Wim Wiewel, provost at the University of Baltimore and a longstanding contributor of writing and research for the Lincoln Institute's Department of Economic and Community Development and its City, Land and the University program, was named president of Portland State. His most recent book, with David Perry, is Global Universities and Urban Development, published with M.E. Sharpe. His previous books include Partnerships for Smart Growth: University-Comunity Collaboration for Better Places, with Gerrit Jan-Knaap, and The University as Urban Developer: Case Studies and Analysis , also with David Perry. Perry is scheduled to appear at Lincoln House May 28 for a Lincoln Lecture, reception, and book-signing for Global Universities and Urban Development.