OTHER VOICES: Ideas for the next governor

In a story about Michigan at one of its biggest crossroads in more than 100 years with the upcoming gubernatorial election, Wayne State is noted among the "Top 10 pipeline issues." These are projects, partnerships, early-phase opportunities that are already in one stage or another that are improving our state\'s diversification: MSU facility for rare isotope beams; UM Pfizer Campus, EPA lab; Wayne State University, TechTown, NextEnergy; entrepreneurship/career training; access to all forms of capital; new materials/composites research; new manufacturing processes; life sciences, medical schools, medical R&D; University Research Corridor; tech transfer, intellectual property; and clean tech/green tech centers of energy excellence.

July 26, 2010

Politicians are pressing the issue... in Ohio & New York

Nick Schroeck, executive director of the Great Lakes Environmental Law Center at Wayne State University, comments in an interview about the Asian carp threat to the Great Lakes.

July 26, 2010

Group dispatches TV ads to get "yes" vote on SMART tax renewal

Metro Detroit\'s regional bus system is relying on a final run of television commercials to persuade voters to renew the tax that generates about half of its operating funds. Voters in Southeast Michigan will be asked on Aug. 3 to renew a 0.59-mill property tax to support the Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation bus system that serves about 40,000 people daily. WSU law professor John Mogk, who specializes in urban law and policy, comments in the story.

July 26, 2010

Efforts to recover lost funds from Ponzi schemes introduce new legal term to public: 'clawback'

Wayne State law professor Peter Henning comments about efforts to recover lost funds from Ponzi schemes. \"It\'s always been a part of bankruptcy law that you could go and get something back,\" said Henning. But normally you didn\'t look much past the defendants and their bankrupt estates.\"

July 26, 2010

DMC exec works to build "new model" for physician-hospital organization

Dr. Valerie Parisi, dean of Wayne State's School of Medicine, comments about WSU's activity in the area of joint venture opportunities and the charge before Dr. Steven Grant, executive vice president of physician partnerships at the DMC. Grant, who is also a clinical assistant professor at WSU's medical school, is putting together a new physician-hospital organization that could contract with Medicare and private payers under health care reform and would be closely linked with nine-hospital DMC and also form a business relationship with Wayne State University School of Medicine's academic physicians. Parisi says the DMC and the medical school are exploring formation of a PHO and other joint venture opportunities. "We look forward to having him learn more about the unique assets that Wayne State University Physician Group provides to the DMC and our region," she said.

July 26, 2010

WSU golf outing to raise money for scholarship

Wayne State's School of Business Administration Alumni Association\'s fourth annual Swing for the Students scholarship golf outing is today at the Detroit Golf Club. Money raised will be used for an endowed scholarship for Detroit high school students who attend the School of Business Administration.

July 26, 2010

2, 4, 6, 8, nobody appreciates cheering

A story about a recent ruling by a federal judge who deemed that cheerleading is not a sport featured a study conducted by Wayne State researchers, which showed that college cheerleaders are as fit as Olympic soccer players and gymnasts.

July 26, 2010

Bass, Brach finding success in Minors

Former Wayne State Warrior pitcher Anthony Bass is having a standout season for the Lake Elsinore Storm, the Class A Advanced minor league affiliate of the San Diego Padres. Bass has recorded 79 strikeouts so far and currently leads all starters still in the California League with a 3.04 ERA.

July 26, 2010

There's no debate: Money talks

A brief about today's 13th District congressional debate notes that state Sen. Hansen Clarke, who is leading in recent polls, told organizers he cannot participate because he has an out-of-town fund-raiser to attend. The debate is sponsored by the Detroit chapter of the National Association of Black Journalists and the Wayne State University Journalism Institute for Media Diversity.

July 25, 2010

Wayne State study recognized as one of most significant of 2009

Faculty of 1000 Medicine, which bills itself as \"the expert guide to the most important advances in medicine,\" identified \"Mortality after Lumbar Fusion Surgery,\" by Sham Maghout Juratli, M.D., WSU assistant professor of Family Medicine and Public Health Sciences, as one of the most important articles published in medicine last year. Dr. Juratli\'s study found that pain medications are involved in more than 20 percent of deaths that occur in the years after spinal fusion surgery for low back pain. The risk of analgesic-related death is highest among patients with degenerative disc disease -- especially men aged 45 to 54 -- according to the findings.

