A feature on former Detroit Mayor Dennis Archer notes that his foundation awards $50,000 in scholarships to Western Michigan University and a like amount to Wayne State University .

During his morning show, Frank Beckman interviewed Dr. Emanuel Tanay about his new book on Holocaust experiences and identified the author as a clinical professor of psychiatry at Wayne State University .

Art DeMonte, executive director of the Great Lakes Entrepreneur\'s Quest said Tuesday that it is virtually certain the business competition will not take place this fall, and a second cycle of awards, usually held in the spring, will probably not occur as well. He said the organization\'s four major funding sources - including Wayne State University - \"have all declined to support the Great Lakes Entrepreneur\'s Quest this year.\" Judy Johncox, director of venture development at Wayne State , said she and other GLEQ board members are trying to get the program more permanent support. She said the board soured on searching for funding on a year-to-year basis, and wants to put GLEQ on firmer long-term funding if it is to survive. \"The enthusiasm for this program has not waned at all," she pointed out. "It\'s just a question of how we continue this program in a sustainable way."

David Lutz, WSU's 2004-05 Male Student Athlete of the Year, is profiled in an article about his scholarship and athletic abilities. The Rochester Adams High School graduate, who is majoring in civil engineering at WSU, is carrying a 3.75 GPA and is an All-America swimmer. Lutz's busy schedule might have forced some college athletes to give up on sports, but he finds time to practice and compete while taking a full load of classes, working as an intern at the Michigan Department of Transportation and coaching young swimmers at the Detroit Yacht Club about 10 hours a week. "David found a way to get it done, "says men's swimming coach Sean Peters. Lutz practiced on his own much of time because of his hectic schedule. "David is very goal-oriented, not just for himself but the team," Peters explained. "He wanted our program to get better." Lutz has four All-American accolades and 10 All-America honorable mention performances during his four-year Wayne State career. "In a long list of deserving candidates, the accomplishments of David are singular," said Athletic Director Rob Fournier.

Henry V. Bohm, emeritus professor of physics, takes issue with a July 21 Detroit News editorial titled "With massive tuition hike, WSU forgets role." Bohm writes that even after the very large tuition hike, the WSU charges are still lower than those at several other state-supported universities. "This university has suffered cuts in its appropriations in each of the past several years," Bohm writes. He points out that the university is severely short of general fund dollars which are "essential for the academic heart of the university." Bohm concludes that unless Wayne State University is allowed to function at a competitive, high-quality level, the economic opportunities in and social functioning of Southeast Michigan will not prosper.

Business columnist Susan Tompor gathered comments from Wayne State University students regarding the escalating costs of course textbooks. College textbook prices have risen at twice the rate of annual inflation in the last two decades, according to a report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office. During her second semester at Wayne State's Law School, Anderson-Williams estimates she saved $300 to $400 by buying her books online. \"You soon realize you can\'t drop $400 or $500 each semester for books,\" said sophomore Ben Dempsey-Klott. Dempsey-Klott and his brother Nick Dempsey-Klott visited the Barnes & Noble at Wayne State last week to jot down the prices for books. A photo of Anderson-Williams is included with the front-page story.

Kurt Metzger, research director for the Center for Urban Studies and director of the Michigan Metropolitan Information Center, helped introduce a new Web site Tuesday night that is designed to connect Detroit nonprofits and community organizations with funding sources. The site, www.datadetroit.org, offers users greater online access to information on the latest demographic and research data and assists organizations in program development and in writing successful grant proposals. Metzger says the site will continue to grow and evolve as more data is added and will eventually expand beyond Detroit to the entire metropolitan area.

Jon Grabarek, following a three-year stint with the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders, has committed to play for the Warriors men's hockey team. Grabarek, a Sterling Heights resident, says he looked at other collegiate offers but chose Wayne State because "it's close to home and Bill Wilkinson is a great coach." Grabarek played for Team Michigan at the 2001 USA hockey Select 17 Festival and 2000 Select 16 Festival before joining the RoughRiders for the 2002-2003 season. A photo of Grabarek is included.

Dale Thomson, research associate at Wayne State's Center for Urban Studies, comments about the city of Detroit's decision to pursue a high-priced condo development instead of senior housing at the site of the former Rochdale Court Apartments. Located at the corner of Lafayette and Orleans, the building - which offered senior citizens affordable housing - was torn down in 2002 with the understanding that its replacement would serve the same kind of residents. "The data doesn't account for the quality of housing," Thomson says. "There are a lot of affordable units in Detroit that are in terrible condition or in bad areas. You can't account for this through the data, but we know this to be true."

