Detroit's far northern suburbs are becoming a haven for high-income professionals, bringing shopping malls, coffee shops, gourmet grocers and luxury cars with them. Younger professionals with are moving to northern Macomb County communities from southern Macomb and Oakland County, but seniors with fixed incomes are staying in southern Macomb county, said Jason Booza, director of the Michigan Metropolitan Information Center at Wayne State University.

Last summer 15 state universities completed another round of tuition increases. The biggest, Michigan State , U of M and Wayne State all announced increases of at least 12 percent.

At 79, Victoria Bodek can\'t get behind the upscale retailers, fancy eateries and luxury homes sweeping across Macomb County . \"Everywhere you look there is a strip mall,\" Bodek lamented. \"I think it\'s a mess. It reminds me of Las Vegas . That\'s progress, I guess.\" She favors the simpler way of life in Roseville , where she raised her three children on her husband\'s modest salary as a gas linesman. But Macomb County is changing. The southern end -- where Bodek lives -- remains predominantly older and blue-collar. But the influx of two-income families in the north is fueling a retail revolution along Hall Road , a bustling assortment of malls, coffee shops, gourmet grocers and luxury car dealers. The income gap is increasing as relatively young professionals with families move north of Hall Road from Oakland County and southern Macomb , while seniors with fixed incomes stay in the south end where they feel more comfortable, said Jason Booza, director of the Michigan Metropolitan Information Center at Wayne State University .

--- Wayne State University is listed as 10th among Detroit 's largest employers with 5,078 employees reported in 2005. Detroit Public Schools led the category 17,151 employees. --- Wayne State 's School of Business Administration (SBA) is grouped alphabetically among Detroit area graduate business degree programs. It is noted that Wayne State offers a MBA; online MBA; MBA-J.D. dual; and M.S. degrees in accounting and taxation.

Jason Booza, director of the Michigan Metropolitan Information Center at Wayne State , is cited in an article about the changing economic makeup of Macomb County . He points out that seniors on fixed incomes are staying in the south end of the county, while young professionals with families and two incomes are moving to the northern half. The story also circulated widely on the AP wire and was picked up by newspapers in other states.

The "Detroit Briefs" column includes an item mentioning that Richard M. Gabrys has been appointed interim dean in the WSU School of Business Administration. Brief background on Gabrys is included.

Wayne State University Law School 's Moot Court program sent its two National Teams to the 56th Annual National Moot Court Competition for Region 6 at the University of Northern Kentucky , Nov. 17-19. Both teams had their briefs ranked in the top ten, and the team of Peter G. Bissett, Adele E. Ice and Karen E. Liska were finalists for the region. As finalists, the three students secured a place at the National Competition in New York from Jan. 30 through Feb. 2. A photo of WSU's finalists is included.

Millions of dollars from a city program intended to fix up ratty-looking storefronts in advance of the Super Bowl have instead been spent on some of the most prestigious and best-kept buildings in downtown Detroit . Meanwhile, many decrepit storefronts along Woodward Avenue and surrounding streets near Ford Field remain in disrepair even though that was the initial target area. \"You want to take very scarce, very precious redevelopment funds and make sure they\'re used to get the greatest public benefit,\" said George Galster, an urban affairs professor at Wayne State University . \"It certainly doesn\'t help to provide additional improvements to buildings that are already in good condition.\"

Architecture is more than just buildings. On the literary front, we should be grateful for the delightful new book \"American City: Detroit Architecture 1845-2005,\" a survey of 50 great Detroit buildings published by Wayne State University Press ($60).With photographs by William Zbaren and text by Robert Sharoff, this large-format book is a love letter to the city from its Chicago-based creators, who came for a visit and found themselves enthralled.

Women and African-Americans are under-represented in lung cancer clinical trials, clinicians report in the Journal of Cancer. \'\'The lack of participation by minorities and women shut them out of the next generation of potentially life-saving treatment,\'\' warned Dr. Wei Du in comments to Reuters.' It also makes it all the more difficult for clinicians to translate treatment benefits and risks found in a clinical trial to these under-represented patient populations,\'\' the researcher added. Du, from Wayne State University in Detroit , and colleagues reviewed the medical records of 427 lung cancer patients who were eligible to participate in lung cancer clinical trials at Detroit \'s Karmanos Cancer Institute between 1994 and 1996. The group comprised 175 African-Americans and 252 from other races and 59 percent were male.

The Edgar and Marion Beck Foundation, a non-profit, is accepting donations for items valued over $50 to be auctioned with the proceeds going to a Wayne State University 's Neurological Research Program.

A family history of lung cancer may be more significant for blacks than whites. That\'s the conclusion of some research carried out at Wayne State University . Detroit researchers found that having a parent, grandparent or sibling with lung cancer before the age of 50 poses a higher risk for blacks than whites. Researchers tracked more than 7,500 first-degree relatives of 700 people who developed lung cancer at an early age. They compared them with a cancer-free control group.

This story, an update of one that ran yesterday, includes a comment from law professor Peter Henning about the trial of former Qwest CEO Joe Nacchio, who is accused of publicly exaggerating the firm's financial health before selling 2.5 million shares for a substantial profit before the share value plummeted. The defense contends Nacchio did not know the company's stock value was about to decline and that, in fact, Qwest had obtained lucrative national security contracts that would raise the value. "It all comes down to what's in Nacchio's mind," Henning explained. He observed that defense attorneys are attacking the prosecution's contention that the defendant knew the stock price was about to decline.

An article about format changes at WDET Radio notes that many NPR and specialty music programs were discontinued in 2004 and the changes did not meet listeners' expectations, posing challenges for audience growth and fund-raising. The new schedule reinstates many of the programs and adds eight new ones. "WDET now offers the kind of programming one expects from a public radio service," said Allen Mazurek, interim program director. The article gives the station's frequency, 101.9 FM, and mentions it is a "community service of Wayne State University ."

Today's report carries an item about a new service for Wayne State University students, an online bookstore where students can browse a large selection of used books by course and section. The service, announced in an e-mail message to students this week, offers bookstore pickup or delivery. Praising the initiative, IT Report author Matt Roush recalls that "one of my least favorite memories of my undergraduate years was standing in line in a cramped bookstore. . . ."

A column about the movie " Brokeback Mountain " mentions at the bottom that the writer, John Corvino, teaches philosophy at Wayne State University .

An article about college athletes from the Chelsea area mentions that Chelsea 's Karri Kuczajda was a member of the Warriors' volleyball team this year. Her cumulative game stats are given. WSU ended the season with a 16-10 overall record and an 8-9 mark in the GLIAC.

A basketball score roundup at the end of a longer story about the Illinois-Missouri game notes that Southern Indiana defeated Wayne State , 78-59, yesterday. Ethan Banks scored 16 points for WSU, which is 3-6 on the season. WWJ Radio also mentioned the Warriors' loss in a sports report this morning.

The Edgar and Marion Beck Foundation, a not-for-profit organization, is currently accepting donations for items $50 or greater to be auctioned off with all proceeds going to Wayne State University 's Neurological Research Program.

Gov. Jennifer Granholm has named members to the new Strategic Economic Investment and Commercialization Board (SEIC) and to the Michigan Strategic Fund. President Irvin D. Reid is among several members appointed to the SEIC Board. The SEIC has responsibility for grants and loans made to support technology investments in the life sciences, alternative energy, advanced manufacturing and homeland security and defense. This news item also ran Monday in the Great Lakes IT Report, a sister publication.