Medical center set for Detroit

Henry Ford Health Care System plans to open a $1.4 million adult medical center near Belle Isle, providing area residents with medical care six days a week. The 7,500-square-foot center in the Harbortown retail center just west of Belle Isle is the first new Henry Ford facility to open in Metro Detroit since the late 1990's. After seeing patients volumes shrink for years, Detroit hospital leaders say they are seeing an increase in residents who are turning to city hospitals for medical care rather than going to the suburbs.

February 23, 2005

WSU Hosts Black History program

Wayne's department of Interdisciplinary Studies (IS), and the Humanities Center will host the annual Black History Month program, Fri., Feb. 25.

February 22, 2005

WSU presents 'The Dream Tunnel'

The Black Theater Program (BTP) will begin its 30th annual tour with "The Dream Tunnel" directed by WSU's BTP director Jerry Cleveland.

February 22, 2005

Special report

Law professor Jonathon Weinberg is quoted in an article about whether use of e-mail by local municipal officials to discuss government-related business may be a violation of Michigan's Open Meetings Act. "Basically, the rule as far as e-mails are concerned is if there are conversations (public officials) can't have in person or over the telephone outside of a public open meeting, they also can't have them over e-mail," Weinberg explains.

February 22, 2005

Report: Wayne State has $1B yearly economic impact

Wayne State University benefits the Southeast Michigan economy by more than $1 billion annually, according to a report released Tuesday in Lansing. The report, conducted by the Anderson Economic Group L.L.C., outlines the university's economic and fiscal impact, as well as its cultural and knowledge assets and the increased earnings of its students. "The report confirms the significant role of the university in contributing to Michigan's economy and future workforce," Wayne State President Irvin D. Reid said in a news release. "Our role as an educational partner with the state continues to be critical to the success of Michigan's economic future."

February 22, 2005

In Our Opinion: An American success story

An editorial praises YMCA honoree Tarik Daoud for receiving Ford's Salute to Dealers Award at its upcoming March 7 fund-raising dinner. Daoud is noted as contributing $50,000 annually in minority scholarships to Wayne State University.

February 22, 2005

Dog eating bill rankles

A Hawaiian state legislator is pushing a bill that would ban the slaughter of dogs and cats for food, drawing protests from some Asian ethnic groups who believe the measure is aimed at unfounded and racist stereotypes of their cultures. Frank Wu, dean of the WSU Law School, believes the issue of eating dog is emphasized \"to caricature and condemn particular populations,\" namely Chinese, Koreans, Vietnamese and other Asians. Wu wrote about dog-eating in his book \"Yellow: Race in America Beyond Black and White.\"

February 22, 2005

Legacy of written word

Desiree Cooper writes that poet Dudley Randall, part of the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s and 70s, founded the Broadside Press. Many of the poets he published became leading artistic voices, winning the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim Foundation, among other honors. "There was an intense energy here in Detroit,\" said Gloria House, a Wayne State professor emerita who taught in the department of Interdisciplinary Studies, is part of a collective that still operates the press. \"We had radical labor organizers, civil rights activists and Muslim politics. Randall was trying to publish little books of 20 pages or even broadsides of one poem so that it could get to the masses. It spread like wildfire.\"

February 22, 2005

Reforms are needed for fair pain treatment

This editorial contends that strange as it may seem aggressive pain treatment is a relatively new development in medicine. The Detroit News reported Sunday that women and minorities are less likely to receive adequate pain treatment. Studies from Wayne State and the U of M, found the situation just as bad in southeast Michigan.

February 22, 2005

Fight single-status stigma

This story on the plight of the never-married said single people are often criticized for their status - they must be too picky, etc. "The healthy reaction should suggest that being single can be a choice, and that someone would rather be single than marry out of desperation or marry just to marry," said Gerald Shiener, assistant professor of psychiatry at Wayne State.

February 22, 2005

Ford, ex-worker at odds over job set-asides; fired manager says company forced him to hire unqualified union members.

Ford and union officials are disputing that an unwritten deal required setting aside 10 percent of hourly jobs for union-picked candidates, as claimed in a lawsuit. "Ten percent seems like an ungodly number," said Hal Stack, director of labor studies at Wayne State. "I'd hear of that behavior claimed at a plant level, but not at a national level."

February 22, 2005

Professor to address race, health

This brief in the Body & Mind section announces that John Flack, associate department chair internal medicine at WSU, and director of the Center for Urban and African American health, will discuss research on racial health disparities at 4 pm, Thurs. at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History.

February 22, 2005

Madonna's aggressive efforts lure more students

The Livonia university has reached its highest level of enrollment (4,600) in its 58-year history by offering new academic programs and opening two educational centers. Enrollment is up 2 percent this year, after a 16 percent increase the year before. In 2000, the university developed a five-year plan to boost enrollment by focusing on basics. "We don't spend a lot with self-promotion, we spend our investments on our programs," said Frank Hribar, vice president of planning and enrollment management at Madonna. Forensic science and sports management majors introduced last fall attracted 85 additional students. The university is also the only institution in the country to offer a master's degree in hospice education.

February 22, 2005

School of Life

More students are turning to on-the-job training and technical colleges to gain a career. Teresa Mask writes, "According to the latest labor statistics, and tales of success from the fields of carpentry, cosmetology and automotive engineering, to name a few, young people today can get a high-paying job without the debt and time that goes into four years of college."

February 22, 2005

WSU theatre presents 'Anna Lucasta' on March 4

The Bonstelle Theatre will open "Anna Lucasta," by Phillip Yordan, at 8 p.m. on March 4. A list of cast members is provided and contact information for the Bonstelle Theatre. A photo of cast members is included.

February 21, 2005

Post-grad students balance family life, passion for research

Peter Lichtenberg, director of WSU\'s Institute of Gerontology, is quoted in a feature story about three students in the pre-doctoral research program at the Institute. The article focuses on their commitment to helping older Americans who face special challenges. \"Research, like family, is a lifetime commitment,\" Lichtenberg points out.

February 21, 2005

WSU bestows alumni honor

The WSU alumni association will host its annual Leadership and Scholarship Reception on Feb. 28 at Alumni House. It will present the Homer D. Strong Award, the association's highest honor to Taylor A. Lewis, MD.

February 21, 2005

Federal Bar to honor Driker

Detroit lawyer Eugene Driker has been named to receive the Wade McCree Jr. Advancement of Social Justice Award at the Federal Bar Association, Eastern District of Michigan Chapter luncheon, Feb. 22. Driker is being saluted for more than 30 years of civic, philanthropic and legal services to the community, which include helping create the Wayne State University Law School's Wade McCree Minority Scholarship Fund and chairing the school's committee of visitors and Anthony Wayne Society. He is a member of the WSU Board of Governors.

February 21, 2005

Match penalty: Labor experts look at where NHL talks went offsides

Michael Belzer, professor of urban and labor studies in CULMA, is quoted in a front-page story about the stalemated NHL negotiations. He said NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman is using time-tested strategies to get the upper hand in negotiations. "From a bargaining perspective, the leverage is pretty strongly being wielded by the owners in this case," he observed. "They have stuck together." The article points out that Belzer graduated from Cornell two years before Bettman but does not know him.

February 21, 2005

UM regents OK $145 plan for business school

The University of Michigan Board of regents has approved a $145 million plan to provide the Stephen Ross School of Business with renovated buildings and new construction. The plan is not final, but will include renovation of some structures and demolition and replacement of others.

February 21, 2005