TechTown appoints managing director

Marlo Jenkins has been appointed managing director of TechTown, an economic-development site for startups involved in research and technology-related industries on the Wayne State campus. Jenkins said the National Institutes of Health and Space Form, a Delphi spin-off working to perfect an advanced welding process for frame components for cars, buses, trucks, motorcycles and bicycles, are planning to move into the TechOne building located at the TechTown site.

November 30, 2004

Multinationals welcoming offshore cash

Michael McIntyre, tax law professor at Wayne State, spoke about an incentive in the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004, which reduces the tax rate from 35 percent to 5.25 percent on foreign profits that U.S. companies invest at home. An incentive designed to create more jobs in America, McIntyre believes the Act may not be effective in encouraging the creation of new jobs. "I don't think companies have any intention of using this to create jobs in the U.S. They have been very active going offshore."

November 30, 2004

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A photo of tennis champions Venus Williams and Serena Williams includes a caption noting that the sisters visited Wayne State University while traveling on their McDonald's Williams Sisters Tour.

November 30, 2004

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Rodney Cole, assistant director of career planning and placement services, talked about the job outlook for students in this nationally aired report. He said that manufacturing employers are returning to campus to resume recruitment efforts. A WSU business student was also interviewed, and commented that he needed and found assistance in his job search from the career planning and placement office.

November 30, 2004

Pay children to learn? Letter to the editor

Mark Larson, assistant professor, College of Education, wrote after reading the Nov. 29 article "School kids on payroll for learning." Larson wrote that incentives such as "play money" can indeed help children learn.

November 30, 2004

One year tax cut on foreign profits to create jobs

Michael Mclntyre, Wayne State law professor, said an incentive in the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 reduces the tax rate on foreign profits that U.S companies invest at home from 35 percent to 5.25 percent. Critics are questioning whether or not companies will use the money to create jobs or for other unintended purposes such as buying back their company stock. "I don't think companies have any intention of using this to create jobs in the U.S.," said McIntyre.

November 30, 2004

Wayne State women blank Cornell, 5-0

Laura Monk scored two goals each, and goaltenders Tina Thibideau and Tiffany Thompson combined to stop 13 shots as the Wayne State Warriors beat Cornell, 5-0.

November 29, 2004

More than black and white

Jason Booza continues a discussion on the origins of Macomb County's ethnic diversity. "Much of the new diversity is because of spillover from Oakland County, mainly from Troy, often due to new immigrants finding comfortable places to live, Booza says.

November 29, 2004

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The Black Law Students Association (BLSA) at Wayne State will host its inaugural Jazz Night for BLSA alumni Dec. 1st at the Spencer M. Partrich Auditorium in the Law School.

November 29, 2004

Family Values

In a nationally televised program that discussed American and Canadian values in the light of the recent election, Eileen Trzcinski, associate professor, Social Work, discussed Americans\' psychological need to be the \"World Best,\" and Number. She said this need limits serious debate about the country's difficulties. While our health care system has serious problems, for example, we still know that it\'s the \"best\" and we refuse to even consider the possibility that we could learn from others. This comment was tied into the question of why so many Americans are considering immigration.

November 29, 2004

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Wayne State University held a topping-off ceremony for its newest dormitory yesterday.

November 29, 2004

Warriors Fall To the Rock, 70-57

The Wayne State women\'s basketball team comeback effort fell short 70-57 against Slippery Rock University on Monday at Morrow Field House in Slippery Rock, Pa.

November 29, 2004

Prepaid tuition plans feel strain

From Virginia to Texas, a growing number of public universities are seeking to redefine their relationships with their state governments and the taxpayers who historically supplied billions to support the schools. This is raising potential new problems for already troubled prepaid tuition programs, which have struggled as investments foundered and tuitions increased in recent years. Michigan's savings plans give parents a chance to prepay their children's college tuition.

November 29, 2004

Affirmative Action

The U-S Supreme Court upheld the use of race in college admissions in June 2003, but questions linger on how to implement the Supreme Court ruling and solve inequalities in the education system. Experts say the drop in minority applications has little to do with last year\'s battle - there simply aren\'t enough minority students. The number of highly qualified, African American students coming out of public schools across the country is small and shrinking. All the top universities in the country are competing for those students.

November 29, 2004

Schoolkids on payroll for learning

JoAnne Holbert, assistant dean for the division of theoretical and behavior foundations in Wayne State University\'s College of Education, comments about a new teaching incentive tool called "Beverly Bucks" currently being used as part of the third-grade curriculum at Beverly Elementary in the Birmingham school district. Students earn "Beverly Bucks" in the form of vouchers when they complete schoolwork such as homework, tests and class work. A bonus is thrown in for good quality. \"I think you\'re giving them a half step up the ladder to understanding that this is benefiting me,\" Holbert says. \"I would imagine the teacher is thinking that if I can get you to get something positive from learning, the next step is learning for its own sake.\"

November 29, 2004

Electricity may help stroke victims

Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS), a non-invasive procedure of sending tightly focused magnetic pulses into the brain, is highlighted as a revolutionary technique that may significantly help stroke victims. \"A lot of us believe that this is really going to be a turning point in intervention in neuroscience,\" says Dr. Randall Benson of Wayne State University and the Detroit Medical Center. While doctors have already shown that implanting electrodes in the brain to deliver stimulation can help control tremors, he said, rTMS offers a way to stimulate brain circuits without surgery. Benson is just starting a study of using the magnetic stimulation to improve stroke-related language impairment.

November 29, 2004

Stabenow moves up into party's strategy sessions

David Bonior, once the No. 2 Democrat in the U.S. House and now a university professor at Wayne State, comments about Sen. Debbie Stabenow's bid for the Democratic Senate caucus secretary post. \"It gets her into the room when big decisions are being made,\" Bonior says.

November 29, 2004

Livonia residents resist road fixes

The Wayne County Commission\'s Health and Human Services Committee will review a proposed contract to provide service upgrades to the medical examiner\'s office at its meeting today. Officials also will make adjustments to an agreement with Wayne State University for research. The meeting will be held at 10:30 a.m. in Hearing Room 402 in the Wayne County Building, 600 Randolph.

November 29, 2004

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Wayne State University's Small Business Start-up Seminar is being held on Saturday, Dec. 4, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., at Wayne State's Oakland Center campus.

November 29, 2004

Small-biz seminar is Saturday

The Small Business Start-Up Seminar sponsored by Wayne State University and the Detroit Regional Chamber on December 4 is mentioned in a brief article that provides registration and contact information.

November 29, 2004