Article Archive
February 25
Signifying a new era of leadership, the formal inauguration of Jay Noren, Wayne State University’s 10th president, will be held on Tuesday, April 7. He was appointed to the position on Aug. 1.
If you know an outstanding undergraduate student, consider nominating him or her for the Donnelly Award.
Living in Midtown gives you the opportunity to be connected to everything and to feel like you're part of something bigger. Nowhere else in Midtown is that feeling more alive than at 55 West Canfield Lofts, an apartment building that is dedicated to not just where you live, but how.
February 24
Fox Sports Network’s Sport Science , which is scientifically guided by Professor Cindy Bir, will start its second season in March.
The Department of History, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS), has announced its newest member of the faculty, Danielle McGuire.
February 23
WSU researchers have found that younger adults who arrive in emergency rooms after a stroke are sometimes misdiagnosed.
President Jay Noren will discuss the University Research Corridor on Tuesday, Feb. 24, when he will be a guest speaker at a Detroit Economic Club meeting.
According to modeldmedia.com, the decimated Forest Arms Apartments, located at Second and Forest avenues, will be renovated.
Inside Detroit, a nonprofit organization that gives tours of downtown Detroit and city landmarks, is offering a tour of bars inside the Historic Book Cadillac and Fort Shelby Hotels on Thursday, Feb. 26.
More than 175 media outlets nationwide carried the story about WDET-FM’s new programming lineup to be implemented on Feb. 23.
February 19
The Dennis Tini Quartet, featuring Dennis Tini on piano, Robert Tye on guitar, Jeff Halsey on bass, and Dave Taylor on drums, will perform a free concert in Schaver Music Recital Hall in Old Main at 3 p.m. on Sunday, March 1.
Reserve your spot now for the Spring Graduate School Open House. Faculty and staff will be available from 3 to 7 p.m., Thursday, March 12, in The Welcome Center.
February 17
A local newspaper reported on the success of the Wayne First campaign.
Randal Charlton, executive director of TechTown, will try to lure stem cell researchers and companies from around the world to establish a presence in the Stem Cell Commercialization Center.
Participate in a hockey shoot-out or cheer for fellow Warriors during Faculty and Staff Appreciation Night. The event coincides with a women's hockey game at 7 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 27, at the City Sports Center Ice Skating Rink located at 3701 East Lafayette Blvd. near Mount Elliot.
February 12
Gov. Jennifer Granholm and 50 of the state's brightest young leaders will be on campus, Wednesday, Feb. 18, for the third annual Youth Roundtable on Diversity and Michigan’s Future. The event is sponsored by the Office of the Governor and Michigan Department of Civil Rights (MDCR).
The Wayne State University Board of Governors unanimously elected Richard Bernstein and Tina Abbott to one-year terms as the board’s chair and vice chair, respectively.
Biggby Coffee opened a new restaurant Feb. 10 in South University Village. The brew house, located at 4501 Woodward Ave. in the Studio One Apartments building, has more than 30 gourmet coffee, fine tea and frozen drink selections in addition to assorted pastries. Free coffee is offered during opening week.
Give blood during the Red Cross Blood Drive at Wayne State from Monday, Feb. 16, through Friday, Feb. 20, in the second-floor ballroom of the Student Center Building.
Wayne State University, the Wayne State University Physician Group and the Detroit Medical Center announced an agreement that resolves a year-old funding dispute.
February 9
An article in Automation Alley’s periodical focuses on a cooperative learning program between the School of Business Administration and TechTown.
Wayne State works with the state’s “Keep Michigan Working” Talent Action Committee to align curricular and extracurricular offerings with industries that are seen as having high growth potential.
Wayne State University medical student Amy Buth appeared in the TNT original movie, Gifted Hands, which aired on Feb. 7.
Show your Warrior pride with the updated Wayne State University license plate now available from the Michigan Secretary of State.
Gary Brown, the former Detroit deputy police chief whose firing was at the center of former Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick's text-message scandal, will be the keynote speaker at the Department of Criminal Justice's Distinguished Alumni Presentation series at noon on Wednesday, Feb. 18.
February 2
In a newspaper article about Michigan’s approval of tax incentives to lure filmmakers to the state, Wayne State University is noted for adding new courses, including animation, production broadcasting and acting for the camera.
Gov. Jennifer Granholm will reportedly pressure Michigan public universities and community colleges this week to freeze tuition rates.
