Old Life@Wayne Archive
Vol. 3 Issue 17
Metro Detroit’s diverse holiday traditions will be celebrated on the evening of Saturday, Dec. 3, during Noel Night, Midtown’s holiday extravaganza. The cultural event involves more than 25 participating venues and 70 performance groups.
On Thursday, Nov. 17, the Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (EACPHS) is hosting an advance preview of one of Midtown Detroit’s newest residential living complexes, Springfield L...
Wayne State University renamed one of its newer residence halls for Yousif B. Ghafari of Bloomfield Hills in ceremonies on Oct. 27. The former North Hall opened in 2002 and houses approximately 400 s...
School of Social Work Alumna and WSU Board of Governors President Jacquelin Washington was honored Nov. 19 at the 2005 ACLU of Michigan Annual Dinner. Held at the Hyatt Regency Dearborn, the dinner fe...
The Wayne State University Alumni Association is offering a new CareerBoost! workshop aimed at employees, recent grads and anyone interested in participating. Hosted by the Recent Alumni Committee, th...
The Department of Music, College of Fine, Performing and Communication Arts, presents young guitar virtuoso Ana Vidovic in concert at 11:45 a.m. Friday, Nov. 18. The free concert will be held in Scha...
Fellows from the SPIRE Postdoctoral Fellowship Program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill hosted Joseph C. Dunbar, professor and chairman, Department of Physiology, WSU School of Medic...
About 200 employees in the Division of Administrative Operations were treated to a rousing performance Oct. 28 featuring division leader Meredith Gibbs, executive vice president and chief of staff, he...
Every year, employees provide critical financial support to Wayne State University. With the University in the midst of its first comprehensive capital campaign, Wayne First, this support is more impo...
The recently launched Wayne State Knowledgebase finds answers to your computing and student records questions at your convenience, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. This growing service plans to include answers in even more WSU areas soon.
Takaaki Kagawa, associate professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering, died Oct. 24 in Tokyo, Japan. He was 58. Kagawa, an expert in the analysis of the effect...
US and Chinese experts will discuss the risks and rewards for North American suppliers doing business in China at a December conference hosted by the College of Engineering. The conference, China: Aut...
Yellow: Race in America: Beyond Black and White by Frank Wu, dean, Law School, has been selected as a featured book for November by the Civil Rights Book Club of the Asian American Justice Center. Ea...
A new Wayne State University study shows that Michigan citizens disapprove of many state policies and practices in the sentencing and confinement of juveniles.
From providing better customer service, to creating organizational change, 28 staff members in the fourth of 20 stakeholder meetings offered opinions to update Wayne State University's strategic plan for 2006-11.
A team of Wayne State University researchers will present a workshop on the use of anthropological methods to evaluate work processes at the Ethnographic Praxis in Industry Conference (EPIC), Monday,...
TechTown, Wayne State University’s research and technology park, is holding an open house luncheon noon- 1 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 30. Entrepreneurs at any stage of launching a start-up or growing an alr...
Noreen F. Rossi, MD, professor, departments of Internal Medicine and Physiology, School of Medicine, has been awarded $1,653,829 for a research grant, “Neural Control of Na Balance in Hypertension: Ex...
Wayne State University and St. Clair County Community College recently entered an agreement to provide degree programs to St. Clair County residents.The affirmation is a collaboration agreement betwee...
Detroit Free Press, 11/3With paper, pencil, Rosa Parks made plansBy Bill McGrawColumnist Bill McGraw writes about the collection of Rosa Parks’ papers donated to Wayne State’s Walter P. Reuther Librar...
Bonnie Sloane, professor and chair, Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, was named co-investigator on a National Institutes of Health grant to develop a national resource for medical resear...
Wayne State University is offering incentives to undergraduate students throughout November in support of Gov. Jennifer Granholm’s “Return to Learn” month. The “Return to Learn” initiative is designed...
Celebrate the holidays during this festive brunch on Saturday, Dec. 10. The McGregor Memorial Conference Center will be decked out in its seasonal best for a fun-filled afternoon of holiday music, ent...
American City: Detroit Architecture, 1845-2005 is the first new book in 30 years illuminating Detroit’s rich architectural legacy and showcasing downtown’s world-class architecture with stunning color...
Terry Margolis, associate director, School of Business Administration (SBA), will serve on the Novi City Council after winning her election Nov. 8.Margolis will lend her experience as associate direct...
Bhanu P. Jena, distinguished professor of physiology, director, Institute of NanoBioScience, School of Medicine, received the 2005 Sir Aaron Klug Award Lecture for his pioneering discovery of the mole...
Get into the holiday spirit with your co-workers at the annual President's Holiday Celebration on Friday, Dec. 9, and enjoy the performances at the event's Employee Holiday Revue talent show.The celeb...
The Public Relations (PR) program, College of Fine, Performing and Communication Arts, announces the cancellation of a fund-raising event at Twingo’s Euro Café. The event, benefitting Wayne State PR s...
