Article Archive
January 29
February is Black History Month. A series of presentations and events has been planned in recognition of the contributions, inventions and history involving African Americans.
Two School of Medicine faculty members helped create a Web course that will be viewed worldwide by cardiothoracic surgeons treating patients with antiplatelet therapies.
January 27
In the winter 2009 edition of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences' (CLAS) newsletter, CLAS Notes , learn how Professor Ewa Golebiowska’s Career Development Chair Award will facilitate her plans to investigate the political implications of ethnic prejudice in Poland.
The Wayne State Board of Governors recently approved a proposal from the School of Business Administration to reorganize its academic departments, effective Sept. 1. Two new associate deans will lead the reorganization efforts.
John Malone, MD, professor in the School of Medicine and Karmanos Cancer Institute’s Division of Gynecological Oncology, died Jan. 25. He was 57.
A School of Medicine researcher has identified a gene that may contribute to the racial disparity in breast cancer.
The Women of Wayne Alumni Association offers applications for its annual research grant.
Wayne State alumni members have planned a CareerBoost workshop and a poetry show aimed at advancing your future and feeding your soul at two separate events in February.
January 26
A Detroit Free Press reporter noted in an article about the North American International Auto Show that he found the show’s best-kept racing secret and learned of its affiliation with Wayne State University.
January 13
Since its inception in late 2008, the Word Warriors Web site has received submissions from people in the Detroit area, across the state in Grand Rapids, on the west coast in California and around the globe in Germany and Israel. The word is spreading fast!
If you've fallen off the weight-watching wagon, a Mort Harris Recreation and Fitness Center expert offers advice and gives her professional analysis of weight management support groups.
In its winter 2009 newsletter, Visions, the School of Social Work honors the courage and determination of an alumna who lost her battle with cancer.
January 12
Thousands of donations from the Wayne State community were delivered to COTS in December.
January 6
A Wayne State faculty member says Detroit has yet to be included in the 21st century.
Eugene Driker, chair of Wayne State’s Board of Governors, describes several programs initiated by WSU to address declining enrollment.
January 5
Plans are underway to build a state-of-the-art simulation laboratory at the College of Nursing (CON). The facility is scheduled to be fully operational by the fall 2009 semester.
Dr. Herbert C. Smitherman Jr., assistant dean of Community and Urban Health and assistant professor of the Department of Medicine for the School of Medicine, has been recommended by a Detroit congressman as the next U.S. surgeon general.
January 1
Attend Wayne State's Martin Luther King, Jr. Tribute Luncheon, on Friday, Jan. 16, at the Max M. Fisher Music Center in Detroit. The program will begin at 11 a.m. with the luncheon to immediately follow.
