A story highlights the positive benefits of the Knowledge Action Leadership Excellence Scholarship (K.A.L.E.S.) ACT Preparatory Institute, an intensive seven-week ACT tutoring program that focuses on raising ACT scores for high school juniors. Housed on the campus of Wayne State University, the K.A.L.E.S program is clearly great at what it does. The average student in the program begins with a 20 on their ACT. After K.A.L.E.S, students finish the program with their average score of a 24. One student raised their score from a 12 to a score of 21 according to K.A.L.E.S Coordinator Monica Davies.

A feature story profiles Wayne State University medical student Kara Dupuy, who is busy balancing academics and pursuing a career in music. She is slated to perform her first solo show in nearly six years this weekend in Pontiac. "I don't even really know what made me apply to med school; it was a decision I hadn't really thought through at the time. Everything worked out, and I'm happy I did it now and with the direction my life is taking. But when I accepted my offer from Wayne State, I accepted it knowing I would have to continue doing music somehow. I wouldn't know how to live any other way."

More than 400 delegates in ten states turned-in their ballots on the biggest day of the Presidential primary. Wayne State University professors Marc Kruman and Marjorie Sarbaugh-Thompson joined Craig Fahle to address the new picture and who's in position to take the Presidential nomination.

Although term limits were touted as a way to improve the Michigan Legislature when voters overwhelmingly approved them in 1992, there is little to indicate that has occurred, according to a report released by the Michigan Society of Association Executives. The report, which draws on such sources as research conducted by Wayne State University political science professors, concludes that term limits have led to less experienced legislators and may have increased the influence of lobbyists and legislative staffers, who have more knowledge and greater institutional memory about issues.

Robert A. Sedler, professor of law at Wayne State University, opined about Super PACs and the First Amendment rights protecting the right of individuals, groups, corporations and labor unions to spend money for political purposes. Sedler wrote: "While Congress can impose limits on direct contributions to the candidates themselves, the First Amendment precludes Congress from imposing any limits at all on independent expenditures made in support of or in opposition to political candidates. It is for this reason that the current presidential campaign has seen the emergence of strong "independent expenditure" super PACs." He concludes: "Super PACs, like all other forms of political speech, advance the values of the First Amendment. They have become a very important part of the democratic process in this nation."

Representatives from Wayne State University will present at the Henry Ford Community College (HFCC) 5th Annual Alternative Energy Summit titled "Renewing Michigan" on Friday, March 30, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Andrew A. Mazzara Administrative Services & Conference Center on the main campus. WSU will present on its participation in the EcoCAR 2 competition, which challenges 16 universities across North America to reduce the environmental impact of the Chevy Malibu.

Democrats are readying to name their favorites Saturday for this fall's Michigan Supreme Court and education board races. Democrats can't actually nominate the candidates until their fall convention in September, so Saturday's votes will be nonbinding. Republicans will nominate their candidates in August. Candidates for the Wayne State University Board of Governors include Northville attorney Sandra Hughes O'Brien. The two Democrats currently on the Wayne State board, Tina Abbott and Annetta Miller, have declined to run for re-election. State Board of Education candidates include Michelle Fecteau, executive director of the American Association of University Professors-American Federation of Teachers at Wayne State University.

U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan will be among those taking part in the White House's LGBT Conference on Housing and Homelessness this Friday at Wayne State University. The conference is hosted by the White House Office of Public Engagement and is part of a series of meetings on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues. According to the White House, the morning session will include remarks by Donovan, Wayne State University Vice President Patrick Lindsey, Detroit City Council President Charles Pugh, a panel of senior Obama Administration officials and a panel of national advocates working with homeless LGBT youth. The conference will be held from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Community Arts Auditorium.

Local anglers this summer could be approached by volunteers, asking if they will give blood and urine samples to see whether toxins in fish are staying in the bodies of people. The Michigan Department of Community Health is working with Wayne State University to arrange for people to contact anglers. They will collect information from people who are willing to participate, then randomly select 200 to have blood and urine samples provided at the Bay County Health Department and perhaps the Saginaw Department of Public Health.

Plans are underway for The Community House (TCH) inaugural gala on March 24 at The Community House in Birmingham. The gala will honor family business owner David Trott of Trott & Trott, LLP. Allan Gilmour, president of Wayne State University and former CFO and vice chairman of Ford Motor Company, will serve as the evening's keynote speaker. The event begins at 5:30 p.m., with a VIP reception for gala sponsors and VIP guests with Allan Gilmour and David Trott. Proceeds from the event benefit outreach programs of TCH, including arts and culture programs, as well as a wellness iCount/KidsCount lifestyle program that is being offered to Detroit nonprofits such as The Children's Center, The Development Center; C, Matrix Human Services (Headstart) and Horizon's Upward Bound.

The $27.3 million Marvin I. Danto Engineering Development Center of Wayne State University has received LEED Silver certification from the US Green Building Council. The facility, completed in 2009, is the first building in the University to secure the certification. It covers an area of 82,500 square feet while encompassing three floors. The development center serves as home to engineering research in alternative energy, nanotechnology, biotechnology, smart sensors, advanced propulsion and various other translational research areas. The building features a flexible modular design and incorporates several eco-friendly elements. These include installation of high-performance building automation controls which manage the HVAC systems. It also makes use of materials which reduce off-gassing. Reclaiming of construction debris further contributed to the sustainability of the building.

