A story highlighting 91-year-old Recy Taylor, who was kidnapped, raped and tortured by Alabama police 67 years ago, lauded the research and dedication of Wayne State University assistant professor Danielle McGuire. Taylor\'s story, along with those of other black women attacked by white men during the civil rights era, is told in McGuire's book At the Dark End of the Street.

Veteran Hollywood film editor Richard Chew, who has been in Detroit since last fall as a visiting professor at Wayne State University, is appearing at the Detroit Film Theatre this month to lead a series of double-feature screenings. The series launches at 6 p.m. today with \"The Bicycle Thief,\" Vittorio De Sica\'s 1945 account of a Rome-based poster hanger, his son and their all-important family bicycle. Chew also spoke about his film editing career with WDET's Rob St. Mary.

Wayne State University Law School Professor Peter J. Henning commented about John Edwards's recent indictment by a federal grand jury for conspiracy, allegedly accepting campaign contributions to cover-up the extramarital affair with his former aide. Henning and other guests projected how the prosecution and defense will handle the controversial legal case.

Numerous media outlets reported on the power outages in Detroit last Thursday and over the weekend. In the Detroit News story, Kipp Cycholl, a Wayne State University construction manager, said the half of the campus on the Detroit Public Lighting system is the one that failed. The section of campus served by DTE is up. A variety of buildings were affected, including dorms, classrooms, the undergraduate library and the Barnes and Noble bookstore.

A new craze of products promise instant relaxation and mood mellowing following a day of downing high-voltage energy drinks. Most relaxation drinks and brownies contain melatonin, a hormone in the human body that regulates the sleep cycle. Melatonin is not regulated by the Food and Drug Administration because they\'re a \"dietary supplement\" -- in the same category as vitamins. Among the most popular relaxation products, Lazy Cakes hit the market about six months ago. Users could potentially be ingesting 8 milligrams of melatonin at once - which experts say is almost too much. Catherine Jen, chair of the Department of Nutrition and Food Science at Wayne State University, said 8 milligrams of melatonin is an unusually high dosage, as most people who take melatonin tablets as a sleep aid only need 3 milligrams to feel its effects. Children should not take melatonin supplements unless they have serious sleep problems as diagnosed by a doctor, Jen said.

Anthony Weiner, a Democratic New York congressman is facing calls for his resignation after acknowledging that he sent graphic photos to women he knew on social media websites. With the popularity of social media sites Twitter and Facebook, people can be lured into thinking they\'re engaged in a private relationship that, in reality, provides little privacy at all. \"We all do silly things but in the age of new media we are not well educated about the consequences,\" said Karen McDevitt, who teaches new media practices at Wayne State University. \"I tell students all the time, \'Privacy does not exist when you\'re involved in new media.\' \"

For the fourth consecutive year, Wayne State University will kick off and celebrate the summer season with its weekly Wednesday farmers market. Members of the university, Midtown and broader Detroit community are invited to visit the Wayne State market and shop for fresh, locally grown vegetables, fruits, herbs, flowers, honey, and other farm and food products. The market opens June 8, and will run every Wednesday from 11 am to 4 pm through October 26. The WSU Farmers Market is a project of SEED Wayne, whose mission is to collaboratively build sustainable food systems on the campus of Wayne State University and in Detroit neighborhoods.

Oakland University will see a tuition increase of 7 percent, following action taken by the Board of Trustees. The move began the time of year when students find out their tuition costs for the following academic year. On Thursday, Western Michigan University officials will vote on tuition rates, and within the next two weeks the University of Michigan, Michigan State University, Wayne State University and other public universities will also set tuition. No one, however, expects rates to go over 7 percent since Gov. Rick Snyder\'s budget essentially caps the rate or universities will lose some state aid. Already, the universities are grappling with a 15 percent budget cut.

An article highlights recent updates and progress at TechTown's Great Lakes Stem Cell Commercialization Center, which is undergoing a name change according to James Eliason, a professor at Wayne State University and the center's director. The center is still being built but seems mostly completed. Eliason is trying to raise the $3 million it will take to purchase equipment and ramp up operations. With venture capital tight, Eliason said the facility can help researchers and startups from U-M, WSU, and Michigan State University develop their technologies so they better position themselves for funding when they are ready.

The major component in the spice turmeric may help treat drug resistant pleural mesothelioma. Researchers at Wayne State University have been studying the effects of the compound, known as curcumin, on mesothelioma cells in the laboratory and in animal subjects. Their research suggests that curcumin has the power to attack mesothelioma from several angles.

In a feature piece, WDET's Rob St. Mary spoke with Mark Bell, owner and publisher of "Film Threat," a magazine started by two former Wayne State University students. The magazine ceased publication in 1997 and became web only. Now, 14 years later, Bell is seeking a return to print.

