Coverage of the Karmanos Cancer Institute
Coverage of the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute announcement was provided by WDET.
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Medicaid helps keep seniors out of nursing homes
An opinion article notes a study prepared for the Detroit Area Agency on Aging (DAAA) by Wayne State University's Department of Community Medicine. The study found that senior care management programs allow seniors to remain at home despite needing services that qualifies them for nursing home care. The study says there appears to be a high need for this service among seniors in Wayne County, especially in communities that have higher premature deaths compared with the remainder of the state.
Residents near WSU complain about parking
Following complaints from apartment dwellers near the Wayne State campus that students were parking in their spots, Detroit officials responded by restricting parking to two to three hours Monday-Friday. Now apartment residents say they are being ticketed and that the city's solution has actually created more problems. Residents from the Second Avenue area were interviewed during the 10 p.m. newscast story.
Michigan families forced to live with sacrifices
In a story about the impact of gasoline prices on family budgets, Kurt Metzger, demographics expert in the Center for Urban Studies (CULMA), points out that price increases are most harmful to low-income residents in the Detroit metropolitan area. Cities such as Detroit and Highland Park have the highest concentrations of low-income persons and are not where service industry jobs are being created, he says.
Newsman was Detroit TV fixture
A Detroit News obit on longtime Channel 4 news reporter Bob Bennett includes information that memorial contributions may be made to the Bob Bennett Scholarship Fund at Wayne State University. Channel 4 mentioned the scholarship in a news broadcast. The popular Detroit TV newsman, who died Saturday, retired in 2000 after 32 years on the job.
U.S. pageant runner-up, 54, is champion for disability rights
A profile by Desiree Cooper on 54-year-old Marva Ways, who is the reigning Ms. Wheelchair Michigan, notes that she is a quadriplegic and has been a "nonstop disability rights advocate for the past 28 years." Ways has continued working, taking positions with organizations like the Developmental Disabilities Institute at Wayne State and the Great Lakes Center for Independent Living.
Warrior volleyball picked sixth by coaches
The Wayne State volleyball team was selected to finish in sixth place in the South Division by head coaches of the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) in preseason balloting. The coaches chose Northern Michigan University to win the league\'s North Division, and the University of Findlay to take the South Division. The GLIAC proved to be one of Division II's toughest conferences last season, sending three teams to the NCAA II Great Lakes Region Tournament. The volleyball season begins Friday.
MSU offers new masters program in intellectual property law
To meet a fast-growing need for attorneys and professionals working in the intellectual property and communications areas, the Michigan State University College of Law has established new master's of law and jurisprudence degree programs in intellectual property and communications law.
Detroit Orientation Institute seeks applicants for October program
The Detroit Orientation (DOI) Institute is accepting applications for its fall program scheduled on Oct. 11, 18 and 25. DOI sessions provide a historical perspective and candid look at Detroit and the region.
Dennis Archer Foundation
In an interview about the Dennis Archer Foundation's scholarship fund, Archer mentioned that he has alerted Wayne State and other universities to be on the lookout for suitable candidates.
Strapped area schools outsource more jobs
Michael Addonizio, associate professor at Wayne State University's College of Education, commented on the move to privatize services once provided by employees at Michigan's public schools. Food, custodial and transportation services, formerly performed by district employees, are examples of jobs being handed over to private companies to save on payroll costs.
When it comes to coming trouble, the eyes have it
The Kresge Eye Institute at Wayne State University is mentioned as one of four Michigan institutions that shared $14.8 million in federal funding for eye and vision research in 2003.
Business People
Delila Owens, an assistant professor at Wayne State University, was appointed by Gov. Jennifer Granholm to the Michigan Board of Counseling. The board is responsible for licensing professional counselors and has authority to take needed disciplinary action.
City planning
Free Press editorial page editor Ron Dzwonkowski notes that Wayne State University experts worked with city planner Constantine Doxiadis on a major Detroit urban plan that was unveiled in 1970. The project called for an extensive mass transit system, an interlocked grid of freeways and a new anchor city on the St. Clair River. Doxiadis' plan, designed to be completed by 2000, never advanced beyond the announcement stage.
"Leaders on Leadership" - Anthony Earley
Anthony Earley, chairman and chief executive officer of DTE Energy, was the guest on the \"Leaders on Leadership\" program co-produced by Wayne State University's WSU School of Business Administration and Detroit Public Television. Wayne State students in the audience and host Larry Fobes participated in the discussion focusing on Earley's leadership experiences aboard a US warship; building nuclear power plants on the East Coast; and the challenges facing DTE during last year\'s power outage.
"Back from the grave - are sacred Indian artifacts going home?"
Pasatiempo, New Mexico Weekly Magazine of Arts, 8/20-26
The U.S. government recognized the rights of Native Americans through the passage of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) 14 years ago. Progress in carrying out the act has been slow. Thomas Killion, chair of the Wayne State Anthropology department, said the act had been expanded to cover more than human remains and now includes "sacred objects" central to Native American culture and religion. "The category 'cultural patrimony' includes items that are emblems of the group and its identity…" said Killion. "We compare it to the U.S. Constitution, which is preserved as an icon of our nationhood." Killion said many objects held by museums were critical to the organization of Native American political groups and were returned because they were "defining objects and that their loss struck hard at the identity of the group."
People on the move
The "people" column in the business section notes that Ted Coutilish of Wayne State University was elected vice president of the board of directors for the International Association of Business Communicators, Detroit chapter. He is director of the Marketing and Publications Office.
WSU ranking in U.S. News & World Report discussed on WJR
U.S. News & World Report's deputy education editor discussed the publication's recently released annual college rankings on WJR's Paul W. Smith Show. He mentioned that WSU was ranked in the fourth tier of the national ranking list. He also noted that the rankings are determined by such factors as graduation and retention data, faculty and financial information and the alumni percentages of giving to their university.
Wayne State continues to rise in NSF research rankings
Wayne State University Thursday announced that the 2002 National Science Foundation report on research and development expenditures at U.S. universities found WSU continuing to climb. Wayne State advanced two places in total university R&D to 61st among all U.S. universities, and one place to 41st among public universities. Key growth areas include social sciences by 24.4 percent, life sciences by 13.4 percent, physical sciences by 10.6 percent and engineering by 7 percent. The university's rank for medical sciences held at number 22, a growth of 12 spots from 10 years ago. Chemistry and physics both climbed higher; four spots to 47 in chemistry and two spots to 41 in physics. In the past seven years, Wayne State's research has grown over 11 percent annually, with research expenditures reaching nearly $199 million in 2002.
U-M, MSU ranked among best in U.S.
A nationwide ranking of America's top colleges lauds a handful of Michigan schools as being among the nation's best. The rankings, published by U.S. News & World Report, reveal that the University of Michigan is among the country's best universities nationwide and Michigan State University is among the "best values." Other Michigan universities were placed in a ranking that assigned tiers to schools not in the top 50 percent in their category, and Wayne State University was placed in the fourth tier. The rankings are generated by a formula that includes variables such as graduation and retention rates, faculty and financial resources, and the percentage of alumni who donate money to their alma mater.