In a story profiling the departure of WDET late-night host Liz Copeland, it is noted that WDET was started by the UAW as a public service programming station 1948. In 1952, the UAW sold WDET to Wayne State University for $1.

Eastern Michigan University is the only university in Michigan to have developed a program for Chinese teachers to become certified. However, there is a strong push for educators across Michigan to change that. In recent months, schools in the Metro Detroit area and across Michigan have begun developing Chinese culture curricula and are considering offering Chinese classes. To encourage students to learn Chinese, the Confucius Institute at Michigan State University is offering scholarships to 750 Michigan teenagers to take one semester of Chinese online. MSU is also working to create a center for the teaching of Chinese language and culture, which would provide resources for local school districts.

University of Michigan students protesting what they say are sweatshop conditions at factories making U-M T-shirts and caps said they planned to spend the night in tents outside the administration building where 12 colleagues were arrested Tuesday evening for trespassing. A group of about 60 supporters chanted "Shame on you, Mary Sue" as campus police led a dozen handcuffed students into vans and police cars. The students had occupied the foyer of President Mary Sue Coleman's office during a daylong sit-in. The students said they have been working for two years to get U-M to agree to sign apparel contracts only with factories that are part of a designated supplier program.

A new AIDS drug that received accelerated federal approval last summer is significantly better at attacking highly resistant HIV than existing drugs, according to a study of 230 patients published Wednesday. Darunavir, part of the decade-old class of drugs known as protease inhibitors, lowered virus levels to the undetectable range in 45% of patients after 48 weeks. \"The results were very, very good - in many ways, perhaps, better than anyone would\'ve expected,\" said Dr. Rodger D. MacArthur, an infectious disease specialist at Wayne State University, who was not affiliated with the study.

In a story about Michigan's proposed public K-12 funding plan, it is noted that earlier this week a House subcommittee advanced a budget that would give each of the state\'s 15 public universities a 2.5 percent funding increase. Many of the state\'s 12 smaller universities are not pleased that the House bill would separate their funding from a budget bill for Wayne State University, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor and Michigan State University. They are concerned that it could set a precedent that eventually could hurt their budgets. Republicans opposed the plan and questioned its costs. The House Democrats\' proposal would add some money for various tuition assistance programs and other projects that Gov. Granholm\'s proposal did not include.

Children's Hospital of Michigan, in conjunction with the Detroit Medical Center and Wayne State University is conducting a Pediatric Sickle Cell Research Study called Baby Hug. Hydroxyurea, a mild chemotherapy drug initially used to treat certain cancers, will be studied in very young children with Sickle Cell Anemia. BABY HUG will enroll a total of 200 infants with sickle cell disease from 14 major sickle cell programs in the United States.

The science, politics, ethics and economics of stem-cell research are scheduled to be the main topics at a May 7 meeting at Wayne State University. It will be hosted by the Wayne State School of Medicine Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics in coordination with the Michigan Citizens for Stem Cell Research and Cures. Among the scheduled speakers are: Dorothy Nelson, assistant vice president in the office of the vice president for research at WSU; Randal Charlton, founder and CEO of Detroit based Asterand plc and entrepreneur-in-residence and special assistant to the president for economic development at WSU and interim director of TechTown; and Jeffrey Loeb, associate professor in neurology and The Center for Molecular Medicine at Wayne State's School of Medicine.

In her column about college students performing community service during their spring breaks, columnist Desiree Cooper includes comments by Kimberly Martin, identified as a former student at Wayne State University. Martin helped establish an alternative spring break program at Wayne State in the mid-1990s. \"We sent kids to New York to work with an AIDS program, to Arizona to work on a reservation and to work with migrant farmers in Florida,\" Martin said. In 2003, she became the assistant dean of community engagement and involvement at Purdue University in Indiana. But she missed Detroit. \"I couldn\'t go back, and I couldn\'t go forward,\" she said. \"I needed something to set my life on a different path.\" So, in May 2006, she practiced what she\'d been preaching for more than a decade: She signed up with AmeriCorps to help the victims of Hurricane Katrina.

A sidebar mentions that more than 450 art projects will be featured March 28-29 at the Wayne State University Institute of Gerontology's 8th Annual Art of Aging Successfully Show. The institute does research about aging and stresses the importance of meaningful, creative activity and positive social interactions for healthy aging.

