Wayne State's efforts to promote Sustainable transportation projects are cited in this story. The Parking and Transportation Department is adding bike racks and looking into a Bike-Friendly Certification from The League of American Bicyclists. Future plans include organizing a bike share program for the campus. The Introduction of the Midtown Connections shuttle service plans to connect WSU, Henry Ford Hospitals and DMC shuttles into one functional, convenient and efficient transportation system for the surrounding neighborhood easing residence transport needs. WSU surrounding residence will also have the option to "borrow" a car from a care sharing program that is in the works. This program is planned for everyone in the WSU living area..

Thomas Pyrzewski - an adjunct sculpture instructor at Wayne State University and interim director of Wayne State University\'s Art Galleries -- will create a sculpture that promotes a \"recycle\" message by using materials destined for landfills and recycling them into artwork resembling an organic life form. The sculpture commissioned by St. Clair County Community College, will be located on its Port Huron campus.

Eastern Michigan University's Board of Regents announced a 3.65 percent increase Monday, and last week the University of Michigan raised tuition 6.7 percent while Michigan State University raised tuition 6.9 percent. Central Michigan University will determine its own tuition increase at the July 14 board of trustees meeting. The Wayne State University Board of Governors will meet Wednesday to determine its tuition rate, but university officials have already stated that a 7.1 percent increase is necessary to balance the school's budget.

Wayne State University approved a 6.9 percent increase in tuition for next year, which is the lowest dollar increase of any of Michigan's public universities. The average dollar cost increase for the research universities, which include the University of Michigan, Michigan State University and Michigan Tech, is $700 per year. The budget includes $29 million in base budget reductions and will include the continuation of searches for 59 new faculty members. \"We never want to raise tuition this much,\" said Tina Abbott, chair of Wayne State's Board of Governors. \"We know how difficult this economy is, and how much this hurts students and their families. But we faced the largest cut in state appropriations in our history. We have a duty to protect the quality of a Wayne State education and we had no other choice.\" Megha Trivedi, WSU pre-med student and student delegate to WSU's Board of Governors' Budget and Finance Committee, also commented in the Detroit News story.

E. M. Broner, a writer who explored the double marginalization of being Jewish and female, producing a body of fiction and nonfiction that placed her in the vanguard of Jewish feminist letters, died on Tuesday in Manhattan. She was 83. Ms. Broner was among the first writers to consider feminism and Judaism as parts of a seamless if difficult-to-integrate whole. While her work was often likened to that of postwar feminist novelists like Doris Lessing, Marge Piercy and Marilyn French, it was distinguished by its specifically Jewish focus. Ms. Broner earned a bachelor's degree in sociology and a master's in creative writing from Wayne State University; she later received a Ph.D., with a specialization in religion, from what is now the Union Institute & University in Cincinnati. She joined the Wayne State faculty in 1964 and taught in the English department there for many years; she also taught at Sarah Lawrence College and elsewhere.

Wayne State University women's hockey player and assistant team captain Ciara Lee addressed the Board of Governors Wednesday about bringing back the women's hockey team. She hoped to get her hockey team reinstated after it was a victim of budget cuts in May.

Last January, when an incentive program was created to lure employees of major anchor institutions to live in the city\'s Midtown district, nobody quite knew how it would work out. Five months later, the evidence suggests the incentive program has been a huge hit. As of Wednesday, 178 people have taken advantage of the Midtown incentives to buy a new home, sign or renew an apartment lease, or begin home renovations, according to Midtown Detroit Inc., the nonprofit group that is coordinating the program. The Midtown program was open to employees of three major anchors -- Wayne State University, Detroit Medical Center and Henry Ford Health System. Now it appears that a similar incentive program is in the works for downtown workers employed at Quicken Loans and other firms.

Wayne State University President Allan Gilmour spoke with WWJ reporter Vicki Thomas about tuition during a break from the Transformation Detroit media briefing. He said that the Board of Governors will take up the issue of tuition during its Wednesday meeting.

