Kertia Black, assistant dean for student affairs at the Wayne State University School of Medicine, shares her story of starting medical school at age 38 while juggling marriage and motherhood.

Shooting is expected to start Aug. 6 on \"Appleville,\" a film produced entirely by students from Wayne State University, the University of Michigan and Michigan State University. It\'s a project of the newly created Michigan Creative Film Alliance, a collaborative effort by the three universities to produce talent for the state\'s fledgling film industry.

Law professor Noah Hall commented in an article about the recommendation from U.S. Justice Department attorneys that a grand jury be convened and BP managers subpoenaed to determine if any laws were broken in the BP well explosion. Hall said civil fines and compensation payments of as much as $50 billion would be more likely to convince BP to change its way of operating than would a criminal case.

Members of the Detroit Police Department played a basketball game Friday night at the Matthaei Physical Education Center as a memorial for slain officers. Money raised from the event will benefit a scholarship fund for Blair Huff, the son of Officer Brian Huff, who was killed on the job in May.

Many supporters of embryonic stem cell research in Michigan fear that a change in state leadership may have a negative effect on scientific efforts. Carol Brenner, associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Wayne State University, shares her concerns.

A story about a possible resurgence of manufacturing jobs in Michigan references a recent University Research Corridor report that claims manufacturing is \"alive and well\" in the state.

Wayne State students Andrew Smith and Peter Bommarito, the only members of the university's Bass Fishing Club, recently qualified to compete in an upcoming regional competition in the FLW National Guard collegiate bass fishing circuit at Jordan Lake, N.C. A photo of Smith accompanies the story.

Wayne State University is mentioned in an article about the Arab American National Museum's fundraising drive to erect a controversial statue of legendary White House reporter Helen Thomas.

One Wayne State University student received a unique opportunity this week at the National Association of Black Journalists' annual convention. Journalism student Corrine Lyons interviewed ousted USDA official Shirley Sherrod just weeks after she lost her job over remarks she made to the NAACP. According to Lyons, interviewing Sherrod held significance to her as both an aspiring journalist and a black woman.

Ben Burns, director of Wayne State University's journalism program, comments in an article about changing trends in journalism education.

Philip Levine, a Wayne State University alum and Pulitzer Prize-winning poet who has published about a dozen works, was featured yesterday on the "PBS NewsHour." The former assembly line worker reminisced about growing up in Detroit, which has served as an important influence on his writing. http://mms.tveyes.com/Transcript.asp?StationID=2675&DateTime=7%2F28%2F2010+2%3A51%3A38+AM&Term=wayne+state&PlayClip=TRUE http://mms.tveyes.com/Transcript.asp?StationID=635&DateTime=7%2F27%2F2010+7%3A51%3A36+PM&Term=wayne+state&PlayClip=TRUE

U.S. Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick and some of her 13th District congressional race challengers participated in a debate at Wayne State University's law school yesterday. http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/dpp/news/politics/local_politics/13th-district-us-house-candidates-debate-20100726-wpms http://mms.tveyes.com/Transcript.asp?StationID=2790&DateTime=7%2F26%2F2010+11%3A06%3A32+AM&Term=wayne+state&PlayClip=TRUE http://www.freep.com/article/20100727/NEWS15/7270452/1001/News/Rep.-Carolyn-Cheeks-Kilpatrick-rivals-face-off-in-only-debate-Decision-2010 http://www.detnews.com/article/20100727/METRO01/7270350/1410/METRO01/Cheeks-Kilpatrick-forced-to-defend-jailed-son-at-debate#ixzz0utKPhMSd

Carol Miller, professor and chair of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Wayne State, was interviewed on WJR's "Environmentally Sound" program, where she discussed the role that WSU and other universities can play in pacing society toward greener goals.

Four researchers from Detroit's Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute and Wayne State University will receive a total of $1.2 million from Susan G. Komen for the Cure to help advance research to better detect, prevent and eliminate breast cancer. The names of the researchers being funded are included in the story.

Cervical length is the most powerful predictor of spontaneous preterm delivery of singletons or twins, according to a meta-analysis conducted by Dr. Roberto Romero, chief of the Perinatology Research Branch of the National Institutes of Health headquartered at Wayne State, and his colleagues.

U.S. Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick and some of her 13th District congressional race challengers participated in a debate at Wayne State University's law school yesterday. http://www.clickondetroit.com/politics/24401460/detail.html http://mms.tveyes.com/Transcript.asp?StationID=999&DateTime=7%2F27%2F2010+12%3A13%3A50+PM&Term=wayne+state&PlayClip=TRUE

This Crain's story discusses the search process to replace Wayne State President Jay Noren following his resignation last week. Richard Bernstein, Board of Governors chair, said the university\'s next step will be to select an interim president who people can be "comfortable with ... so that way we can take the necessary time to do a national search." He said there is no hurry to select either an interim or a permanent president. "As the board, we\'re going to really want to hear from different people on the campus as to what they would like to see in an interim," Bernstein said. "What does the faculty, administration and the cabinet want to see?" Randal Charlton, executive director of TechTown; Stephen Lerner, M.D., president-elect of the executive committee of the medical school Faculty Senate; and John Flack, M.D., chair of the medical school's department of internal medicine, are quoted in the story.

Midtown Detroit\'s three largest anchor employers are expected to announce in October the first formal plan for them to work together on economic development and revitalization of the area. The report looks at the area\'s demographics, the assets of the three anchor employers - Detroit Medical Center, Henry Ford Health System and Wayne State University - and their spending patterns. It makes recommendations for how the three can cooperate.

U.S. Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick and some of her 13th District congressional race challengers are to debate at Wayne State University's law school today. Crime Stoppers of Michigan President John Broad from Grosse Pointe Farms, Detroit businessman and pastor Glenn Plummer and Vincent Brown of Garden City are scheduled to join Kilpatrick. All the candidates who have agreed to appear are Democrats and will face off against Kilpatrick in next week\'s primary. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-mi-ushouse-13thdistr,0,5592593.story http://mms.tveyes.com/Transcript.asp?StationID=1004&DateTime=7%2F26%2F2010+8%3A07%3A38+AM&LineNumber=&MediaStationID=1004&playclip=True&RefPage= http://mms.tveyes.com/Transcript.asp?StationID=2785&DateTime=7%2F25%2F2010+12%3A07%3A49+PM&LineNumber=&MediaStationID=2785&playclip=True&RefPage= http://mms.tveyes.com/Transcript.asp?StationID=1014&DateTime=7%2F26%2F2010+12%3A06%3A02+PM&LineNumber=&MediaStationID=1014&playclip=True&RefPage=

Wayne State law professor and director of WSU's disability law clinic David Moss comments in a story about the 20th anniversary of the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act. The legislation made everything from sign-language interpreters at speeches to public restroom grab bars to anti-discrimination hiring policies possible. Michigan was among the first states in the country to have laws protecting disabled people, and in some areas is stricter than the Americans with Disabilities Act, according to Moss. \"Michigan was an early leader in the field of disability civil rights.\"