Ron Dzwonkowski, associate editor of the Free Press, discusses Michigan's seniors who comprise the fastest growing segment of population in the state. Though Michigan's birthrate has been on a downslide since 1960, its over-50 population has been exploding. From 2000-10, the number of state residents ages 60-64 jumped almost 51percent. "Somebody starting up a business here who ignores the realities of the population does so at their own peril," said Tom Jankowski, associate director of Wayne State University's Institute of Gerontology. "They are among the most aware, because they read, and active reading is the best way to learn about anything," he said. "They also are the most connected to their communities; they volunteer more, belong to service clubs. They understand and they care more -- and not just about themselves, but about what the future holds for younger people." However, a study released last summer by the Gerontology Institute's Seniors Count! Project shows a third of the state's over-65 population survives on an income too low to meet basic needs.

Recently the Wayne State University Peace and Justice Learning Community, an extension of the Center for Peace and Conflict Studies program, gathered at the James and Grace Lee Boggs Center to Nurture Community Leadership for a discussion with Grace Lee Boggs about visionary social justice organizing. The conversation focused on action in neighborhood development, improvement, judicial restoration, reform and human rights advocacy with the Detroit community. "Grace Lee Boggs is always up to date and always sees through to the core of problems," said Fredric Pearson, WSU director of Peace and Conflict Studies. "Her wit and insight inspire those around her to do their best to improve social conditions in our communities."

Mary L. Waker, director of technology for teaching and learning at Wayne State University's College of Education, is a presenter at the Mobile Monday Detroit event at 5:30 p.m., Monday, March 5, at Compuware. Mobile technology is on the minds of education professionals now more than ever before. More and more schools, including K-12 and higher education institutions, are increasingly embracing mobile technologies as a teaching tool, as a way to communicate with students for classroom projects, as a means of insuring student safety, and as a way of accessing resources. Educators are learning to use mobile tools, and students are happily engaging in using a tool they'd be using anyway - and experiencing substantial increases in their testing as a result.

Wayne State University Law Professor Robert Sedler was a guest on The Craig Fahle Show talking about syndicated radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh's inflammatory remarks about Georgetown Law student Sandra Fluke. Sedler said that Limbaugh's remarks were fully protected by the First Amendment, and that his statement was hyperbole.

The Southeast Michigan Purchasing Managers Index, a research partnership between Wayne State University's School of Business Administration and the Institute for Supply Management - Southeast Michigan, indicates that metro Detroit's business economy continued to improve in February. The PMI came in at a strong 65.1, slightly lower than the 65.9 reported in January. Generally, PMI index values above 50 suggest an expanding economy - the further above 50, the stronger the growth. "The Southeast Michigan PMI has been above 50 for 24 of the past 25 months, suggesting an improving business climate in Metro Detroit for two years now," said Timothy Butler, associate professor of supply chain management at Wayne State's business school.

While one in five Canadian youth report being bullied regularly, according to the Canada Safety Council, more than 80 per cent of bullies are bosses and at any one time, 25 per cent of the workforce is being subjected to these exhausting spirit-crushing attacks. And they have moved their aim from the weakest kid in the playground to the most esteemed people in the organization; the ones they identify as a threat. According to State University of New York and Wayne State University, workplace bullying is the repeated mistreatment of someone seen as a threat; using persistent aggressive or unreasonable behavior through tactics like verbal, nonverbal, psychological, physical abuse and humiliation.

Crain's technology reporter Tom Henderson wrote about the advancement of tech transfer in Michigan since the formation of the University Research Corridor (URC) in 1999. Wayne State University, Michigan State University and the University of Michigan were the institutions comprising the URC charged with boosting research in the state. Henderson wrote that the new $2.4 million grant from the Michigan Economic Development Corp. perhaps better acknowledges the breadth of university research in the state creating a supply of seasoned entrepreneurs to help startups evolve into for-profit companies. This goal will be achieved through a database including alumni who may be willing to help with time or funding; consultants, mentors and business-coaching volunteers; information on economic-development programs; and access to investors.

The New Economy Initiative (NEI) has embarked on an ambitious 10-year program called the Regional Innovation Network to boost high-tech development and job creation in Southeast Michigan, with a particular emphasis on Detroit's Midtown. NEI Executive Director David Egner said the initiative -- designed to connect the dots of innovation, from the riverfront to Ann Arbor and East Lansing -- will make at least $30 million in grants to an array of organizations. Wayne State University's technology transfer office and TechTown are among the organizations approved for grants so far. In addition, NEI will make a grant, yet to be determined, that will create what is called the High Tech Accelerator inside TechTown, a move designed to get TechTown back to its original mission of incubating emerging tech companies.

Michigan reduced per-student funding for its major public research universities by more than 30 percent between 2002 and 2010, according to the National Science Board (NSB). Per-student funding dropped from $9,900 to less than $6,900 during the period. The NSB went on to say that at the same time foreign competitors were investing heavily, "creating a challenge to the United States' once dominant global position." NSB Chairman Dr. Ray Bowen says the decline in support is a "cause for concern." The report also notes that during this time, enrollment was increasing. Michigan State University, Wayne State University and the University of Michigan are Michigan's research universities.