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Universities fight for Army facility

The U.S. Army Tank Automotive Command (TACOM) has received a big boost from top college educators in Michigan in its campaign to survive military installation closures. Eight university presidents, including Wayne State's, have signed a report that touts TACOM as vital to military and civilian research and development, and which urges the government to keep the facility open. The report details the ways TACOM is involved with the big three automotive companies and Michigan's public and private universities.

Wayne State University to host annual Science Bowl for middle and high school students

Student teams from the Detroit Public Schools, along with students from Indianapolis and Cincinnati, will compete in the Midwest region Science Bowl, hosted by Wayne State University March 5 at the Science Hall. The competition will test the students' knowledge of subjects like science, engineering and math. The Science Bowl is sponsored by the Office of Minority Student Initiative in Wayne State's department of chemistry and the National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers (NOBCChE).

'Every day is Black history at WSU

Wayne State University kicked off its Black History Month celebration this year with "Hip Hop Performance: A Black Berry Suite Production" Feb. 1, featuring the work of local hip-hop and spoken word artists. Ollie Johnson, assistant professor in the Africana Studies department, which sponsored the month's events, said the idea was to "pass on the message that everyday is Black history and [to] encourage students, faculty and staff to attend cultural, educational and political events and become engaged.

Mich.'s old land-taking rules help economic development

John E. Mogk, professor of law at Wayne State University, writes in an op-ed about the 1981 Poletown case involving the Michigan Supreme Court's ruling authorizing the city of Detroit to take land for the development of a factory by General Motors Corp. Mogk says "few cases in the history of American law have been manipulated more to promote a political ideology than Michigan's Poletown case." The Poletown case has recently emerged as the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to decide a land dispute case from Connecticut at the federal level.

First Robotics competition coming soon

Wayne State University is hosting Detroit Regional of The FIRST Robotics Challenge, March 18-19. The events are sponsored by inventor Dean Kamen\'s nonprofit group FIRST, For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology. Michigan has 98 teams, made up of about 3,500 high school students and mentors. The teams had six weeks to design, build and test their robots. \"This program is key to developing Michigan\'s future great innovators, inventors and entrepreneurs,\" said David C. Hollister, Director of the Michigan Department of Labor & Economic Growth, the leading sponsor of Michigan\'s three regionals.

Despite ads, Detroit can't lure students

Steve Brown, associate vice president for marketing and communications, comments in a front page story about the Detroit Public Schools advertising and marketing campaign which has cost the district more than $2 million over the past two years. The campaign, designed to increase community confidence and stop students from fleeing, has met with mixed reviews in terms of success. Brown says it could take at least three years to see any measurable results. \"It\'s the right thing to do,\" he said. \"You can always look back and say, \'If only we had done this two years ago.\' But you have to face the reality of what you\'re in now and say, \'Let\'s batten down the hatches and hold onto the walls.\' \"

Rashad to get Apple award at Fisher gala

Phylicia Rashad, Bill Cosby\'s longtime TV wife and Tony Award-winning actress and producer, is the fourth recipient of Wayne State University and the Nederlander Organization\'s Apple Award for career excellence in theater. The award, named after Nederlander family matriarch Sarah Applebaum Nederlander, will be presented at a gala April 26 at the Fisher Theatre; cocktails and dinner will be followed by a performance of \"Hairspray.\" Proceeds go to Wayne State\'s theater department. Previous winners: Playwright Neil Simon, actress Carol Channing and producer Manny Azenberg.

Hormone pills make incontinence worse, not better, study says

Researchers have found yet another problem that hormone pills taken at menopause seem to make worse, not better: incontinence. Estrogen and progestin have long been thought to help prevent or lessen urine leakage in menopausal women. "We were hoping to find a gleam of hope for estrogen" after all the earlier negative findings, but the results with incontinence were disappointing, too, said lead author Dr. Susan Hendrix, a gynecologist at Wayne State. The findings, published in Wednesday's Journal of the American Medical Association, come from research on 27,347 women, ages 50 to 79, participating in the Women's Health Initiative study.

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