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Obama, Durbin proposes federal mortgage reforms

A sweeping set of federal reforms were proposed Tuesday to combat mortgage fraud, ratcheting up enforcement and creating a national database of brokers who have been disciplined. The bill would increase funding for federal law enforcement programs, create new criminal penalties for mortgage professionals found guilty of fraud and require industry insiders to report suspicious activity. Wayne State University law professor Peter J. Henning says that one provision of the measure would strengthen the ability of fraud victims to file federal lawsuits. Individuals now must seek redress in state courts, which have more restrictive rules about information gathered during discovery, Henning says that could increase the liability banks and real estate companies face for their employees\' misconduct. \"I suspect there would be opposition to that provision.\"

BILL MCGRAW : Memoirs revisited

Wayne State University Press has just re-issued "My Forty Years with Ford," memoirs from one of the most important people in the history of the Ford Motor Co. Charles (Cast-Iron Charlie) Sorenson was a production genius who worked for Henry Ford from 1905 to 1944. He helped create Ford's Model T and assembly line, ran the Rouge plant, designed the Willow Run bomber plant and sided with Edsel Ford against Edsel's father Henry and Ford security chief Harry Bennett during the showdown over the company's future before Edsel's death. Sorensen\'s memoirs have been out of print for decades.

SOUTHFIELD: Affirmative action in gay community is topic

The Southfield Public Library is scheduled to host a panel discussion today addressing why affirmative action is important and relevant to the gay community. Titled \"The Promise of Equality: Affirmative Action Delivers,\" the event will be held from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the library. The panel is expected to include representatives Wayne State University , American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan, Affirmations Lesbian/Gay Community Center and the National Bar Association.

Michigan faces doctor shortage: 6,000 fewer physicians by 2020

More than 57% of practicing Michigan doctors plan to retire by 2020. The Michigan population is forecast to grow by just 600,000 in the next 14 years, but by then the population over 65 will be nearly 500,000. The state has 30,000 licensed doctors, and that number is expected to remain constant for the foreseeable future. There are many reasons for the shortage, but the state's problems in attracting and keeping people in every field are the same for doctors. Wayne State is the state's largest medical school. It admitted 256 students in 2004, 270 in 2005 and expects a first-year class of 300 this year. But more medical students won't solve the problem if hospitals don't have the money and personnel to train the graduating medical students in residency programs.

NextEnergy Partners with Wayne State University on Bio-Fuel Lab

NextEnergy has partnered with WSU to open the national Biofuel Energy Lab at WSU's TechTown. The first-of-its-kind biofuel technology development lab is made possible through a $2 million Energy Department grant. WSU professors, graduate students and Ph.D. candidates from the school's College of Engineering will conduct the day-to-day research and experiments carried out in the lab onsite at the NextEnergy Center . WSU College of Engineering Professors Simon Ng and Naeim Henein will manage lab activity.

U.S. extends review of Whirpool deal - Maytag buy delayed

The Justice Department is extending its review of the proposed buyout deal. Stephen Calkins, a Wayne State University law professor and former Federal Trade Commission attorney, said preparing a court case to challenge a merger is not unusual. He said anti-trust attorneys typically pursue several avenues in such mergers. They could prepare a court challenge while negotiating to divest some of the companies' holdings to avoid controlling too much of the market.

Was Nixon really an anti-semite?

The tapes of Richard Nixon's private Oval Office conversations leave no doubt that America 's 37th president, while appointing Jews to high-level posts and publicly supporting Israel , routinely indulged in anti-Semitic rhetoric. Moment steps back into history, with the help of the tapes themselves and several distinguished scholars - including Mel Small, professor of History at Wayne State -- who have written about this complex and controversial figure. Small said that Nixon had a general dislike for Jews that went beyond the fact that he disliked liberal Democrats who were Jewish.

Wayne State looking to hire lobbying firm in Washington

Wayne State University plans in March to put out a request for bids for a permanent lobbying firm to represent the university in Washington . The university plans to select a new lobbying firm in June and to hire a director of federal relations to serve in Detroit as a conduit between the university and the new lobby firm, said Harvey Hollins III, vice president of government and community affairs. WSU is keeping its Washington office to continue serving as a hub for faculty and staff doing business in the city and plans to hire one employee to staff that office, he said.

Universities to aid minorities

Officials with four state universities, including Wayne State University , announced a new mentoring program designed to give minority students studying science, math technology and engineering more help toward earning bachelor's degrees. Michigan State , WSU, Western Michigan and the University of Michigan are financing the 5-year, $5 million Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation program along with a grant from the National Science Foundation.

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