WSU professor presents information to the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on embryonic stem cell research

Wayne State University School of Medicine translational neuroscientist Jean Peduzzi-Nelson presented information to the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Health & Human Services hearing on embryonic stem cell research.

September 16, 2010

The young & entrepreneurial: A Q&A with Jon Citrin

Finance professor Jonathan Citrin, who also owns a financial services company, answers several questions pertaining to pathways that young people can take to become successful entrepreneurs.

September 16, 2010

Dancing back

Aku Kadogo, director of the Black Theater Program at Wayne State University, is profiled in an article that chronicles many of her accomplishments as a professional dancer.

September 15, 2010

Asst. attorney general targets openly gay college student

Law professor Peter Henning discusses the constitutionality of a anti-gay blog created by Assistant Attorney General Andrew Shirvell.

September 15, 2010

Childhood obesity in America

Wayne State researcher Catherine Jen comments on nutrition and childhood obesity. WSU's Department of Nutrition and Food Science is hosting a talk, Childhood Obesity: Threats and Opportunities, from 11 a.m. to noon on Friday at the Undergraduate Library.

September 15, 2010

Wayne State's leader: We've got to improve

At his first universitywide address yesterday, Wayne State University Interim President Allan Gilmour announced that he would like to tackle low graduation rates, strengthen faculty, provide more efficient student services and address budget concerns. Gilmour fielded questions presented by music professor James Hartway during an hour-long question-and-answer session, frequently coming back to his theme: \"Good enough isn\'t good enough. Second best isn\'t best at all.\"

September 14, 2010

The greening of Brightmoor: Urban farming goes northwest

Law professor John Mogk comments on the benefits of urban agriculture.

September 14, 2010

Wayne State to launch another endowment drive

University Business ran a Sept. 13 Detroit News story about Interim President Allan Gilmour's first address to the campus. The Detroit News article reported that Wayne State plans another endowment campaign, the second in the university\'s 142-year history.

September 14, 2010

Wayne State conducts research study for fibroids

Jay Berman of the Wayne State University Physician Group is conducting a clinical research study on alternative treatments - besides hysterectomy - for uterine fibroids. This clinical research study, evaluation of the Halt System in Laparoscopic Treatment of Symptomatic Uterine Fibroids with Radiofrequency Ablation, aims to preserve the uterus rather than remove it through a traditional hysterectomy.

September 14, 2010

Nikki Giovanni to encourage disadvantaged college grads to earn advanced degrees

Chasity Bailey-Fakhoury, one of 39 doctoral students in Wayne State\'s King-Chavez-Parks Future Faculty Fellows program, will introduce acclaimed civil rights activist and poet Nikki Giovanni when she speaks at Wayne State on Sept. 30. Giovanni will also meet one on one with students from the King-Chavez-Parks program, which seeks to encourage more disadvantaged college grads to earn doctoral degrees, and become professors. Mark Wardell, associate provost and dean of the graduate school at Wayne State, is mentioned in the article.

September 13, 2010

Child obesity expert coming to WSU Friday

Dr. William H. Dietz, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention\'s Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity, will speak during a free public discussion on \"Childhood Obesity: Threats and Opportunities\" at 11 a.m.-noon Friday at Wayne State University.

September 13, 2010

Fellow Americans' suspicions frustrate U.S. Muslims

History professor Saeed Khan is quoted in an article about the frustrations that many American Muslims face over widespread misconceptions of their religion. \"There\'s a quaintness and naiveté or outright whitewashing of some very complex issues,\" said Khan. \"This has caused a lot of frustration for a lot of Muslim Americans, myself included.\"

September 13, 2010

Wayne State to launch another endowment drive

Wayne State University plans another endowment campaign, the second in the university\'s 142-year history, Interim President Allan D. Gilmour said during his first address to the campus yesterday. He added that an endowment campaign should be planned as the university\'s 150th anniversary looms in 2018, as a way to have extra capital to invest in the university and the faculty that serves it, especially as state aid to universities continues to decrease. \"We need to go forward,\" Gilmour said after his one-hour speech to a standing-room crowd of mostly faculty. \"It provides the margin of excellence for universities like this.\"

September 13, 2010

Leaders succeed by listening to clients

According to Detroit Free Press columnist Tom Walsh, Wayne State University Interim President Allan Gilmour's "knack for listening to customers and then satisfying them" is one trait that deems him worthy of "great leader" status. "That simple approach of listening to, and providing excellent service to, customers is critical in the nonprofit worlds of government and universities…(is) why Wayne State is in good hands," Walsh wrote. Gilmour gave his first major campus address today in Wayne State's Bernath Auditorium.

September 12, 2010

Interim Wayne State president to address school today

Today Allan Gilmour gave his first address as interim president of Wayne State University. Gilmour's speech was framed around specific questions he got from more than 200 students, faculty, staff and alumni after distributing a campuswide e-mail earlier in the month. "I want this university to have a feeling of restlessness of what we might be, as opposed to what we are now," Gilmour said this afternoon.

September 12, 2010

Wayne State prof urges people to dig deeper into Rosa Parks' story

Both a profile and a question-and-answer piece offer insight into the work of African-American history professor Danielle McGuire, whose new book examines critical details about the movement that she believes historians have overlooked or downplayed. She captures the stories of some of those women in her new book, \"At the Dark End of the Street: Black Women, Rape, and Resistance -- A New History of the Civil Rights Movement from Rosa Parks to the Rise of Black Power." \"I hope that my book gives the women a megaphone... so their voices can never be silenced again,\" McGuire says. http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100912/FEATURES01/9120315/1322/Wayne-State-prof-urges-people-to-dig-deeper-into-Rosa-Parks-story&template=fullarticle http://www.freep.com/article/20100912/FEATURES01/9120316/1026/Features01/About-Danielle-Lynn-McGuire

September 12, 2010

Stem cell summit to make a case for more research

More than 1,200 people are expected to gather for the World Stem Cell Summit, which is co-organized by the University Research Corridor, the State of Michigan and the Michigan Economic Development Corp. Sponsors say the timing is perfect with the national debate on embryonic stem cell research playing out in a federal court and Congress.

September 12, 2010

Wayne State offense sets record in rout

Wayne State set a school record Saturday for most points in a quarter and went on to a 63-14 rout at Tiffin. Wayne State scored 42 in the second quarter to take a 49-7 halftime lead. The 63 points were the second-most for Wayne State (2-0, 2-0 Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) in school history. http://www.detnews.com/article/20100911/SPORTS0203/9110400/1133/sports0203/Wayne-State-offense-sets-record-in-rout http://www.advertiser-tribune.com/page/content.detail/id/530591/Wayne-State-dominates-Dragons-in-GLIAC-opener.html?nav=5012 http://www.freep.com/article/20100911/SPORTS08/100911040/1356/SPORTS/Wayne-State-Grand-Valley-win

September 11, 2010

Student loans debt rose 25% in '09

Wayne State University Press development director Kate Baker and students Elizabeth Hoel, Carla George and Evan Rutkofske commented in an article that offers advice to college students who are saddled with student loan debt. USA Today The Detroit Free Press

September 10, 2010

Lawyers, feds talk deal in Christmas bomb case

Law professor Peter Henning comments on the news that lawyers representing accused Christmas Day bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab met with federal prosecutors to resolve the case. \"It\'s in his interest to cooperate if he is hoping to get anything less than life in prison,\" said Henning.

September 10, 2010