Mike White, a reporter with WDET, covered the ribbon cutting for the new Nurse Managed University Health Center at the Helen L. DeRoy Apartments Building . Mike White interviewed College of Nursing Dean Barbara K. Redman and Mary White, a nurse practitioner and center manager of the health center. Mary White is also a clinical instructor with the college.

A medical collaboration between the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute and a cancer center in Istanbul, Turkey, will give international patients the opportunity to seek medical advice in the U.S. John Ruckdeschel, president and CEO of Karmanos, signed an agreement Wednesday with Bilger Duruman, president and CEO of Metropolitan Florence Nightingale Hospital and Cancer Center, and Cemsid Demiroglu, chair of the center's management board. The agreement allows doctors at Karmanos to review patients' cases in Turkey and recommend treatment. "This agreement broadens the base for patients," Ruckdeschel said. "It also allows us the opportunity to do the process of international patient care right." Ruckdeschel was introduced to the Turkish cancer center through Eti Gursel, chief of plastic surgery at Wayne State University, who is from Turkey. "Karmanos is a very good institution," Duruman said. "Wayne State is also a good university and to collaborate with these places is a wonderful thing."

Detroit-based human tissue bank Asterand Inc. last week announced that it has made available a new cell line that offers researchers an important tool in the study of breast cancer. Asterand Chief Scientific Officer James Eliason said the cells were derived from normal mammary cells that developed cancer, representing a form of breast cancer that accounts for about 25 to 30 percent of newly diagnosed cases. The cell line is being made available to researchers under an exclusive license from the Karmanos Cancer Institute, which is affiliated with Wayne State University. It is expected to be valuable for the testing of chemopreventive agents and for screening cancer-causing agents, in addition to screening anti-cancer drugs.

Wayne State University is noted as a community sponsor of the Michigan Technology Leaders 2006 IT executive symposium currently being held in Rochester. The keynote topic of the three-day conference is "Creating a Silicon Valley Culture in Southeast Michigan."

The above media outlets provided briefs on the discovery of a body Wednesday morning in the Life Sciences Building. The case is being handled as a homicide, pending an autopsy and further investigation, university police said. The university\'s Public Safety Department is handling the case in conjunction with the Detroit Police Department.

William N. Cooke, director of the Douglas A. Fraser Center for Workplace Issues at Wayne State University, was scheduled to be the keynote presenter during the annual "Celebration of Labor-Management Achievements" on May 17 on the Western Michigan University campus. Cook planned to talk about how labor and management can best respond to global competition by a reorganization of work to create a competitive advantage and secure jobs.

These media outlets were among those that aired reports throughout the morning about a body discovered around 6:45 a.m. by a custodian in the Life Sciences Building . The deceased was reported by one station to be a male student in his 20s. One report said that at least part of the building may be closed for the day. The incident also was reported in the online versions of The Detroit News and the Detroit Free Press.

Alireza Amirsadri, psychiatry professor, is quoted in a story about how Detroiters are coping with the rainy weather. Amirsadri pointed out that people with psychiatric illnesses are more likely than others to be affected by weather changes and low barometric pressure.

Paul Vigeant of the Geography and Urban Planning Department is quoted in a story about how new housing developments are named. He says some developers look for romantic names, such as New England Haven, because they have sales appeal. "We know that certain names appeal to certain groups," he explained. One builder in Redford Township even had a contest, inviting youngsters to come up with a name for a 350-home development. The contest stirred little public interest so the developers eventually came up with their own name, Lexington Village .

Although the novel and movie "The DaVinci Code," which posits that Jesus was married to Mary Magdalene, are stirring a lot of debate among Catholics and other Christians, most say the debate will have no impact on their faith. Among those interviewed for this article was the Rev. James Meyer, a campus minister to the Wayne State University School of Medicine and a consulting chaplain for critical and terminally ill youths. "I have no problem of faith with the author's thesis," he said. He explained that "it would make sense in 1st century Judaism if Jesus were married." The article cites other Catholic clergy and lay persons who have differing views.

