Old Life@Wayne Archive
Vol. 2 Issue 15
In his annual Universitywide Address, President Irvin D. Reid talked about Wayne State University's aspirations to enhance teaching, research and engagement in the community, as well as the economic environment that will shape the institution's future
Ralph Kummler has his eye on the sky and on the ground - and mostly on his faculty and staff.
Ever wonder how all of those paper airplanes got stuck in the ceiling above the Student Center pit area?
Even Detroit natives can learn from a thorough introduction to Metropolitan Detroit by the Detroit Orientation Institute (DOI), in the College of Urban, Labor and Metropolitan Affairs.
Readings from the final collection of poems penned by Murray Jackson, former Wayne State University Board of Governors member, capped a special tribute to the man and his work.
Wayne State University’s third new residence hall will house a café-style dining hall, a mini Barnes & Noble Bookstore and multiple fitness rooms.
What do an acclaimed master of electronic art and a renowned guitarist have in common with a Warner Home Video executive and an authority on political campaigns?
A new beautification and recycling initiative under way at Wayne State University is providing high-traffic areas on campus with attractive collection units at no cost to the university.
The College of Fine, Performing and Communication Arts' Department of Music presents an "informance" with virtuoso pianist Joseph Joubert from 1 to 2:25 p.m. Monday, Sept. 27. Joubert's lecture/perfor...
The Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History now offers Wayne State employees and students discounted admission to its Without Sanctuary: Lynching Photography in America exhibit. The $8 ad...
Learn about the latest developments at Wayne State University during brunch at the Lochmoor Club in Grosse Pointe Woods at noon Sunday, Sept. 26. Jerry Herron, director, Honors Program, will provide a...
Scott Turow will give a reading at Wayne State University's Spencer M.Partrich Auditorium in the Law School at 6:30 p.m. Thursday. Turow's latestbook is "Ultimate Punishment." He also wrote "Presumed...
The University Activities Committee has scheduled several employee events:Green and Gold Basketball Challenge, 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 1, MatthaeiHomecoming Picnic, 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Oct. 23,...
To encourage parental involvement in the university community, the Dean of Students Office is presenting the first-ever Parents' Day on Saturday, Oct. 2.
Wayne State’s Damon J. Keith Law Collection, in collaboration with the Division of United States Studies at the Woodrow Wilson Center, is sponsoring a New Scholarship in Race and Ethnicity program tha...
The closure of the Lodge Freeway (M-10) at I-94 (Ford Freeway) for a major road construction project has been scheduled for Friday, Sept. 24.
The Association for Advancement of Automotive Medicine (AAAM) recognized Albert King, distinguished professor and chair, Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, as its Award of M...
Theresa Anne Jordan, graduate teaching assistant, Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, translated The Scapular is Authentic for the Vatican. The origi...
Richard Elling, professor, Department of Political Science, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, received a 2003-04 Faculty Enrichment Grant from the government of Canada. The grant will allow him to...
Edwin M. Monsell, professor, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Surgery, School of Medicine, received the Distinguished Service Award from the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surge...
Crain's Detroit Business honored Jeffrey Forman, clinical professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, School of Medicine, and director, the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Foundation, for Outstanding Phy...
Poet Edith Covensky, lecturer, Department of Near Eastern and Asian Studies, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, has been selected to be included in the the 2005 edition of the biographical director...
Houston Chronicle, 9/4"Platinum concentrations high in women with breast implants"By Diedtra HendersonPaul H. Wooley, director of research, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, School of Medicine, said i...
Here's your chance to "do Midtown," compliments of the WSU Alumni Association. Everyone who joins, renews or extends a Wayne State University Alumni Association membership by Sunday, Oct. 31, will be...
Again this year the residence halls are filled, according to the Office of Housing and Residential Life. North and South Residence Halls (which opened in 2002 and 2003 respectively) are home to more t...
The Student Center basement is being transformed into Down Under, a place where you buy a hotdog and watch Monday night football games on big screen televisions, dance and/or sing Karaoke-style under...
The Faculty/Staff Campaign begins Tuesday, September 21, 2004. Over the next few months, volunteers will be approaching faculty and staff to make contributions to Wayne State University.
Highlights of International Week 2004, running Monday, Oct. 4 through Friday, Oct. 8, include the 34th Annual International Fair, Special Annual Coffee Hour, First Annual International Fashion Show an...
The Rock The Vote bus tour will bring its festival-style concert and voter registration efforts to Wayne State from Noon to 5 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 14. A variety of music types will be featured, and...
The documentary Home of the Brave tells the story of Viola Liuzzo, a former Wayne State student who was the only white woman murdered in the civil rights movement, and will air at the Detroit Film The...
The Department of Audiology and Speech Language Pathology is hosting the lecture, “Language in African-American Children: The Impact of Community,” by Julie A. Washington, University of Michigan, from...
Wayne State faculty members now have another reason to enhance their curriculums in November by incorporating films of the Detroit Docs International Film Festival: free admission for all Wayne State students.
Look who was caught on film at WSU events in early September. To view, go the Image Gallery page and click on "Ice Cream Social 2004," "Green and Gold Softball Game" and the "Jackson Tribute fund-rais...
Finding a parking spot should be much easier across campus. Although some may have to walk a little more. More than 130 new parking spaces are available on the surface lot outside of Parking Structure...