Automotive reporter John McElroy provided background information about the Wayne State University Department of Biomedical Engineering research efforts in the development of crash helmet devices such as the HANS (head and neck system). This device is the leading crash helmet system currently used by numerous NASCAR racecar drivers. The WSU College of Engineering's Bioengineering Center is also noted in the story as one of the leading research sites in the country for automotive safety.

Roderick Claybrooks, 35, who graduated with honors from the Wayne State University School of Medicine, is living his dream as an orthopedic surgeon in Southfield. According to the Association of American Medical Colleges, Claybrooks is one of the 3 percent of African-American doctors with such credentials. In addition to his medical practice, Claybrooks is the author of "The Black Student's Guide to Success." "What I want them to see is that it is possible to be born in the city of Detroit and still make it," said Claybrooks. "Education is the surest way out of the ghetto. Bar none." A sidebar and photo accompany the article.

In a Lansing State Journal editorial, the city of Lansing is mentioned as facing an exciting opportunity and challenge; the redevelopment of land that was once the site of the General Motors factories and offices. Last week Lansing Township officials hosted a group of Wayne State University students who are working on redevelopment plans for some 250 acres that will eventually be cleared of their old GM buildings. The project is part of the WSU students' master's project.

New York Times best-selling author Steven Levitt will give a presentation on "Freakonomics" on April 26, 9 a.m., at Wayne State University's Community Arts Auditorium. His address marks the official implementation of WSU's Strategic Action Plan and symbolizes the university's commitment to the thoughtful analysis and evaluation of the challenges facing the city, state and region. The plan also lays out WSU's vision for the next five years, providing a blueprint for enhancing scholarship, teaching, scientific inquiry, and community enrichment. "As the intellectual hub of Southeast Michigan, Wayne State is quickly earning a reputation as a place where important conversations are taking place," said Wayne State University President Irvin D. Reid. "Bringing groundbreaking authors and scholars to campus can change the way we perceive our world, giving us new analytical tools to demystify the incongruities of modern life. It also supports Wayne State's reputation as a marketplace of bold and challenging ideas."

A brief mentions that Wayne State University and Grand Rapids-based developer Prime Development broke ground in March on a $36 million residential/retail development and parking lot. Located at the former Vernors factory site, South University Village is expected to be a major commercial corridor.

Peter Lichtenberg, director of Wayne State University's Institute of Gerontology, was a guest on "Health Talk" to discuss Alzheimer's disease. The half-hour interview program airs April 2, 4, 6 and 8.

This article focuses on public concerns regarding safety on college campuses following the murder in December of an Eastern Michigan University student in a residence hall. There also are other concerns on campuses, including theft. Lt. Dave Scott of the Wayne State Public Safety Department compiles a monthly crime report that is e-mailed to students, faculty, staff and some neighborhood associations. In February, he recorded five cars, four cell phones, two campus ID cards, three backpacks, seven laptops, three purses, a passport, four wallets with cash, two digital music players, and a set of keys stolen on campus. Most such items are taken when students at the library leave their belongings unattended temporarily, Scott pointed out. "It's the easiest crime to prevent and the toughest to solve," he said.

Law professor Peter Henning is quoted in an article about the fraud trial of Canadian media mogul Conrad Black. As prosecutors work to trace a money trail to Black and three other Hollinger International executives, "it is important for the government, at some point, to really help the jury start connecting the dots," Henning observed. "You can't keep them in the dark about what the point of all this is. But at the same time, in any trial, you have to lay all your groundwork; you can't just cut to the chase." The story ran widely in the Canadian press.

In a letter to the editor, former Detroit City Councilman Mel Ravitz writes that Detroit will survive and thrive because its people are strong and resilient. He points out the city's many entertainment venues that attract visitors and notes that faculty and students continue to come to classes every day at Wayne State and the University of Detroit Mercy. He contends that criticism of Detroit is "too often tinged with racism."

Mike Stephen, a research grant administrator here, has been taking the SMART bus to work for three years and says he's saving a significant amount of money. Between gas, the $45 monthly parking fee at WSU, and car payments, Stephen figures his family saves thousands of dollars annually by owning just one car. For $66 a month, he gets unlimited use of the bus. "We cannot afford to have $400 to $500 gas bills each month," he emphasized. The article includes a photo of Stephen waiting for the bus, and WSU is mentioned in the caption.

"Folks at Wayne State University in Detroit will bury Old Man Winter this Wednesday with a New Orleans-style funeral procession," erroneously announces this brief in the newspaper's "Monday Medley" events column.