Scientists at Wayne State University have recently conducted a study that suggests mothers who drink even low levels of alcohol during pregnancy permanently damage their children's intelligence. Wayne State Professor Julie Croxford said, "In the past, focus was placed on studying Foetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS). More recent research has considered those individuals damaged by lower levels of exposure. This is an important focus. \"The study of seven-and-a-half-year-olds found lower IQ scores, and memory and problem-solving difficulties among those who had had low-level exposure to alcohol during pregnancy.

Fewer Michigan students are taking optional rigorous high school classes intended to prepare them for college success at a time when Gov. Jennifer Granholm is urging them to take tougher classes. A report released today by ACT, a national college testing service, found that 53 percent of this year's Michigan graduates who took the ACT took a full load of college prep courses - 3 percent less than the national average of 56 percent and a 1 percentage point drop for Michigan students for the third consecutive year. Granholm has proposed that the state provide monetary incentives beginning in 2007 for high schools that adopt more rigorous academic programs, said Liz Boyd, the governor's spokeswoman. A dollar amount has not yet been attached to the incentive program.

A feature story about the wisdom of taking harder courses in high school to be better prepared for college includes a reference to Christina Safar, a Wayne State student who just finished her freshman year in the WSU Honors program. She maintains that the tough courses she took in high school, such as calculus, physics and anatomy, were worth the pain and anxiety involved. She said the challenge level in her university courses was "really similar to what I'd taken in high school, so it helped me a lot." She is currently taking prerequisite courses to qualify for the pharmacy program and says she's had to "double-up on the sciences for a couple semesters."

Professor Simon Ng, co-director of the Alternative Energy Technology Program in the College of Engineering, was a guest expert during the 7 p.m. "Action News Report." Ng commented about alternative fuels as a long-term solution to the energy "crisis" today of skyrocketing gasoline prices. During the four-minute segment, Ng examined the use of hydrogen-based energy for automobiles as a viable alternative to petroleum-based fuel. He said hydrogen-based energy reduces our dependency on crude oil while providing a much cleaner source of energy for the environment.

A new effort called the Detroit Data Partnership is to be launched today in a 6 p.m. event at the Detroit Science Center . The effort aims to put all sorts of data about Detroit online, organized for easier access. The Web-based system is designed to give users greater online access to information on the latest demographics and research data to aid in program and proposal development. Wayne State University is one of the partners of the effort.

Southeast Michigan colleges and universities will share almost $5.9 million in state grants to accelerate training for nurses and other health care professionals. In partnership with local hospitals or medical centers, schools plan to train registered nurses, clinical nurse faculty and others. Among Detroit-area partnerships is one between Harper University Hospital and Wayne State University , which will receive $1.2 million.

An article recommending the most practical cars for college students includes the following paragraph near the front of the story: "On some large campuses in cities without good public transportation - for example Detroit's Wayne State University - a car is almost mandatory if you want to juggle classes, a job or two and social activities, without always running late, or simply running."

Toni Purgatori is one of three former Wayne State University student-athletes who have been selected to receive an NCAA Division II Degree-Completion award program for 2005-06. Purgatori played the final two years on Wayne State 's volleyball team earning GLIAC All-Academic team honors as a senior. She is enrolled in pre-law with a major in criminal justice.

Four of the five metro-Detroit community colleges have hiked tuition this fall, but the increases are less than those imposed by the state's universities. They range from 2.7 percent at Oakland Community College to 6.6 percent at Macomb Community College . Henry Ford Community College is the only two-year institution that held the line on tuition.

Organizers of a protest at the State Capitol in June demanding more money for public schools plan to launch a petition drive to require the state to increase funding for schools and universities by no less than the rate of inflation next year. If the drive nets a sufficient number of valid signatures, and if the Legislature then fails to vote on the issue, the issue will automatically go on the November 2006 ballot. "A lock-tight budget guarantee for any specific cause is questionable public policy," writes columnist Chris Christoff. "But if you like making legislators squirm, you'll root for the school funding proposal." Christoff speculates on whether the Legislature might write its own funding guarantee for schools in order "to avoid the political heat of a citizen-led ballot issue." He says legislators may first wait to see if the petition drive is successful.

Rita Kumar, assistant professor of emergency medicine at Wayne State University , has been awarded a $50,000 Career Development Grant from the Emergency Medicine Foundation. She will study the biochemical effects of insulin in preventing cells from dying after stroke.