institute of Arts and the Heidelberg Project. The day started with lunch at Wayne State University followed by a walk around the campus. The Ironmen College Access Network, through Choose Success, funded this part of the trip.

Wayne State University launches its \"2011 WSU Undergraduate Exhibition\" on Friday with a reception from 6-9 p.m. in the Art Department Gallery in the university\'s Art Building. Contact information is provided.

India Geronimo, director of the Damon J. Keith Law Collection of African American Legal History at Wayne State University, will give a lecture about the Fourteenth Amendment Thursday at West Virginia State University.

The Wayne State Art Department will present the 2011 WSU Undergraduate Exhibition at the Art Department Gallery, April 15-May 13. The exhibition features more than 200 works of art and design by undergraduate students representing the department's 13 studio areas. (print only)

An article notes that John Patrick Shanley's "Savage in Limbo: A Concert Play" closes Wayne State University's Ph.D. Directors' Series, April 21-30. Due to ongoing Studio Theatre renovations, the play will be performed at the Hilberry Rehearsal Studio, located at 480 Hancock St. on the fourth floor of the Old Main building. (print only)

The grand opening of the Robert R. Frank Student Run Free Clinic is slated for 9 a.m. Saturday at the Mercy Primary Care Center, in Detroit. The free clinic, which will be open two Saturdays each month, was established by Wayne State University medical students in honor of longtime Executive Vice Dean Robert Frank, M.D., to recognize decades of his community involvement. Frank, now Wayne State's interim vice dean of faculty affairs, is a graduate of the Wayne State medical school.

Wayne State University labor historian Mike Smith commented about the state of labor in America. Smith said there\'s a lot of misinformation out there about unionized state workers. "If you listen to folks, everyone working for the state makes hundreds of thousands of dollars in pension and that is not the case," Smith said. He also said that employees are under fire and at risk of losing collective bargaining rights that took decades to obtain.

The Detroit 3 are expected to add 36,000 factory jobs by 2015, all of them paying new-hire wages and benefits that are half of what is typically paid to traditional United Auto Workers employees, economist Sean McAlinden said on April 12. The carmakers are producing near the limits of what the current UAW work force of 102,000 can do on maximum overtime, said McAlinden, who spoke with reporters on the sidelines of a lecture at Wayne State University in Detroit. http://www.workforce.com/section/news/article/detroit-3-expected-add-36000-tier-2-jobs-by-2015.php http://subscribers.wardsauto.com/ar/china_supply_chain_110413/wall.html?return=http://subscribers.wardsauto.com/ar/china_supply_chain_110413/

Wayne State University law professor Peter Henning commented on the September 2012 scheduled trial for former Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, his father and three other members of the so-called \"Kilpatrick Enterprise\" in the City Hall corruption case. \"I could see this in early 2012,\" Henning said. \"That would give the defendants a year to prepare, which I think most judges would accept.\"

A feature story profiles third-year Wayne State law student Dan Ringo, a former Air Force pilot and active volunteer in several community initiatives throughout the Detroit area.

\"The Cider House Rules,\" adapted by Peter Parnell from the novel by John Irving, is running in rotating repertory by Wayne State University\'s Hilberry Theatre Company through May 14. A photo of cast members is included.

A new study, led by Wayne State University's College of Nursing and funded by a three-year, $1,078,000 award from the National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health, aims to improve the care of African Americans with cancer pain. Prior research done by April Vallerand, associate professor of nursing at Wayne State University, showed that African American cancer patients experience higher pain levels, resulting from a lower feeling of control over pain and a need for help with pain management. "Patients and caregivers are typically unprepared to manage cancer pain, so including both in teaching and coaching is essential to assure pain control," said Vallerand. "Our previous study was a one-time intervention that included medication management and pain advocacy information, and we are now expanding to a five-week program called Power Over Pain - Coaching or POP-C. We have also added a new element called Living with Pain that will help patients and families do more of the things they want and need to do in spite of serious illness." http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2011/04/11/wayne-state-gets-1m-grant-to-reduce-cancer-pain-in-african-americans/ http://content.usatoday.com/topics/article/Organizations/Government+Bodies/National+Institutes+of+Health/0d4J68i8Po4q6/1 http://www.news-medical.net/news/20110412/New-study-aims-to-improve-care-of-African-Americans-with-cancer-pain.aspx http://www.firstscience.com/home/news/cancer/wayne-state-leads-study-to-improve-management-of-cancer-pain-in-african-americans_103637.html http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/222109.php

Hayg Oshagan, director of New Michigan Media at Wayne State University, will serve as one of the panelists for an event on April 26 which is part of the Model D Speaker Series. The free event will offer a discussion about the strengths and opportunities of Detroit as a "welcoming" city.

Jane Hoehner, Wayne State University Press (WSUP) director, and Annie Martin, WSUP acquisitions editor, were guests on "The Craig Fahle Show" discussing WSUP's "Made in Michigan Writers Series" and the 6th Annual Made in Michigan Writers Celebration 5:30 p.m. at the Detroit Golf Club. http://www.wdetfm.org/craigfahle/ (Cue to 1:26)

An article highlights Wayne State University professor Jack Lessenberry's speech "Detroit in the 1950s: Freeways and Fears Below the Surface," given at Macomb Community College's Lorenzo Cultural Center. Lessenberry, a local historian, discussed the Motor City's success back in 1951, when about 51 percent of all the cars in the world were built within the borders of Detroit. A photo of Lessenberry is included. (print edition only)

Michigan\'s three new medical schools no doubt will have an economic impact. But a federal cap on residency slots may leave students heading out of state to complete training, doing little to mend the state\'s impending physician shortage, experts say. Last month, Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo announced an anonymous $100 million cash gift to establish a private medical school at the university. Central Michigan University and Oakland University also are launching new schools in 2012 and 2013, respectively. Michigan State University also opened an osteopathic medical school in September in Grand Rapids. On the surface, this helps resolve the physician shortage. But the problem is acceptance into a residency program at local teaching hospitals -- U.S. medical schools graduate roughly 25 percent more students than the number of openings available in residency programs. Currently, about 700 students graduate each year from Michigan\'s medical schools at the University of Michigan, Wayne State University and MSU. That figure is expected to rise to 1,000 annually when the three other schools become fully operational.

It takes about 30,000 components to make one vehicle. And after the earthquake and tsunami that rocked Japan last month, automakers outside Japan are getting creative in an attempt to buffer the shock of parts shortages - particularly electronics - that may frustrate them in the coming quarters. The earthquake and tsunami have destroyed capital stock, including human capital, production capacity and infrastructure within Japan, Wayne State University economics professor Allen Goodman said. \"It's like most of southeast Michigan becoming unusable.\" (subscription only)

The Hon. Avern Cohn of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan will speak at Wayne State University Law School\'s annual commencement ceremony on Monday, May 16. Cohn will also receive an honorary doctor of laws degree at the ceremony. \"I am delighted that Judge Cohn has agreed to address our students at this year\'s Commencement Ceremony,\" said Wayne Law Dean Robert M. Ackerman. \"He is a man of great intellect and integrity. He is a legend in the legal community - especially here in Detroit - and has positively impacted the lives of many throughout his remarkable career.\"