In a story about the impact of names in professions such as politics, law and medicine, a Wayne State University study is noted that found that medical doctors and lawyers were more likely to have last names that somehow evoked their professions. It was published last year in the journal \"Names: A Journal of Onomastics.\"

The Allied Media Conference, a four-day long national grassroots media training seminar, kicks off June 23 at Wayne State's McGregor Memorial Conference Center. Professionals and enthusiasts school each other on everything from graphic design and blogging to performance arts and social justice issues.

In a story about the increase in tuition and declining state appropriations, it is noted that Wayne State University\'s Board of Governors are considering a 7.1-percent tuition increase for next school year. Three Wayne State students comment on camera about the prospect of paying more tuition.

Fifty out-of-state members are descending on Detroit from Thursday through Sunday for the National Society of Newspaper Columnists\' 35th annual convention. The organization\'s \"Rebound in Motown\" event, headquartered this week at the Westin Book-Cadillac Hotel, includes workshops, panels, awards dinners and field trips. Ten local columnists will be joining the visiting journalists, along with a dozen panelists. Included among the scheduled events during the conference are visits and discussions about Wayne State University\'s TechTown.

An article notes Wayne State University professor Marc W. Kruman's reading during the Emancipation Proclamation event at the Henry Ford Museum on Tuesday.

Noah Hall, a law professor at Wayne State University who used to manage the Great Lakes Water Resources Program for the National Wildlife Federation, commented in a story about the fear that the Great Lakes could have its water diverted to other parts of the country to address shortage issues in the west. Hall said such a move is unlikely. For one thing, there's an agreement between eight Great Lakes states and two Canadian provinces that prohibits diversions outside the Great Lakes basin. Congress passed it and so did the president. As long as that compact stays in place, the Southwest and the rest of the world should be out of luck. Hall said the cost of moving water that far west, and moving it uphill to boot, is too expensive to be possible anyway.

Wayne State University law professor Peter Henning commented about the mortgage foreclosure crisis and the lawsuits, sanctions and convictions that have followed. One of the biggest sanctions is last year\'s Securities and Exchange Commission $550 million fine against Goldman Sachs for misleading investors about the quality of subprime mortgages. Also last year, the SEC fined Angelo Mozilo, the former CEO of Countrywide, the giant mortgage lender. The fine was $73 million, of which Mozilo paid a portion. Henning doesn\'t consider that an effective punishment for Mozilo. \"He made hundreds of millions of dollars on his stock,\" Henning said. \"So in the rough justice category, that\'s not very satisfying.\"

A media project continues through Wednesday to help change journalists\' perceptions of the city through meetings with local government, business, health and education officials. Transformation Detroit Media Briefing begins today with discussions with Wayne State University President Allan Gilmour, Henry Ford Health System President and COO Robert Riney and Blue Cross Blue Shield Vice President, Corporate Secretary and Services Tricia Keith.

Another story evolving from the Transformation Detroit media briefing focuses on what Detroit's major employers are doing to encourage people to choose Detroit as their residence. A lot of the focus is currently in downtown Detroit and Midtown. Wayne State University, the Detroit Medical Center and Henry Ford Health System have all launched the Live Midtown initiative, which offers huge incentives to employees who either rent or buy homes in Midtown.

In his technology report, Matt Roush announced that Wayne State University is helping TechTown startup companies secure the best and brightest college talent with a new incentive program that rewards entrepreneurs for hiring work-study students. Initially, Wayne State will place one student - at no additional cost to the TechTown company that licenses a technology from the university - to work on specific projects such as refining a business plan, conducting market research or developing a funding or sales pitch.

Two Wayne State University students are interviewed about their summer job prospects as the region is experiencing a competitive and tight market for temporary employment. Video of Wayne State's campus is included.

The issue of older adults downsizing their possessions to move into a senior living community is the focus of this story, and an ongoing Wayne State University and University of Kansas study titled Household Moves Project. Researchers are trying to determine why downsizing is so difficult for seniors.