Wayne State 's College of Nursing faculty member Deborah S. Walker has been awarded over $725,000 for a grant titled, "Graduate Nurse-Midwifery Education in the Urban Environment. The three-year grant aims to straighten the newly pre-accredited graduate nurse-midwifery concentration at Wayne State .

The Wayne State University Alumni Association this fall will offer three new CareerBoost! workshops aimed at recent grads. Hosted by the Recent Alumni Committee, the workshops cover topics such as time management, business planning and self-employment.

Wayne State University 's Warriors football team handed Michigan Tech its first loss of the season 25-14. Middlebrooks rushed for 121 yards and two touchdowns as the Warriors got their first win.

Wayne State 's Hilberry Theatre is noted in a roundup story of plays, ballets and activities scheduled during October and November across southeast Michigan . The Hilberry Theatre will be presenting a series of plays in repertory and one of Shakespeare's classics "Julius Caesar." Mixed in will be Tennessee Williams' "Sweet Bird of Youth" starting Nov. 18. The season lightens up a bit with the comedic "Sylvia," by A.R. Gurney, focusing on the changes that a dog brings into a family in middle-age. A sidebar highlights Wayne State 's Hilberry Theatre offerings.

An editorial calls for the creation of a full, four-year degree university in Macomb County . The latest Census shows Macomb 's population has exceeded 800,000 with anticipated growth to more than a million within a decade, which should validate the need for a higher education institution, according to the editorial. Detroit is noted as home to Wayne State University , a city which is "steadily losing population."

Wayne State's Hilberry Theatre presents its series of plays in repertory, and one of Shakespeare's classics about love and betrayal, "Julius Caesar," is staged Oct. 12- Dec.17. Mixed in will be the Tennessee Williams' "Sweet Bird of Youth," starting Nov. 18th. The season lightens a bit with the comedy "Sylvia" by A.R. Gurney, focusing on the changes a dog brings into a family in middle-age.

Financially struggling companies are under pressure to file for bankruptcy within the next 10 days, before significant changes in the nation\'s bankruptcy laws take effect - sweeping revisions that will limit the amount of money a company can pay top managers, make it harder to wipe out debts for pennies on the dollar and provide outsiders a better chance to propose their own plan for restructuring a bankrupt firm. Companies already considering bankruptcy don\'t want to deal with the changes, said Laura Bartell, a bankruptcy law professor at Wayne State University . \"Everybody is much more comfortable with the devil they know than with the devil they don\'t know,\" Bartell said. But, even if the new rules create a short-term increase in filings to beat the deadline, experts agree the law won\'t encourage or discourage bankruptcies in the long run. The law doesn\'t cause people to file for bankruptcy, Bartell said. \"It depends on what the economy does. What creates bankruptcies is economic problems either for the individual company or the economy as a whole.\"

Delano Tucker, a longtime teacher and youth sports coach who is coordinator of Wayne State University 's sports administration program, is quoted about the growing number of unruly fans. At college venues nationwide, hurling things and shouting obscenities has become standard practice according to administrators and social scientists. ""Almost anything goes,\" Tucker said. He trains people who will run sports organizations and manage teams. When he teaches ethics, students don\'t get it, he said. \"They\'re like, \'What are you talking about?\' \"

Cereal Effects: Wayne State University scientists found that overweight people who ate a bowl of cereal with low-fat milk 90 minutes after their evening meal consumed significantly fewer calories during a four-week diet study than those who did not eat cereal. The reason: the cereal helped eliminate night snacking, a common activity that can really wrack up the pounds.

This article reports on a February forum in New York at which panelists discussed the Wisconsin incident involving the killing of six hunters by a Hmong-American man during an argument in the woods. Among the speakers was Frank Wu, dean of the WSU Law School , who "helped the audience to imagine what Vang may have been thinking and feeling, particularly the sense that no matter how long the Hmongs were in Wisconsin and Minnesota , they could never be viewed as 'locals.'" Wu pointed out that people should not make pretrial judgments about the man's guilt or innocence and should be supportive of his right to get a fair trial.

