Editorial: It's launch time for bright ideas

In an editorial, Crain's lauds a new program to promote entrepreneurism in Southeast Michigan. Sponsored by the New Economy Initiative for Southeastern Michigan and the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation of Kansas City, the initiative will be based initially at Wayne State's TechTown. The ambitious goal is to help start 400 new companies per year in the region. Business columnist Tom Walsh of the Free Press also writes about the program.

May 17, 2009

Former polio hospital patients, staff, sought for reunion

Botsford Commons Senior Community in Farmington will donate its early photographic collection of the former Michigan Hospital School, Michigan Convalescent Home and the Sister Kenny Polio Hospital to Wayne State's Walter P. Reuther Library.

May 17, 2009

Lichtenberg and Washington discuss health disparities with Fox 2's Deana Centofanti

Wayne State University's Institute of Gerontology (IOG) director Peter Lichtenberg and associate professor Olivia Washington appeared to discuss health disparities in older African Americans and promote the IOG's 7th annual Healthier Black Elders Reception on June 2.

May 17, 2009

Proposed underground garage for downtown Ann Arbor could violate state pollution laws, environmental law group says

Noah Hall, WSU law professor and executive director of the Great Lakes Environmental Law Center has sent a letter to Ann Arbor city officials notifying them that a planned underground parking structure may violate state air quality laws by facilitating increased vehicular traffic in the downtown area.

May 15, 2009

'They persevere,' says author Bonnie Jo Campbell of her 'American Salvage' characters

A review of a collection of short stories titled American Salvage by Bonnie Jo Campbell notes that the book is published by Wayne State University Press as part of the Made in Michigan Writers Series.

May 15, 2009

Early Indications on State Use of Education Stimulus Funds

Most states that have already decided how to allocate the education funds they\'re receiving from the federal stimulus package are directing the bulk of the money to elementary and secondary education, according to an analysis of 13 states by the New America Foundation.

May 15, 2009

At this stage

A brief in the entertainment column mentions that Friday's performance was the wrap-up for the play "All My Sons" at Wayne State's Hilberry Theater.

May 15, 2009

The National Summit posts agenda

The National Summit, a June 15-17 town hall event in Detroit, has publically announced speakers and panel discussion participants. Wayne State President Jay Noren is listed. The purpose of the summit is to create a to-do list to move the country forward in technology, energy, the environment and manufacturing, according to Beth Chappell, president of the Detroit Economic Club.

May 14, 2009

Author of 'Living Without God' interviewed

Ron Aronson, distinguished professor of history, was interviewed on the station's "Radioactivity" show regarding his new book Living Without God.

May 14, 2009

MSU to offer education, music extension classes in Detroit

Wayne State\'s dean of the College of Education, Paula Wood, comments about Michigan State University's plan to establish Colleges of Education and Music extension centers in midtown Detroit. Wood said she supported the arrival of another educational program increasing engagement with the district. Until every need is served, \"We can always use more support of the students of Detroit,\" she added.

May 13, 2009

WSU doctor awarded $2.6 million from NIH

A brief mentions that the National Institutes of Health has awarded $2.6 million to Dr. Xiaoming Li of the Wayne State University School of Medicine who will study and train Chinese prostitutes to drink responsibly on the job. The researcher tells Cybercast News Service: The purpose of the project is to try and develop an intervention program targeting HIV risk and alcohol use... very few researchers are looking at the complex issue of the interplay between alcohol and the commerce of sex.\"

May 13, 2009

Law firm launches suit against energy drink companies

A Wayne State University study on the effects of energy drinks is mentioned in a story about a potential class action lawsuit proposal involving Red Bull and other such companies.

May 13, 2009

DREAM's hope

Law professor Jonathan Weinberg comments in a story about the federal Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act. The DREAM Act would provide conditional legal status to undocumented students who entered the country before age 16 and lived here at least five years and graduated from a U.S. high school or earned a GED.

May 13, 2009

Art & the inner city: Gallery highlights Cass Corridor artists movement

An art exhibition featuring works of Cass Corridor artists from the early 1970's is at Wayne State's Elaine L. Jacob Gallery. \"Time and Place: Art of Detroit\'s Cass Corridor from the Wayne State University Collection\" runs through June 26. Several photos accompany the story.

May 12, 2009

Archeological efforts at Worker's Row House in Corktown honored

The Wayne State Anthropology Department and the Greater Corktown Development Corp. have won the 2009 Governor's Award for Historic Preservation for their work on the archeological dig at the Corktown Worker\'s Row House. \"There\'s a lot of variety of people who have lived in Corktown,\" says professor Tom Killion, who also runs the archeological dig. \"We want to get at that and find out who lived there. It\'s quite unique.\"

May 12, 2009

Union head returns some of $1.2M pay

Marick Masters, director of WSU's Douglas A. Fraser Center for Workplace Issues and Labor@Wayne, comments in a story about a pay controversy involving International Longshoremen\'s Association President Richard J. Hughes.

May 11, 2009

Pension fund faces tough road with YRC

Professor Michael Belzer of the Economics Department comments in a story about the diminishing pension fund of YRC Worldwide Inc.

May 11, 2009

Sport Science, featuring Wayne State's Cynthia Bir, wins two sports Emmys

Sport Science, the television series featuring Cynthia Bir, associate professor of biomedical engineering, won two Sports Emmys late last month. The Sport Science team took home awards for Outstanding Graphic Design and Outstanding New Approaches and was nominated for Outstanding Edited Sports Series/Anthology, Outstanding Technical Team Studio and Outstanding Production Design/Art Design.

May 11, 2009

Family in the balance: Firms reduce obstacles, but having kids still affects lawyers' earnings

Law Professor Lawrence Mann comments in a story about the "mommy penalty" that affects many women practicing law.

May 10, 2009

WSU-DMC practice plan transfer talks come apart

According to sources familiar with the negotiations, two-month-long talks have broken down to transfer 10 faculty practice plans from Wayne State University School of Medicine to Detroit Medical Center. During the next year, officials from Wayne State and DMC will negotiate traditional contractual relationships for clinical and teaching services with the individual plans and Wayne State\'s University Physicians Group, sources said. The contracts between Wayne State and DMC expire June 30, 2010.

May 10, 2009