July 24, 2010

CSB/SJU professor to study how loved ones communicate

Communication professor Terry Kinney commented in an article about a new study from a College of St. Benedict and St. John's University (Minn.) professor that will examine the impact of everyday communication in committed romantic relationships.

July 24, 2010

Michigan students raise scores on merit exams

More than 110,000 Michigan high school juniors posted the best scores yet on the standardized Michigan Merit Exam in four subjects. This class marks the first required by law to complete tougher high school graduation requirements. Paula Wood, dean of Wayne State\'s College of Education, commented about the performance improvement among the state\'s high school students. \"I really believe the higher standards are making a difference. Because (the rigorous courses) are required of everybody, the districts I see are adapting how they teach now that they need to reach a wider range of students. Even though the gains aren\'t large, I think they are very encouraging.\"

July 23, 2010

I-94 work begins Aug. 2

The Michigan Department of Transportation said Thursday that crews will kick off the $1.8 million, 10-week I-94 project Aug. 2. It will upgrade lighting on the freeway between I-96 and I-75. The project is likely to lead to lengthy delays as the freeway loses its left lanes each way for weeks at a time. That\'s a prime traffic area along I-94, and it has regular backups as the freeway intersects with I-75, the Lodge and I-96 between Wayne State University and the New Center area.

July 23, 2010

Dell to settle federal charges for $100 million

Computer maker Dell is paying $100 million to settle civil charges that it used fraudulent accounting to meet Wall Street earnings targets, the government announced Thursday. Under the settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission, company chairman and CEO Michael Dell also agreed to pay a separate $4 million civil penalty. While the fine was far from the largest penalty levied by the SEC, it is rare to decide to charge a sitting chief executive of a major company and reach a seven-figure settlement with him. WSU law professor Peter Henning said \"in similar cases, you\'d expect the SEC to seek a bar against a senior officer.\" But in this case, Henning said, Michael Dell is \"probably too important to the company, and it would have caused too much harm to shareholders.\" http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-07-22/dell-agrees-to-pay-100-million-to-settle-sec-fraud-claims.html

July 23, 2010

Beating high price of college textbooks

Wayne State University student Meghan Beckham comments in a story about the high price of college textbooks, which now cost students an average of $1,000 a year. In an effort to combat the high-cost trend, the Barnes & Noble bookstore at Wayne State is beginning a rental program this fall that will cost students about half of the purchase price. http://detnews.com/article/20100722/METRO/7220395#ixzz0uWIzBwyk

July 23, 2010

In alleged Ponzi scheme, no cash back, no trial set

Wayne State law professor Peter Henning comments in a story about Ponzi schemes. By the time most Ponzi schemes are exposed, most of the money is already gone. \"If investors get a nickel on the dollar back, they are lucky,\" Henning said.

July 23, 2010

Administrative ranks growing at the University of Michigan-Flint

Wayne State University had the second highest growth rate of administrators among public universities in the state from 2005-2009, according to figures from the Michigan Higher Education Institutional Data Inventory.

July 23, 2010

Canton business briefs

Wayne State University Physician Group recently hired a foot and ankle surgeon, Dr. Richard L. Needleman, as assistant professor-orthopaedic surgery. Needleman also serves as assistant professor of orthopaedic surgery at WSU's School of Medicine, specializing in foot and ankle problems (including sports medicine injuries) in adult and pediatric patients.

July 23, 2010

Rajaratnam assails wiretaps in signature U.S. case

Law professor Peter Henning doubts that efforts by Galleon Group hedge fund founder Raj Rajaratnam to get the first wiretaps used in an insider trading probe on Wall Street will be successful.

July 23, 2010

UM, MSU presidents praise Jay Noren's work on University Research Corridor

President Jay Noren's fellow university presidents at the University Research Corridor (URC) praised him for his contributions to the research alliance of the three largest universities in the state - Wayne State University, the University of Michigan and Michigan State University. Noren, UM President Mary Sue Coleman; and MSU President Lou Anna Simon, attended a press conference Wednesday morning at U-M's North Campus Research Complex, the former Pfizer Inc. campus, to promote the URC, welcome a media tour to the complex and release a report on advanced manufacturing in the state.

July 22, 2010