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Youth runs for school board

Michael Sessions, an 18-year-old Wayne State University freshman, is one of eight candidates vying for two open seats on the Plymouth-Canton Community Schools board in the May 2 election. Hynes said he believes his age will not hinder him in the race - and only help if he's elected to the board. "I think it's going to be an advantage for me," he said. Between classes at WSU, where he is majoring in public affairs and social work, Hynes tutors Detroit kindergartners and first-graders who are struggling to read. He also interns at the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan and a law office in Ann Arbor.

Alliance to begin drug research in new lab by fall

The Life Sciences Core Technology Alliance, a consortium that includes Michigan's three largest research universities, plans by early fall to begin drug research at a new $18 million facility at Argonne National Labs in Lemont, Ill., a federal lab operated by the University of Chicago. The new lab will enable the alliance to access a high-energy light source that cost Argonne hundreds of millions of dollars to build, said John Oliver, vice president of the alliance and vice president for research at Wayne State University. The light source allows researchers to determine the molecular structure of large molecules very quickly and is primarily used in drug-treatment research. The consortium has made a 15-year commitment to conduct the research, Oliver said.

Driven to danger? Lawmaker feels pay method encourages truckers to take risks

Wayne State professor Michael Belzer, an expert on the trucking industry, is quoted in an article that examines whether paying truck drivers by the load may lead to their driving unsafely in an attempt to transport more loads in a given time span. The situation is of particular concern for drivers who haul hazardous commodities, such as gasoline and chemicals. "The carrier wants to keep the rate based on piece work so it can eliminate the risk it might otherwise have due to traffic tie-ups, weather, loading or unloading delays, or anything else," Belzer explained.

GM's top executive soothes

This online newsletter carries a Detroit Free Press story by Michael Ellis and Jennifer Dixon about GM's recently reported accounting errors and an explanation of them by CEO Rick Wagoner. Winning a vote of confidence from GM's Board of Directors recently, Wagoner told the Free Press reporters that bringing in an outsider to run the company at this time would cause turmoil. He called the company's accounting errors "embarrassing to us all." But Alan Reinstein, professor of accounting at Wayne State , had this to say: "It's difficult for me to believe that a company with GM's experience and reputation would have so many people who allegedly do not fully grasp the accounting rules," he said.

WSU faculty innovators recognized

Wayne State's Technology Commercialization office honored over 100 faculty members and staff inventors recently for their ingenuity that has led to inventions, new intellectual property, licenses with industry and start-up companies. WSU inventions have resulted in 38 patents and 28 license agreements with industry. According to Fred Reinhart, assistant vice president for Research and Technology Commercialization, "These innovative researchers are a part of an impressive national effort at hundreds of universities to make our world a better place through discoveries which benefit society and make our economy stronger and more diversified. Sean Wu, distinguished professor of Mechanical Engineering at Wayne State, also comments in the story.

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