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Former State Sen. Randy Richardville discusses the Detroit bankruptcy at Weill Hall on Wednesday.
Key players provide inside look at Detroit bankruptcy Ford School panel focuses on impact of the city’s 2014 ‘grand bargain’ By JACKIE CHARNIGA Daily Staff Reporter
Key players in Detroit’s now-infamous bankruptcy proceedings convened at the Ford School of Public Policy on
Wednesday to discuss the city’s growth since the city first filed for bankruptcy in 2013. The panel focused on the impact of the Detroit “grand bargain,” which decreased the city’s $18 billion debt, restored public safety services and increased funding to city infrastructure. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Steven W. Rhodes, who oversaw Detroit’s bankruptcy, designed the $194.8 million bailout, known as the grand bargain, to
garner support for a deal from unions and retirees. Rhodes joined Wednesday’s panel along with Judge Gerald Rosen, Judge Mike Gadola, former State Sen. Randy Richardville, former State Rep. Thomas Stallworth and Chad Livengood, a political reporter for The Detroit News. The panelists examined how Detroit’s financial challenges halted the city’s full operation — from its road, school and emergency services to the pension plans and benefits for
MEDICINE
By TOM MCBRIEN Daily Staff Reporter
Brain tumor removal is the ultimate game of Operation. Remove too little of a tumor and it could be back within months. Remove too much and your patient may never speak or walk again. A new microscope, developed in the University’s Medical School, could help surgeons with the difficult task of tumor removal by showing the difference between healthy and tumorous tissue in real-time. A team of Medical School doctors and students spent years developing the new technology, called the stimulated Raman scattering — or SRS — microscope, alongside researchers from other institutions including Harvard and New York University. It could eventually help improve the outcomes for some of the nearly 700,000 people in the United
States living with brain tumors. Third-year Medical student Spencer Lewis, an author of the paper announcing the first clinical test of this technology, said it’s difficult to tell the difference between healthy and unhealthy brain tissue using the naked eye — making the technology all the more neccisary. “Brain tissue normally looks like a soft, tan mass with a very soft, jelly-like consistency,” Lewis said. “And tumor is often a similar color and is really only differentiated by texture. So it’s very difficult to tell by eye the difference, depending on the type of tumor.” The SRS microscope addresses this difficulty through a technique called Raman spectroscopy, which uses a laser to shine light at a piece of brain tissue that has been biopsied from the brain. The many molecules in the tissue have chemical bonds between them that are constantly wiggling, stretching and rotating. Each type of tiny bond movement affects the light in a different way. By detecting how the light is altered and scattered, scientists can infer what kind of bonds and molecules are in the tissue. The SRS amplifies this See BRAIN TUMORS, Page 3A
By ISOBEL FUTTER Daily Staff Reporter
Following an ongoing national conversation about the relationship between police and communities, Washtenaw County Police and Public Safety department will now implement additional measures to communicate with the public. On Wednesday, the 16th Annual Public Forum for the Enhancement of Police and Community Trust featured a panel of police from municipalities including Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti, Milan and Pittsfield Township, in addition to the Michigan State Police. Community members came from all over the county with questions about police relations. Stephanie Dawkins Davis,
executive assistant U.S. attorney, spoke about the importance of ensuring regular police correspondence with the community. Davis said community understanding of law enforcement has had positive results in southeast Michigan. “Justice doesn’t happen under a rock, the community has to understand what decisions are being made and what criteria is needed to make those decisions,” Davis said. She added that Detroit has a similar program to ENPACT called ALPACT — Advocates and Leaders for Police and Community Trust. According to Davis, the program has been extremely successful. She cited a recent incident when an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent shot a man in Detroit, pointing out that there were no riots from the city’s inhabitants in response. “We were able to have respectful dialogue,” Davis said. “We can’t say that something like See ENPACT, Page 3A
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‘U’ researchers pilot advances in microscopy Technology could increase success of surgeries to remove brain tumors
city retirees — and credited the grand bargain with its revival. “From a constitutional perspective, this is the state of Michigan coming to the federal government to solve a problem that it could not solve on its own under our constitutional structure,” Rhodes said. Rhodes said when the city filed for bankruptcy, the largest portion of debt came from the water department’s secured debt and post-employment benefits See DETROIT, Page 3A
Forum draws law enforcement leadership from across the county
Medical School says 2014 was record year for startups New programs encourage historic number of patents By TOM MCBRIEN
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Paul McCartney performs at Joe Louis Arena on his “Out There” tour on Wednesday.
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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
Kelsey Mitchell poised for breakout season in 2015-16 Barnes Arico touts senior forward’s progress coming off major injuries By TED JANES Daily Sports Writer
For any athlete, two years of injuries can incur just as much damage mentally as it can
physically. But for a senior on the Michigan women’s basketball team, a torn anterior cruciate ligament and a broken foot have revamped her mindset, leaving her looking to finish on a high. Wednesday, at the Michigan women’s basketball team’s media day, coach Kim Barnes Arico began her opening statement by mentioning a player that hasn’t been in many headlines: forward Kelsey Mitchell. After highlighting the new
additions to her staff and recapping the Wolverines’ WNIT run last spring, Barnes Arico discussed the small number of scholarship upperclassmen on the team (four), led by Mitchell and senior guard Madison Ristovski. “Out of those four (upperclassmen), I think the biggest surprise right now is (Mitchell),” Barnes Arico said. “She has had an injury-plagued See BASKETBALL, Page 3A
The University’s Medical School produced the most inventions and startups in its history over the last fiscal year, the school announced last Monday. Due largely to new programs designed to help researchers introduce their discoveries to the market, the Medical School broke its previous records in almost all tech transfer metrics including patents filed, startups produced, license agreements with industry and revenues. Especially lucrative was the partial sale of the Universitydeveloped drug Cerdelga’s licensing rights, which earned the University $65.6 million. Medical School Dean James Woolliscroft said the rise in See PATENTS, Page 3A
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