Old Life@Wayne Archive
Vol. 3 Issue 24
Wayne State University welcomes Robert M. Mentzer, Jr., MD, who has now begun his term as the 14th dean of the School of Medicine and special adviser to the president for medical affairs.
The Hip-Hop Summit Action Network (HSAN), title sponsor Chrysler Financial and presenting sponsor Anheuser-Busch, Inc. will kick-off the second year of the “Get Your Money Right” financial literacy an...
Wednesday, April 19, is the last day to apply for Undergraduate Research and Creative Project Grants valued at up to $2,300. Faculty who sponsor research projects will receive up to $750 for research...
Nadeem Ansari, a graduate teaching assistant, is the winner of an employee contest that ran from Jan. 17 through March 10.To qualify, employees were encouraged to use their WSU OneCard to purchase goo...
Registration is open for joining the WSU Get PINK team in the 15th Annual Komen Detroit Race for the Cure, Saturday, June 10, at Comerica Park. The race, locally presented by Karmanos Cancer Institute...
Great Lakes IT Report, 4/6WSU prof gets medical article on blood oxygenation technologyDr. J. Richard Spears, professor of Internal Medicine at Wayne State's School of Medicine, has conducted research...
Thomas Roe, MD, was appointed interim assistant dean for clinical science education, School of Medicine, effective March 1. Roe is a 1980 graduate of the School of Medicine and completed his family me...
Donald Haase, professor and chair, Department of German and Slavic Studies, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, for the past 16 years, dates his academic interest in fairy tales back to 1983.
Troy businessman and philanthropist Marvin Danto has donated $3 million to Wayne State University for a new Engineering Development Center, which will accommodate educational programs, research and de...
The American Red Cross in coordination with the University Activities Committee (UAC) will hold the Spring Blood Drive on campus Tuesday, April 18 through Friday, April 21.The drive takes place on the...
The awards luncheon is 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Friday, March 31, at Alumni House. The cost is $30 per person. The theme is “Social Work Month: Celebrating Our Profession.”Visit the Web site to RSVP by March...
Kertia Black, MD, School of Medicine assistant dean for student affairs, has received the Philo T. Farnsworth Award for Excellence in Community Programming for her cable television show, To Your Healt...
Children ages 6-12 are invited to become Future Docs at this family event created by the School of Medicine.Join us for a new variety of fun, but educational, hands-on medical and science workshops an...
After a long hiatus, WDET is bringing back volunteer participation during its pledge drive March 31-April 13.Starting with the upcoming Spring 2006 On-Air Pledge Drive, volunteers are encouraged to jo...
All WSU students and employees are invited to recieve $10 off admission prices when the Detroit Tigers take on the Cleveland Indians at 7:05 p.m. Friday, April 14. This offer includes both upper deck...
Wayne State University’s Center for Peace and Conflict Studies (CPCS) is saddened to note the passing of its former director, Lillian Genser. Genser suffered a stroke in February and died from complic...
In the effort to decrease US dependence on foreign oil, Wayne State University is joining the NextEnergy Center in opening the National Biofuels Energy Lab in Midtown. Simon Ng, professor, College of Engineering (COE), will lead this unique lab.
A Detroiter by birth, Wayne State University’s Ann Cuddohy Slawnik has devoted her life’s work to promoting her hometown.
For the 23rd year, Wayne State University will celebrate the passage of winter with its quirky, original annual tradition, the Funeral for Ol’ Man Winter, at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, April 5.
Wayne State University will acknowledge the contributions of office professionals and provide them with a learning experience at the fourth annual Office Professionals Day Conference Wednesday, April 26.
Dennis Archer, former Detroit mayor and chair of the Detroit law firm Dickinson Wright, will deliver the keynote address at a Law School symposium, The Reauthorization of the Voting Rights Act, at no...
Jonathan Gruber, economics professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will be giving the annual Samuel M. Levin Award Lecture from 3 to 4:30 p.m. Friday, April 7, at Alumni House. The lec...
The Religious Studies Program is having its fourth annual conference, Religion and Science, 9:15 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Friday, April 21, at the Bernath Auditorium in the Undergraduate Library.This year, the...
Faculty, staff and students can download free and site-licensed software from the Computing & Information Technology Download Center.Diagnose, cure and prevent computer viruses with the full-featured...
Register and pay for weeklong sessions at the Mort Harris Recreation and Fitness Center Summer Camp during the week of March 20-24, and save.Summer camp is perfect for working moms, dads or legal guar...
Join the University Library System for a student poetry reading at 10 a.m. Friday, March 31, in the Technology Resource Center at the Purdy/Kresge Library. The reading will feature the poetry of stude...
How do you seek adventure? For instance, do you enjoy challenging your athletic abilities by trying new sports, such as a triathlon or rock climbing? Do you love taking solo-camping trips in the great outdoors?
The Wayne State University Jazz Lab I Big Band, under the direction of Christopher Collins, will pay tribute to Stan Kenton at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 28. The concert will feature special guest and jaz...
The Office of Marketing and Communications (MAC) has honored Cara Orchard, marketing coordinator, Office of Business and Auxiliary Operations, with the 2006 Beth Thibault Memorial Communicator of the...
Leaders on Leadership, the weekly, 30-minute interview/discussion program produced by the School of Business Administration (SBA) and Detroit Public Television, featured Paul O'Neill,the 72nd U.S. Sec...
Early bird registration prices are now available for “New Beginnings in End of Life Care: Integrating Complimentary and Alternative Medicine Therapies,” a conference to be held May 19-21, at The Inn a...
In recognition of her outstanding scholarship, service and loyalty to Wayne State University, alumna Helen Thomas will be inducted into the David Mackenzie Honor Society (DMHS) Tuesday, April 25, at t...
The Building Coordinator of the Year Award was established in 1999 to recognize a building coordinator who has been exemplary in performing the scope of assignments, which may include communicating wi...