An article highlights prostate cancer research from Dr. Elisabeth Heath, director of prostate cancer research and associate professor in the Department of Oncology at the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, and her Wayne State University School of Medicine colleagues. The group was awarded $10,000 in research funding through the 2011 Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation's McDevitt Excellence in Research Award for clinical research. The winning research, "A phase 1 dose-escalation study of oral BR-DIM (BioResponse 3, 3"-Diindolylmethane) in castrate-resistant, non-metastatic prostate cancer" was recently published in the "American Journal of Translational Research." A photo of Dr. Heath is included.

Gary Rhoades formally resigned on Monday as general secretary of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP), and it appears likely that the organization, which holds its annual conference here later this week, will redefine the job over the summer and fall months and put off selection of a permanent replacement until next year. Charles J. Parrish, professor of political science at Wayne State University and vice president of the Michigan AAUP conference, on Monday called the resignation of Rhoades \"a tragedy for the national AAUP.\" Many leaders of the group\'s affiliates, he said, \"deeply appreciate his capacity to express the concerns, political and organizational, that we have in the field.\"

While much news has been made of Detroit Public Schools shuttering schools across the district, new partnerships with entities like Wayne State University and the Detroit Medical Center will give students specialized training and attention at two new public high schools in the 2011-2012 academic year. Incoming freshmen at the Benjamin Carson School of Science and Medicine will embark on a curriculum heavily focused on math and sciences to prepare for careers in the health care industry. And their learning isn\'t limited to the classroom -- students will access the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, the Kresge Eye Institute, the DMC and Wayne State for real world education.

Issue Media Group is partnering with New Michigan Media to help tell the growing number of success stories of businesses started by minorities and immigrants in Metro Detroit. The new partnership, funded by the New Economy Initiative, will utilize content created by five of the largest ethnic-based publications in Michigan: The Arab American News, The Jewish News, The Michigan Korean Weekly, The Latino Press, and The Michigan Chronicle. \"The project will remake the narrative of Detroit,\" says Hayg Oshagan, president of New Michigan Media and professor of communications at Wayne State University. \"There is the general sense of the city in the region that is all doom and gloom. That\'s not true.\"

A Waterford district court judge could be in hot water with the state\'s Judicial Tenure Commission after her very public plea for donations to help her home state of Missouri rebuild after a deadly tornado. The Michigan Code of Judicial Conduct says, \"A judge should not individually solicit\" for charities \"or use the prestige of that office for that purpose.\" Ken Mogill, a Lake Orion attorney who teaches ethics at Wayne State University Law School, said the canon was clear, \"and it\'s a line you don\'t step over.\"

More than 50 transit enthusiasts attended the Model D Speaker Series on Urban Mobility held recently at Wayne State University's Law School. The event, presented by Model D, MSHDA and Wayne State, celebrated those who chose alternative transit as a method of travel. According to Wayne State professor Robin Boyle, chair of the Department of Urban Studies and Planning, commented. \"Planning is really about choices. And we need to give people choices, and not only push them down one particular track -- and in this case, it\'s auto dependency.\" Alternative transit, he added, is a way to reconnect the city and the suburbs (and more importantly, people within them).

The criminal investigation of Goldman Sachs Group Inc. by the Manhattan district attorney\'s office has at its disposal a 90-year-old New York law that makes it easier for state prosecutors to bring charges than for their federal counterparts. District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. has subpoenaed Goldman Sachs, the fifth-biggest U.S. bank by assets, for records on its activities leading into the credit crisis, two people familiar with the matter said. Vance may bring charges under the state\'s Martin Act, which lawyers call a potent tool for New York prosecutors probing investment fraud, Ponzi schemes and other white-collar crimes. Peter Henning, professor at Wayne State University Law School, said he doubts that Vance\'s investigators will find \"a smoking gun\" in documents that have already been reviewed by Congress and federal regulators, including the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. By using the Martin Act, Vance may instead be able to build a criminal case based on circumstantial evidence, he said. \"It makes it easier to prove,\" Henning said of the state statute.

An article highlights state health and environment officials' plan to catch and test walleye and perch from Lake St. Clair for PCBs in the area near two canals where the levels of the cancer-causing compounds in other fish prompted a public health warning. The article references Wayne State University researchers who urged a ban on consuming fish from the canals after discovering a recurrence of high levels of PCBs in the sediment.

For the first time, a state appointed emergency manager has permission to void a union contract in a Michigan city. The state Treasurer's office gave its approval to Pontiac's emergency manager Monday to void the city's police dispatchers' contract. Pontiac's policing duties are being taken over by the Oakland County sheriff's department. Robert Sedler, Wayne State University constitutional law professor, believes the courts would find the decision to void the contract a 'reasonable' one. "What I think makes this reasonable in the Pontiac situation is that it is part of a transfer of law enforcement from the city of Pontiac to the sheriff."