Old Life@Wayne Archive
Vol. 1 Issue 6
97 % of WSU students are employed within six months of graduation, most within their field of study.The 24-hour study center in the WSU Undergraduate Library is devoted exclusively to undergraduate st...
No longer content to let administrators alone lobby for their future, student groups from Michigan’s 15 public universities are cooperating to take the higher education funding message to Lansing. And a Wayne State University graduate student is helping
Metropolitan Detroit is among the most segregated areas in the nation, but $6 million in funding may help address disparities between whites and African Americans in this community…
There might not be chestnuts roasting by an open fire, but there will be plenty of holiday cheer in the air at when more than 20 of Midtown Detroit’s cultural institutions will open …
That large glass domed structure on East Warren Avenue near the freeways may have fallen off the Wayne State University employee radar screen…
Thanks to the knowledge of experts such as Wayne State University’s own Kenneth Chelst, police protection in Buffalo, NY, has improved dramatically. . .
Whether it is the Hall-O-Wayne Halloween activities, the College Bowl trivia contest the American Idol -inspired Wayne Idol or a big name concert such as Run DMC or Uncle Kracker, Wayne State University students …
A six-year dream for David Weinberg is about to reach fruition. With the creation of Wayne State University’s first …
More than one out of every two employees reading this is obese. You read it right. Six out of every 10 Americans are now 20 percent or more over their ideal body weight and that’s up 10 percent over the past decade …
Be on the lookout for a letter from the chairs of the Wayne State University faculty and staff fundraising campaign, Leading the Way: The Faculty and Staff Campaign for Wayne State University. . .
Due to the Thanksgiving break, there will be no Life@Wayne issue Thursday, Nov. 27. Our next issue will be Thursday, Dec. 11.
The staff of Life@Wayne wishes the entire Wayne State University commun...
Wayne State University President Irvin D. Reid cordially invites you to attend the President’s Holiday Celebration from 2 to 5 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 4, in the Student Center Ballroom.
The First Emplo...
What happened at the fifth World Trade Organization Ministerial conference held last September in Cancun, Mexico?
Alan Deardorff, John W. Sweetland Professor of International Economics at the Univers...
The $11.9 million grant awarded to the Michigan Proteome Consortium from the National Center for Research Resources was good news for the Wayne State University node of the consortium and its director...
Thanks to an arrangement between Wayne State University and Lumigen Inc. and a generous donation by A. Paul and Carol C. Schaap, the College of Science’s Department of Chemistry now has a new endowed...
Shiffman Medical Library is launching an educational series. Titled Fridays @ Shiffman Learning Cafe Series, these monthly sessions will highlight various library resources and teach tools and techniq...
The Wayne State University chapter of Alpha Epsilon Phi is holding its annual Bowl-a-Thon on Saturday, Nov. 18, to raise money for the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation.
Sorority members are...
Meredith E. Gibbs, executive vice president and chief of staff, has assumed additional responsibilities overseeing the university’s Division of Development and Alumni Affairs on an interim basis. Gibb...
Steven Kahn, professor, Department of Mathematics, College of Science, won the 2003 award for Distinguished College or University Teaching from the Michigan Section of the Mathematics Association of A...
Highlights from the daily media reports assembled by the WSU Office of Public Relations.
October 23, 2003 – November 5, 2003...
New York Daily News, 11/4
“Can a virus make you fat?”
This story discusses work at Wayne State University to investigate a theory that obesity is contagious. The research team, led by Nikhil Dhurandha...
Detroit Free Press, 11/2
“Doctor’s orders: How can you follow them if you can’t read what they say?”
Wayne State Nursing Professor Feleta Wilson and her work with literacy and health care are featured...
Southfield Eccentric, 10/5
An article featured Ed and Reba Pintzuk. Ed Pintzuk, a retired podiatrist, became the oldest person ever to earn a doctorate from Wayne State when he earned a PhD in history...
Farmington Observer, 10/5
“Author explores aspects of dementia”
The article focuses on a new handbook about dementia, co-edited by Peter Lichtenberg, director of the WSU Institute of Gerontology. Lich...
Crain’s Detroit Business, 10/28
“Michigan Proteome Consortium wins $11.9M grant”
WSU is mentioned as one of the universities comprising the Michigan Proteome Consortium, a research unit examining the...
Detroit Jewish News, 10/27
“Jewish population study’s chair explains methodology and findings”
Kurt Metzger, director of research, Center for Urban Studies, College of Urban, Labor and Metropolitan Af...
Why the Detroit Region?, 10/27
“Chamber works to create a cool Detroit”
This Greater Detroit Chamber newsletter notes that WSU is among the partners in a new initiative called “Create Detroit.” The ef...
Dallas/Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10/26
“Democratic candidates to square off in Detroit debate”
Ronald Brown, professor, Department of Political Science, College of Liberal Arts, comments in an article...
The Detroit News, 10/25
“Metro Detroit enriched by immigrants”
Dr. Ananda Prasad, professor of internal medicine, School of Medicine, was among the honorees of the International Institute’s Heritage H...
WJR 760-AM, WDET 101.9-FM, WDIV TV-4, 10/23-24
These stations offered a variety of coverage of a conference at Wayne State titled, “Why Michigan Always Matters in Presidential Politics.” The conferenc...
The Detroit News, 10/23
“Increase in home sales could signal end of slump”
Harvey Kahalas, dean, School of Business Administration, is quoted in a story about an increase in home sales in the Metropol...
Transport Topics, 10/13
“Detroit tunnel advocates say bridge shutdown would be costly”
Michael Belzer, associate professor, industrial relations program, College of Urban, Labor and Metropolitan Affai...
The sluggish economy of recent years has affected many aspects of American life. As anyone associated with Wayne State University knows, the situation has hit higher education especially hard. Everyon...
Looking for something different to do on Friday nights?
Get some Friday Night Fever at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History. The museum and General Motors Corporation co-sponsor t...
With strong finishes in the Great Lakes Regional competition, Wayne State University’s men’s and women’s cross country teams earned automatic berths in the 2003 NCAA Division II Men’s and Women’s Cros...
The Contours will ask that question in song aboard the Wayne State University-sponsored Celebrate Detroit float in the annual America's Thanksgiving Day Parade Thursday, Nov. 27. WSU's Homec...
