U-M, MSU and WSU team on $900K energy plan

President Irvin D. Reid, along with the presidents of Michigan State University and the University of Michigan, formally announced a new energy research initiative Tuesday during testimony before a state Senate committee on the universities' growing importance to the economy and the need for investment in higher education. The University Research Corridor (URC), a collaborative effort of the three universities, will invest $900,000 to encourage faculty to work collaboratively on novel research that could help shape energy policy. By working together, the presidents pointed out, the universities can more effectively usher inventions from their labs to the marketplace and attract fresh jobs to the state. http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080220/SCHOOLS/802200375/1026

February 20, 2008

3 universities unite for funding

During a Senate Finance Committee hearing in Lansing Tuesday, the presidents of Michigan's three largest research universities stressed the positive impact the universities have on the state's economy. Sen. Thomas George of Kalamazoo challenged the presidents to find ways to decrease Michigan\'s health care costs and suggested that they consider not hiring smokers. The article details Gov. Granholm's proposed budget increases for Michigan universities.

February 20, 2008

Expert hired to end DMC pay feud with WSU

Steve D\'Arcy, chair of the Detroit Medical Center (DMC) board of trustees, and Eugene Driker, chair of the WSU Board of Governors, agreed Monday to bring in a consultant to determine the amount the DMC should pay to Wayne State for care provided by WSU School of Medicine faculty to DMC patients. The two have not selected an expert but did hold discussions Tuesday about the issue, a DMC spokesperson said.

February 20, 2008

Professor Lisa Alexander of the Africana Studies Department was interviewed on WDET's Detroit Today

Professor Lisa Alexander of the Africana Studies Department was interviewed by Quinn Klinefelter for Detroit Today regarding her lecture \"Barry Bonds and the History of Blacks in Baseball.\" The lecture, which took place today in the Student Center Building, dealt with the steroid controversy overshadowing Bond's career and the diminishing number of black baseball players in the majors.

February 20, 2008

2 Colleges, 2 Presidents, One Marriage

Wayne State University President Irvin D. Reid's career and marriage is profiled in this prominent feature story that focuses on the unique challenges of being part of an academic couple that holds two simultaneous college presidencies. Reid's wife, Pamela Trotman Reid, recently assumed the post of president at St. Joseph College in West Hartford, Conn. A photo of the couple accompanies the story.

February 19, 2008

Wayne State to host journalism discussion

Journalist Nick Clooney is scheduled to speak at 7 p.m. March 3 at Wayne State University\'s McGregor Memorial Conference Center. The event, which is free and open to the public, is sponsored by the university's Center for the Study of Citizenship. Clooney will be discussing traditional and new journalism.

February 19, 2008

Pioneering doctor '1st in many things'

A leader in children's medicine and assistant professor of pediatrics at Wayne State University's School of Medicine, Dr. Sophie Womack died on Sunday, Feb. 17, 2008 of complications from surgery. She was 53. http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080219/COL10/802190343

February 19, 2008

WSU prof lands $2.6M to study mental health

Matcheri Keshavan, professor and associate chairman of Wayne State University\'s Department of Psychiatry and Behavior Neurosciences in the school of medicine, is the lead researcher on a $2.6 million study into schizophrenia and psychotic bipolar disorder. Keshavan said the grant \"will potentially help us understand the causes of schizophrenia or bipolar disorders and will also help guide development of new treatment strategies targeting symptoms in these disorders."

February 19, 2008

Learn about WSU's master plan at CAID on Feb. 25

The Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit will be the setting for a series of four speakers presented by Cityscape Detroit. The first, to take place Feb. 25 at 6:30 p.m., will feature James Sears, Wayne State University's associate vice president for the office of facilities management and planning. Sears will discuss the university\'s master plan, which guides its long term development -- and influences Midtown as a whole. \"This is an opportunity for communities, developers, banks and ordinary concerned citizens to see how the growth of a college can positively impact their lives and neighborhoods,\" said Cityscape\'s James Willer in an email.

February 19, 2008

Wayne State nanotech lecture Tuesday

Wayne State University will continue its John P. Oliver Nano@Wayne Seminar Series today with guest speaker James Hone, associate professor of mechanical engineering at Columbia University. His discussion will focus on recent results of electrical, mechanical and electromechanical studies, and transport properties of nanotube heterojunctions with known structure. The seminar is free and open to the public. It will be held at 2:30 p.m. at WSU's Welcome Center Auditorium. For more information, visit http://research.wayne.edu/nano/seminars

February 19, 2008

Wayne State professor, an NIU grad, studies school shootings

Matthew Seeger, chair of Wayne State's Department of Communication, shares his expertise on school shootings and crisis response. Seeger has written extensively on school shootings and is conducting a major study regarding the shootings at Virginia Tech. Wayne State's emergency broadcast messaging system is also mentioned.

February 18, 2008

Universities collaborate to save millions

This article details various collaboration efforts started by the state's universities in recent decades to save money and improve programs.

February 16, 2008

Law professor Robert Sedler was interviewed on the Warren Pierce Show

Law professor Robert Sedler was interviewed on the Warren Pierce Show regarding Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick's appeal to the Michigan Supreme Court in the text-messaging case. Sedler and Detroit attorney Deborah Gordon also discussed whether Kilpatrick should resign.

February 16, 2008

Two Wayne State professors interviewed on WILS-AM (Lansing)

Professors Catherine Jen and Joseph Artiss were interviewed by host Walt Sorg about the fat blocker product they developed in WSU laboratories.

February 15, 2008

WSU urges Detroit Medical Center to restore $12 million in cuts

According to this breaking Web story, the Detroit Medical Center board received a letter Thursday from Wayne State University urging the DMC to immediately restore $12 million in cuts. The letter reiterated a request to put the disputed funds in an escrow account until an independent assessment can be made about the issue. In other developments, WSU board chair Eugene Driker said that WSU dean Dr. Robert Mentzer Jr. has the board\'s full confidence. The problem, Driker said, is that "DMC needs to be much more responsive to their obligations under the contract we signed."

February 14, 2008

WSU - DMC disputes are costly

This report details financial matters surrounding the current disagreements between the Detroit Medical Center and Wayne State University. In particular, the more than $200,000 in fees to the mediator, David Fink, for 13 months of services. Louis Lessem, WSU's general counsel, described Fink\'s role since Feb. 1 as one of shuttle diplomacy involving telephone calls to him and DMC attorneys. \"He is doing his very best,\" Lessem said.

February 14, 2008

More helping

This brief mentions a benefit to help the victims of the Forest Arms apartment fire. The Atwater Block Brewery in Detroit will hold a live-music event, set for 7 p.m. Friday.

February 14, 2008

WSU's TechTown to welcome Detroit Synergy

Wayne State University\'s TechTown will be the host of tonight\'s Detroit Synergy meeting.

February 14, 2008

Business tax is WSU law topic

A brief mentions that Michigan\'s business tax will be the topic for Wayne State University\'s Law Review symposium March 4. The free event, \"Taking Care of Business: Is the Michigan Business Tax Friend or Foe?\" is slated for 1:15 p.m. in the Law School's Spencer M. Partrich Auditorium.

February 14, 2008

Detroit tops Forbes' 'Miserable Cities' list

David Williams, dean of Wayne State University\'s School of Business Administration, touts Detroit's finer points in this article regarding the city's appearance on Forbes' "America\'s Most Miserable Cities" list. \"It\'s true, we\'re going through a difficult period,\" Williams said, \"but that\'s the way the pendulum swings." Williams also said that in a few years he believes Detroit will be the place people will want to retire to for great entertainment and beautiful natural resources.

February 14, 2008