Ahmad Ezzeddine, associate vice president for educational outreach and international programs at Wayne State University, comments about the Detroit Revitalization Fellows, modeled after a similar program in New Orleans, which recruited candidates from across the country to help rebuild the city after Hurricane Katrina. "If we look at the New Orleans model: Out of the cohort of 25, 22 of those folks are still in New Orleans and 18 of them are with the same employer. And that's four years after the program ran. We hope to duplicate the same thing here," Ezzeddine said.

An article highlights the Livonia Warriors - a robotics team made up of students from all three Livonia public high schools - which finished in second place at the recent FIRST Robotics Detroit District, held at Wayne State University. A photo from the event held at the Matthaei Athletic complex is included.

Lyke Thompson, director of Wayne State University's Center for Urban Studies, commented in a story about the 2010 census data released last week and the decline in Michigan's population. He said, "There are two major reasons. The most important reason is the general decline in manufacturing, and specifically in the auto industry, in the late 2000s. The second most important reason is the over-building that took place in the fringe suburbs of the Detroit metropolitan area . . . There were just too many houses built.\" The article ran in numerous Canadian publications. http://www.windsorstar.com/technology/Mass+exodus+fuels+Detroit+rapid+decline/4506047/story.html http://www.canada.com/Detroit+downward+spiral+threatens+spill+across+border/4511411/story.html http://www.globalnews.ca/technology/Detroit+downward+spiral+threatens+spill+across+border/4509869/story.html

Wayne State University's Midtown incentive program is mentioned in a story about programs established to bolster midtown and attract young adults.

Dr. Tsveti Markova, a family medicine physician with the Wayne State University Physicians Group, commented about the health system\'s movement toward becoming more patient-centered and the demand for e-communication. \"Most of us would rather intervene sooner than later,\" Markova said. \"E-mailing and texting is fine as long as the communication is secure.\"

Various film round-ups mention \"Appleville,\" a short film that marked a collaboration between film students at Wayne State University, the University of Michigan and Michigan State University. The film will have its premiere at 6 p.m. on Wednesday at the Detroit Film Theatre. http://www.detnews.com/article/20110326/OPINION03/103260302/1034/ent02/Hollywood-needs-some-new-blood http://www.annarbor.com/entertainment/updates-on-3-films-partly-shot-in-ann-arbor-scream-4-meet-monica-velour-and-appleville/

Students who begin their post-secondary education at Macomb Community College (MCC) can now graduate from Wayne State's Irvin D. Reid Honors College. MCC students will be eligible through either of two recently signed agreements: "Honors WayneDirect" or "Honors Transfer." Jerry Herron, dean of the Irvin D. Reid Honors College, commented about the unique collaboration. "Two great institutions … are partnering to share students and resources in a way no one else is," he said. "We are pioneering a concurrent honors program, bridging city and suburb to give community college students the best of all possible worlds."

Former Senate Majority Leader Joseph L. Bruno may get another chance to take the stand to defend himself against the same fraud charges for which he was convicted in late 2009. \"There will be another trial; it\'s almost a certainty,\" said Peter Henning, a former federal trial attorney who now teaches at Wayne State University Law School. \"It\'s a do-over.\"

Steven L. Winter, the Walter S. Gibbs Professor of Constitutional Law at Wayne State University Law School, will be honored for his work as a philosopher and legal theorist by the Dutch Association of Legal Philosophy, also known as the Vereniging voor Wijsbegeerte van het Recht (VWR), and Rechtsfilosofie & Rechtstheorie (R&R), the leading Dutch journal of legal philosophy.

Jorge Chinea, Wayne State University history professor and director of the Center for Chicano-Boricua Studies, commented in a story about the 2010 census and the population increase among Hispanic residents. \"You have a revolution of expectations throughout Latin America where people can watch CNN and have access to the Internet,\" said Chinea. \"They see what\'s possible, and that translates into a thirst for what they cannot get at home - a top-quality education, a good job that will take their families further along.\"

Wayne State Biological Sciences Professor Jim Tucker commented about the recent breach in a nuclear reactor in Japan. He said the reactor is a cause for concern, but he has a lot of confidence in the way Japan is handling the situation. "They have to contain the pressure and gases that are being released," he said.

