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…frontlines 1- t )/T ory Brotherly Harmony Two Orthodox olim from Oak Park become a singing sensation in Israel. Shelli Liebman Dorfman Contributing Writer I sraeli singing stars — brothers Shimon and Moshe Bell — spent sev- eral days with their manager/market- ing agent a couple of weekends ago. In other words, Shimon, a combat medic, and Moshe, a yeshivah student, relaxed over Shabbat in Ramat Bet Shemesh with their mom/manager, Leeba ...…
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…ass ac Theatre professor hits the mark with students cind audiences alike By Rebecca Kavanagh One of Professor David Magidson's favorite class assignments is deceptively simple: Write a theatre review in one sentence. His Wayne State University students groan at the prospect of squeezing in every last who, what, when, where and why before the period. But they manage to prevail, eventually, and the exercise helps them with the next challeng...…
…Work that matters At Wayne State, relevant research is everyone's business By Paula Neuman All members of the Wayne State University community, whether students or faculty, have a variety of opportunities to engage in research — creating new knowledge, new products and new practices in their fields of interest. Over the past year, for example, IIII David Rosenberg, M.D. discovered a way to distinguish children and adolescents with major d...…
…engineering, and his student researchers are exploring electric-drive technology in partnership with General Motors and the U.S. Department of Energy. Ku leads Wayne State's team — the only group from Michigan chosen to participate — in the EcoCAR 2 program. This initiative is engaging students and faculty in exploring ways to minimize petroleum use and reduce energy consumption and emissions. Master's degree graduates from Wayne's pioneering...…
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