Old Life@Wayne Archive
Vol. 3 Issue 32
By 2020, America will have almost 30% fewer registered nurses than it needs. Wayne State University’s College of Nursing is working to help meet the need with more faculty, scholarships, technology and other resources.
Douglas A. Fraser, president emeritus of the United Auto Workers and current university professor of labor studies at Wayne State University, and Congressman John D. Dingell received the Walter P. Reu...
The second biennial Children’s Bridge Children’s Conference, “Promoting the Well-Being of Children and Youth in Urban America,” brought together educators, students, doctors, nurses, social workers an...
Wayne State University was ranked 14th of 15 Best Places to Work in Academia, according to a recent survey. And the No. 1 factor in determining workplace satisfaction was personal fulfillment.
Wayne State University is the only organization in Michigan and the only university nationwide to be named a partner with Youth Serve America to promote National & Global Youth Service Day, April 20-2...
For the second year in a row, the School of Business Administration (SBA) has received a generous grant in support of the “Adams Fund Post-Degree Entrepreneurship Fellowship.” The grant was provided...
The 2006 Waino Pihl Lecture in Applied Economics, sponsored by the Department of Economics, will be held 11 a.m Friday, Nov. 10, in the Alumni House Lounge. The lecture, “Incorporating Behavioral Fact...
The Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (EACPHS) honored seven Distinguished Alumni for outstanding achievement in their respective health science fields during the college’s Alum...
Here are the highlights of Homecoming 2006.Employees winCongratulations are in order for the Office of Testing and Evaluation. Employees from this office were declared winners of the 2006 Homecoming O...
President Irvin D. Reid announced the following promotions, which were effective as of Oct. 1. Clifford A. Brown was promoted from assistant vice president to associate vice president, Fiscal Operatio...
Medical and social researchers from across campus will gather for the November Faculty Commons meeting, 3-4 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 14, to discuss social neuroscience.The rapidly growing field of social ne...
Wayne State University’s Board of Governors have approved a comprehensive 2006-11 strategic plan reflecting an 18-month consultative process involving hundreds of people throughout the university comm...
Eleven candidates are running for two available seats on the Wayne State University Board of Governors in the Tuesday, Nov. 7, election.
Students at Wayne County Community College District (WCCCD) will get a boost in their pursuit of a bachelor’s degree thanks to a new partnership between WCCCD and Wayne State University.
Detroit Free Press, 10/29ELECTION 2006 – AFFIRMATIVE ACTION: A lot at stake if ban is passedBy Peggy Walsh-Sarnecki and Lori HigginsAs the election nears and voters will be considering Proposal 2 – ba...
Emil Lozanov, Academic Services Officer, was profiled in the Detroit section of the October issue of The Detroit Chemist, the newspaper of The American Chemical Society.Lozanov operates as sort of a c...
Wayne State University Academy of Scholars presented two Junior Faculty Awards at their annual banquet held at the Renaissance Club on Oct. 4, 2006.The first Junior Faculty Award was presented to Caro...
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded a $225,750 grant to Wayne State University to support a strategic planning process for a clinical translational science award (CTSA). Clinical and t...
The President’s Holiday Celebration is Friday, Dec. 1, 2006. If you think you can dance or sing, or if you have a mind-boggling magic act, be brave and step forward. We are again looking for souls, bo...
University Press celebrates the publication of A Woman at War: Marlene Dietrich Remembered with two special events in November. The book probes beyond Dietrich’s glamorous persona, famous love affairs...
The Center for Citizenship presents acclaimed film critic Elvis Mitchell as part of a series of events focused on the theme of race and citizenship at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 8, Bernath Auditorium, Und...
Underscoring the “call for collaboration” expressed by Crain’s Detroit Business Publisher Mary Kramer in a recent editorial, Wayne State University’s (WSU’s) Board of Governors is reaching out to the...
The Wayne State University Department of Music, College of Fine, Performing and Communication Arts, will proudly present the 40th Annual Salute Concert to Downtown Detroit at noon on Tuesday, Nov. 21....
Barry P. Rosen, professor and chairman of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Medicine, has made a fundamental discovery about how cells detoxify arsenic. Rosen and a team...
Experience a world of different cultures at Wayne State University Nov. 13-17.For more information on this annual event, read a recently published article in Life@Wayne....
The Wayne State flu shot program has been expanded. For the first time, we have partnered with the Visiting Nurses Association to make the flu shots available at no cost to employees enrolled in the f...
Michele Ronnick, associate professor, Department of Classics, Greek and Latin, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, is editor of a critical edition of the book, The Works of William Sanders Scarborou...
“Issues in the War on Terror: Investigations, the Media, and Article III Courts” will bring leading names in journalism, the US government, the judiciary and other fields to the Law School for a day-...
Employees on the fourth floor of the Faculty/Administration Building gave treats to children from Wayne State University’s day-care centers and residences on Oct. 27 at the Fall Harvest event. Check o...
If you know students who may be interested in earning a master of science degree in engineering management, industrial engineering or manufacturing engineering, tell them about this special discount....
Take a free shuttle from Wayne State University's Law School parking lot to the Wednesday, Nov. 8, Board of Governors meeting at University Center-Macomb.The shuttle leaves at 8 a.m. for the 9 a.m. st...
The Wayne State University Library and Information Science Program is hosting Charlene Lyn Al-Qallaf, an assistant professor on sabbatical from the department of Library and Information Science at Kuw...
Researchers from 12 institutions across the country announced the results of the first genome-wide linkage study of prostate cancer in African Americans. Using genetic markers, researchers identified...
We’ve all dealt with difficult people in the workplace. Learning how to identify and cope with these people is the subject of a presentation coordinated by Employee Assistance Programs (EAP), a part of Wayne State University’s employee benefits.
The Friends of the Freer House are hosting a lecture by Thomas Brunk, called "Charles Lang Freer and the Arts and Crafts Movement in Detroit." The lecture will include rare photos of the Arts and Cra...
Wayne State University was awarded the Corporation of the Year Award-Education Sector by the Michigan Minority Business Development Council. The award was presented Oct. 4 during a dinner ceremony, wh...
TechTown, Detroit’s only research and technology park, will celebrate the grand opening of its first retail venture, The Java Exchange Café, with an all-day series of events on Friday, Nov. 3. “The la...
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