Brian Kritzman, professor of industrial design at Wayne State University, commented in a piece examining the work and impact of Detroit Manufacturing designer Robert Stanzler, who created the logo of a worker carrying a wrench that would symbolize "Made In Detroit." Kritzman said Stanzler's work incited a sense of unity. "I think what Robert did is… in the nineties when Detroit was really starting to have a hard time he hit a cord that gave citizens of Detroit a sense of pride and I think it not only resonated with the actual residents of the city but certainly the greater Detroit community," he said.

The Wayne State University Physician Group will provide free medical care to uninsured Jewish adults referred through Jewish Family Service (JFS) of Metropolitan Detroit's Project Chessed program launched by JFS in 2004. The program works to improve patient compliance with prescribed treatment and to decrease costly dependence on emergency rooms by patients who lack insurance and access to primary-care doctors.

Michigan must reinvent itself in order to succeed in the 21st century, and collaboration and innovation will lead the way to success in a global economy. That was the message delivered by the state\'s top university officials Monday in Novi. Wayne State University President Allan Gilmour joined the University of Michigan and Michigan State University presidents and Mike Finney, CEO of the Michigan Economic Development Corp. to discuss the state's future during Monday's Building Businesses and Jobs in Michigan: The President's Panel. "We\'re not here to talk about how bad the Michigan economy is … we don\'t have time for that," Gilmour said. Instead, it\'s time to focus on accelerating the economy and moving forward, he said. The universities are significant drivers of the economy right now and working together to reduce impediments to business for entrepreneurs is vital, said Gilmour. Business Engagement Centers created by the universities encourage business growth by offering a variety of services, including marketing and legal advice. "If you\'re in business in Michigan, we\'re ready to help you succeed," Gilmour said, explaining the significance of entrepreneurs having the ability to make the right connections.

Jerry Herron, Wayne State University American Studies professor and dean of the Honors College, commented about the impact of Hollywood movie star Elizabeth Taylor who passed away Wednesday. Herron compares her later years to a modern-day Garbo-esque ability to walk away from the spotlight. \"She did some amazing stuff and then disappeared,\" Herron said. \"Unlike someone like Madonna who\'s famous for publicly re-inventing herself, I don\'t think Elizabeth Taylor ever looked like she was reinventing anything. She was being herself in public.\"

The winners of a \"Big Idea\" competition recognized winners in the categories of entrepreneurship, education, arts and culture, environment and bringing people to live in Detroit. Wayne State University student Marta Hrecznyj won the best-student category for \"Greenways through Detroit,\" which looks to tackle the vacant land that dots the city\'s landscape. Her idea is to plant colorful vegetation in empty lots, such as masses of yellow mustard seed in the summer and pennycress\' white flora in the winter. Not only will it beautify the city, she said, but the plants also can be harvested for biofuel production.

An article examining the increase of "green" movements and environmental education programs mentions Wayne State University's program in alternative energy research, education and outreach.

Though often handled poorly and slowly when they do occur, retractions are rare in medical journals. When Barbara Redman, a bioethicist and dean of the Wayne State University College of Nursing, looked at more than five million records in the PubMed database from the period 1995 - 2004, she found that only 328, or 0.0065 percent, were retracted. Perhaps the most troubling finding was the frequency with which retracted studies, which are not expunged from databases or journal archives, are cited in scientific literature after their retraction dates. The 315 retracted papers from English journals were cited 3942 times before retraction and 4501 times after retraction. Researchers often don't check their citations to see if they are still valid, says Redman, which undermines the purpose of retractions: to cleanse scientific literature of its offal. "People will continue to cite the articles as if there were as good as gold," says Redman.

Robin Boyle, Wayne State University urban planning professor, discussed the 2010 census data during "The Craig Fahle Show." Boyle said we have to change our focus in light of the decline of population in Michigan and the Detroit metropolitan area. (Cue to 12:45)

Lance Gable, Wayne State University assistant professor of law, was a guest on "The Craig Fahle Show" talking about the one year anniversary of the Health Care Reform Act. (Cue to 1:16)