The station aired a public service announcement for the upcoming Detroit Orientation Institute in April. It was mentioned that the Institute is a service of the College of Urban, Labor and Metropolitan Affairs at WSU. Remarks from a past attendee who praised the program were included.

During a studio break for his PBS special, author-psychologist-lecturer Wayne Dyer mentioned that he used to attend Wayne State University "just down the street" from the Channel 56 studios.

The station aired a public service announcement for the upcoming Detroit Orientation Institute in April. It was mentioned that the Institute is a service of the College of Urban, Labor and Metropolitan Affairs at WSU. Remarks from a past attendee who praised the program were included.

During a studio break for his PBS special, author-psychologist-lecturer Wayne Dyer mentioned that he used to attend Wayne State University "just down the street" from the Channel 56 studios.

Wayne State 68, Ferris State, 63, was the score in the semifinals of the Great Lakes Conference tournament in Ohio.

Yale University will no longer require parents earning less than $45,000 a year to pay anything toward their children\'s educations. Harvard announced a similar program last year, freeing parents who earn $40,000 or less from paying anything, and the change helped raise its applications to record levels. Several of Yale\'s other competitors, including Princeton, have taken a slightly different approach by no longer requiring loans for low-income students, and they also believe the move helped increase applications. Yale\'s change is more generous than many of the financial aid overhauls at other schools, public and private universities alike. The University of North Carolina, for instance, no longer requires students from families of four earning about $37,000 or less to take out any loans to cover school expenses. Rice did the same but set the income bar at $30,000. \"We wanted to signal that we\'re serious about access,\" said Richard C. Levin, Yale\'s president. He also said Yale would reduce what it expects parents earning between $45,000 and $60,000 to pay.

Law professor Peter Henning is quoted in a story about a lawsuit filed against the Clinton Township Police Department by a resident who says he was falsely arrested in a rape case. "The problem for the township is they're going to be on the hook for what the officers did, and this is not a very sympathetic case for them," Henning said. He pointed out that the defendant, who went to prison for the alleged crime and was later proven innocent by DNA evidence, has a strong case against township authorities.

Dr. Peter LeWitt, professor of neurology at the WSU School of Medicine and a physician with a large Parkinson\'s practice at Beaumont Hospital, is quoted in a story about symptoms of the disease, which afflicts Pope John Paul II. "There are many changes that allow us to treat Parkinson\'s more successfully and manage its side effects better," LeWitt pointed out. Other experts concur that there are new strategies to treat the disease and options to control the pope\'s symptoms for many more months, if not years. In the United States alone, an estimated 60,000 new cases are diagnosed each year and about 1.5 million Americans have the disease. This story, by Pat Anstett, ran widely in Knight Ridder Newspapers throughout the country.

Detroit Receiving Hospital and University Health Center has named Dr. Padraic J. Sweeny of Dearborn chief of emergency medicine. Sweeny is also a clinical associate professor, emergency medicine, at the Wayne State University School of Medicine.

Michigan-based professor Nikhil Dhurandhar has understood viral infection among chickens enough to lead him to his breakthrough research of the theory that obesity can sometimes be triggered by a virus. \"Obesity has many reasons, from genes to metabolism to hormones, but we want to draw attention to the fact that certain viral infections could also lead to obesity,\" Dhurandhar said. His team at Wayne State University identified three such viruses.

Sixty-three percent of all undergraduates received some form of financial aid during the 2003-04 academic year, according to a report from the National Center for Education Statistics. The number is up from 55 percent in 1999-2000. The report was based on a sample of 80,000 undergraduates and 11,000 graduate and professional-school students who were enrolled at colleges across the country that are qualified to participate in federal financial-aid programs.

Joseph P. Hourihan's (photo featured with article) life will be honored at the WSU School of Social Work's alumni luncheon and open house. Hourihan (1918-2004) taught at WSU in the SSW and the College of Education, and served as associate dean in the SSW, from 1953 to 1970. A scholar's fund is being established in his name.

"Remediation Techniques for Racial Discrimination" is the topic of a symposium on fair housing on Tuesday, March 22, at the Wayne State University Law School. Otto Hetzel, professor of law emeritus and co-director of the law school's Fair Housing Educational Program, is among the scheduled speakers.

On its noon news broadcast, the station reported on the firing of Wayne State University neurosurgeon Dr. Lucia Zamorano for unauthorized charges to a WSU-issued credit card. Against a backdrop of the Harper Professional Office Building, where the reporter said Zamorano worked, the station enumerated the incidents of alleged misuse of the card and said Zamorano could face criminal charges. Several students were interviewed regarding their thoughts on whether the university took appropriate action. Through her attorney, Zamorano has contended that the situation is a misunderstanding involving a family member who had access to the charge card.

Both stations mentioned in news reports that former state schools superintendent Tom Watkins, is taking a job at Wayne State University, where he will head a study to help determine how to expand online courses for high school students in large urban school districts.

An obit on Detroit philanthropist Max Fisher, who died Thursday at 96, mentions that he held 13 honorary degrees, including one from Wayne State University.

Ran an article on Wayne State\'s $1 billion annual economic impact benefit to Michigan.

An effort led by Wayne State University to coordinate first responders throughout the Detroit area has received a five-year, $1.05 million grant from the National Science Foundation. The organization, called MAJOR (for Multiple Agency and Jurisdiction Organized Response), aims to coordinate more than 200 jurisdictions, thousands of public and private entities and those controlling a key international border to improve disaster management.

Dr. Lucia Zamorano, a top Wayne State neurosurgeon, has been fired for thousands of dollars in unauthorized charges on her university credit card, an account given to her for tax-exempt purchases she incurred overseeing a $3.4-million state-funded Life Science Research grant. WSU fired Zamorano from her $124,208-a-year job Feb. 7, capping an investigation that could lead to criminal charges and Zamorano losing her medical license, at least temporarily. Zamorano, a specialist in high-tech surgery advances, brought praise to WSU by being one of the first there to capture a coveted Life Sciences Research grant.

Former state Superintendent Tom Watkins will receive $98,000 in salary and benefits for a six-month project at Wayne State University. Watkins will lead a study to determine how to expand online courses for high school students in large urban school districts. A non profit agency is paying his salary. School officials say he\'ll be on board from March 15th to September 15th.