This Booth Newspapers Web site posted an extended version of an AP story that ran several days ago about concerns over the high cost of health insurance for retirees in both corporate and non-profit organizations. At Wayne State University , a joint committee of the faculty and administration is studying the feasibility of adding university-subsidized health insurance for retirees. Currently, WSU retirees have access to university health plans but they must pay 100 percent of the premiums. The AAUP has agreed to put a portion of the upcoming academic year's wages in escrow in order to get a plan off the ground. Professor Allen Goodman said a subsidized health plan would be an unexpected bonus because he always assumed any insurance premiums would come from his savings. Paula Wood, co-chair of the committee and dean of the College of Education , said the committee will likely complete its work next winter. An actuarial firm currently is looking at costs of various plans. Provost Nancy Barrett cautioned that any plan would have to be funded entirely by internal mechanisms, such as leaving a position vacant for a year when someone retires.

Wayne State graduate and Warren native Martin Pakledinaz is a Tony Award nominee for best costumes for "The Pajama Game." He is a Warren native who already has two Tony's to his credit. The awards ceremonies will be June 11 in New York .

Law professor Peter Henning is quoted in a story about Richard Hatch, who gained fame in TV's "Survivor" series and is now in trouble with the IRS for failing to pay taxes on the $1 million prize he won in the first series. "Your odds of being prosecuted criminally for tax evasion are so low as to be almost nonexistent," Henning said. Since the federal government doesn't have the resources to prosecute all scofflaws, the government tends to concentrate on those who will gain the most attention. "The media can make you a star enough for the IRS," he pointed out.

A new trend for persons experiencing burn-out on the job is to take a yearlong sabbatical. Does it help? Sometimes it does, according to Gerald Shiener, whom the radio station identified as "a psychologist at Wayne State University ." But he also points out that a person may return disappointed and bored.

An article about the impending federal prosecution of principals in a well-known Los Angeles law firm includes a comment by Peter Henning of the WSU Law School . If a case is brought against the entire firm rather than just the principals, it could result in the closing of the firm, Henning explained. He also noted that the Justice Department is sometimes reluctant to indict an entire firm out of concern for putting all of the firm's employees out of work.

An article about Starbucks Chairman Howard Schultz's speech at the Detroit Economic Club yesterday, mentions that Detroit has only five of the popular coffee shops in the city. One of them is located on the Wayne State campus. No one has to tell 29-year-old Raquel Gonzales about the scarcity of her favorite hot coffee supplier. A resident of Detroit 's Corktown neighborhood, she drives out of her way to get her grande _mocha at the WSU Starbucks.

Wayne State law faculty are mentioned several times in this issue of the U-M Law School 's alumni magazine. Ellen Dannin has written a book titled "Taking Back the Workers' Law: How to Fight the Assault on Labor Rights." David Moran has been named associate dean of the WSU Law School . Janet Findlater was named a Champion of Justice at the Michigan State Bar Association's annual awards banquet. Noah D. Hall has joined the WSU law faculty as a specialist in environmental law.

In this photo, Laura Holley and Katie Sutton of Wayne State's Law School Free Legal Aid Clinic are shown at the clinic's Spring Reception and Fundraising event on April 22.

In a letter to the editor, a Houghton area resident objects to Michigan Tech's decision to spend a half-million dollars to construct a child day-care center on campus. He claim's the university's stated reason, to make the university more competitive with other universities, is "fatuous nonsense." The writer mentions Wayne State, U-M and Michigan State as universities that have day-care centers, and he notes that "those are all large urban universities where high-quality day care may not be available near the campus," as he says it is in Houghton.

Eugene Applebaum, philanthropist, civic leader and Wayne State University alumnus, is profiled in a story chronicling his life as a major supporter of numerous causes and his dedication to Detroit. He earned a pharmacy degree from Wayne State and embarked on a career that led to his founding of Arbor Drugs. Following the sale of the nation's eight-largest drug store chain in 1998, Applebaum continued his momentum as president of Arbor Investments Group, a holding company for his investment and real estate ventures. As a philanthropic supporter of Wayne State, Eugene and Marcia Applebaum donated $5 million to the university's College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences. He also currently serves as chair of the Wayne State Foundation. Wayne State President Irvin D. Reid is quoted extensively in the story about his friend. "Two things that are extraordinarily important to him, after his family, are Detroit and Wayne State University," Reid said. "He'll tell you that over and over again. He says it's because he made his fortune here, and when you make money, you give it back." A photo of Applebaum is included.