Doc film festival coming to WSU

Wayne State University will kick off the Detroit Docs International Film Festival with a gala Nov. 11 at the Welcome Center. This year's festival will screen about 100 films from around the world, some of them screened on campus, others at the Detroit Institute of Arts, the Detroit Film Center and the Birmingham 8. The university will also host lectures and workshops on the films, featuring Wayne experts and filmmakers.

September 12, 2004

10 hottest businesses

Wayne's School of Business Administration offered a free work shop on How to Start and Run a Small Business, Sept. 16.

September 10, 2004

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The Friends of Clinton Township Parks and Recreation awarded scholarships including one to Erin MacFarland a student at WSU.

September 9, 2004

Bringing Art to Life

This article ran a photo and quoted Wayne State Art Prof. Mel Rosas. That article discussed \"Artworks for Life,\" a fundraising art project to benefit the Midwest AIDS Prevention Project. Rosas participated in the project.

September 9, 2004

Nader impact uncertain in Michigan

Ralph Nader is on the ballot, but not expected to get many Michigan votes. History Chair Marc Kruman, who teaches a course on presidential elections, thinks Nader will play a minor role. "My sense is that the Kerry margin is significant enough that Nader's entry would not be consequential if the election were to be held today," said Kruman.

September 8, 2004

One Minute Interview

Ralph Kummler, dean of the College of Engineering, is profiled in this Q&A format article that mentions his research on environmental issues and includes his observations on a variety of state, national and environmental issues. He said one of the biggest challenges facing the college is maintaining preeminence in high technology. He reviewed many of the college's strengths and pointed out that it has "an important role to play in continuing the preeminence of Detroit as the motor capital of the world." A photo of Kummler accompanies the article.

September 8, 2004

Archer Foundation expects to raise $100,000 at Sept. 13 event

The Dennis W. Archer Foundation expects to raise at least $100,000 at its 2004 Archer Scholars Scholarship Reception on Sept. 13 to pay for college scholarships for 20 Detroit area students. The scholarships will go to students at Wayne State University and at Western Michigan University.

September 6, 2004

New Web site unveiled

The College of Urban, Labor and Metropolitan Affairs is credited in this newsletter with helping the City of Highland Park to develop a new informational Web site. CULMA provided the services of a graduate-level intern who worked closely with the city to design and create the basic infrastructure for the site.

September 5, 2004

Home Ownership rises in state

Kurt Metzger, research director of the Center for Urban Studies, comments about housing costs taking a bigger chunk out of the average paycheck. "A lot of the low-income people who got jobs in the late '90's through welfare-to-work or whatever have been downsized or cut back or lost their jobs," Metzger says. "Even if their rents haven't gone up much, their incomes have gone down."

September 4, 2004

Tuition hike hit postgrads

Michigan graduate students are bearing the brunt of tuition increases. WSU graduate student Nicole Usionek of Troy said today's marketplace often requires a graduate degree. "I look at how Wayne State organizes things and puts the priorities, and (keeping costs low for) students is not one of their priorities."

September 3, 2004

Lawyers hail admission of mistakes in terror trial

Both newspapers ran an AP story about the Justice Department's announcement that it would not pursue terrorism charges against three Detroit-area defendants who were tried last year on grounds they were part of a terror cell. The government said its prosecutors made errors that deprived the defendants of a fair trial and that it supports their request for a new trial. WSU law professor David Moran said the Justice Department's admission of errors following an internal investigation was surprising and a "very welcome development."

September 3, 2004

Standard Bearer

This story on jazz pianist Mark Moultrup quotes Matt Michaels, a professor and director of jazz studies at Wayne State. Michaels called Moultrup "a polished professional." He characterized him as "a good composer, a good arranger and a good pianist."

September 2, 2004

Democrats nominate candidates for November

Democratic candidates for the Wayne State University Board of Governors are incumbent Annetta Miller and Tina Abbott, secretary treasurer of the Michigan State AFL-CIO. The GOP's nominees are incumbent Paul Hillegonds and Susan Licata Haroutunian.

August 30, 2004

"Nursing faculty shortage looms"

The U of M and other nursing schools haven't been spared the consequences of the nursing shortage. It's not just the bedside nurses in short supply; it's the professors who teach them as well.

August 30, 2004

Michigan universities create high-performance network for collaborative research

Michigan\'s three largest public universities -- Michigan State University, the U of M and Wayne State University are creating a high-performance network to support advanced collaborative research.

August 30, 2004

Parties pick rest of their slates

Paul Massaron of the Wayne State Board of Governors is quoted in a story about Democratic and GOP party conventions in Michigan last weekend. "Had the top of the ticket not won, I would not have been elected," he told Democrats assembled at Detroit's Cobo Center. Delegates from the two parties nominated candidates for the Michigan Supreme Court, state board of education and university board positions. The nominees for the WSU Board of Governors are Democrats Annetta Miller, an incumbent, and Tina Abbott, secretary-treasurer for the Michigan AFL-CIO. Republican candidates are Paul Hillegonds, an incumbent, and Susan Licata Haroutunian. The AP ran a separate story on the nominations, which was picked up by Booth Newspapers.

August 30, 2004

Boys affected by prenatal drugs

The article reports findings of a study headed by Dr. Virginia Delaney-Black of the Wayne State University School of Medicine that found that boys who were repeatedly exposed to cocaine while in their mother's womb are more likely than girls or non-exposed children to be hyperactive or have other behavioral problems at six or seven years of age.

August 30, 2004

Antifungal drug can curb yeast infections

The Times ran a short version of an AP story about a treatment for yeast infections that cites Dr. Jack Sobel, chief of infectious disease at the WSU School of Medicine. He led a study involving 387 women suffering from the ailment. The study found that a drug called fluconazole is and effective treatment.

August 30, 2004

Taking menopause in one's stride, if lucky

Dr. Susan Hendrix, professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the WSU School of Medicine and a principal investigator for the federal Women's Health Initiative Trials regarding estrogen levels and their affects on women during menopause, is quoted in this article. She says hormone therapy can just delay the inevitable. "What are you going to do when you come off (the pills) - go through it all over again? It's not like you put a Band-Aid on and when you remove the Band-Aid you're through menopause and don't have symptoms anymore." She suggests that women educate themselves about menopause and how to work through it.

August 30, 2004

Rain, humidity spawn strong ragweed season

A story about the fall allergy season includes comments by Willane Krell, a pulmonologist and assistant professor of internal medicine in the WSU School of Medicine. "This year, I'm seeing more people who didn't have problems in previous years," she says. "They're complaining that everything is stuffed up, and they're showing up with watery eyes and drippy noses," she said. She attributes the increase in complaints to a cooler summer with abundant rain, which creates more mold. "And mold is an allergen for a lot of people."

August 30, 2004