Wayne State University is noted as one of the central-city anchors in Detroit 's residential development. Two new loft residential projects on Detroit 's near-west side show the trend toward urban living is continuing. Work has begun on Research Lofts, a 38-unit condominium project at 5766 Trumbull , just west of the Wayne State campus.

Peter Lichtenberg, director of Wayne State 's Institute of Gerontology , was a guest on the "Senior Solutions" show. He discussed racial and ethnic disparities in persons who experience dementia.

Just as Capital City Airport prepares to lose a daily flight on Northwest Airlines and on Delta Air Lines, it\'s facing another dilemma involving the bankrupt carriers. This one will hit the airport - already operating in a budget with little wiggle room - in the wallet. Combined, Northwest and Delta owed Lansing \'s Capital City Airport an estimated $414,700 before filing for bankruptcy protection. General unsecured creditors, such as Capital City , will be among the thousands represented by nine-member creditor panels in the Northwest and Delta bankruptcy cases. \"Generally, unsecured creditors generally do not get 100 cents on the dollar,\" said Laura Bartell, a professor at Wayne State University Law School . \"They generally will get something ... 10 to 20 cents (on the dollar) maybe.\"

When most of his peers were splurging on cars, clothes and bar outings, 19-year-old Bryan McLaughlin was shopping for his first home. "I had a bunch of money saved up, and I was looking at cars when a friend recommended I buy a condo,\" he said in September. McLaughlin, a Canton , Mich. , resident, skipped college and at 17 began to work 50 hours a week at an orthodontic lab and a liquor store. By 19, he had put aside more than $20,000. With the tax incentives in mind, he decided to put all of it down on a 1,440-square-foot, $180,000 condo that overlooks a golf course. His nest egg allowed him to secure a three-year, adjustable-rate mortgage at 5.25 percent. Advice for buyers - Make sure you have a stable, well-paying job, Wayne State University Professor George Galster said.

Of WSU's 33,000 students, approximately 25 percent of the undergraduates are nontraditional, starting at 25 or older. Many of the older students are balancing tasks as college students and as parents. Universities are doing their part in making life easier for parents who become students again by offering night classes, childcare and other resources. "In my years here, I've seen many students with children," said WSU representative Molly Brauer.

Ford Motor Co. and Boeing Co. announced Thursday an intent to work with researchers at Northwestern University in Evanston , Ill. to research commercial applications of nanotechnology. The intent to form this new alliance is being announced on the same day that Ford and Northwestern University dedicate a new $30 million engineering center on the school\'s campus near Chicago . Ford provided a $10 million grant to build the new Ford Motor Co. Engineering Design Center as part of the Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science.

Michigan's K-12 public school system must adapt to a changing world by moving away from the traditional learning environment within classrooms and school buildings, according to a newly released study, "Exploring E-Learning Reforms for Michigan: The New Education (R)evolution," authored by Tom Watkins, Michigan's former state schools' superintendent. The study provides 29 major recommendations designed to further develop and enhance e-learning in Michigan 's K-12 public school system.

Dr. Jack Ebright, an infectious disease specialist at Wayne State , appeared as an in-studio guest on the 7 p.m. newscast to discuss the potential for worldwide outbreak of bird flu.

On September 7th, Wayne State's Law School will host a "Celebrate with the Bar" event at the Spencer Partrich Auditorium from 4 to 7p.m. Students are invited to attend an informal gathering with the representatives from the State Bar of Michigan along with local and specialty bar associations.

Professor William Volz of the School of Business Administration is quoted in a story about fraud charges filed against Delphi Corp., the auto parts supplier. The suit, filed by several institutional investors, claims that Delphi used business and accounting practices that hid growing financial problems. Volz pointed out that investors rely on the accuracy of a company's financial reports, and "when an enterprise's financial statements are sullied, it's not a stain that goes away quickly."