News Releases for February 2000
February 28
- Wayne State announces interim director of athletics
- Robert Brennan, athletic director at Wayne State University since 1991, will be leaving Wayne State University, effective today. Ron Hammye, headmen's basketball coach, will serve as interim direct...
February 25
- WSU moves up four spots to 64th in NSF research rankings
- Wayne State started the new year by moving up in the rankings of the nation's leading research universities as compiled by the National Science Foundation (NSF). The foundation released its annual...
- Wayne State alumni plan special lecture and tour of van Gogh exhibit at DIA
- Wayne State University alumni can learn about portraits by Vincent van Gogh and tour the exhibit Van Gogh: Face to Face at the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) on Sunday, March 26. The special even...
February 24
- Remarks to the Faculty and Students Wayne State University School of Medicine
- Irvin D. Reid, President February 24, 2000 Good afternoon. I am delighted to be here today to address the faculty, staff and stu...
February 22
- WSU to appoint John Crissman dean of School of Medicine
- Wayne State University President Irvin D. Reid announced today that he will appoint John Crissman, M.D., dean of the School of Medicine. WSU's Board of Governors is expected to confirm his appointm...
- WSU professor develops new device to test for breast cancer risk
- Women soon may have a powerful - and easy to use - weapon in the fight against breast cancer. In a study reported recently at the 10th International Congress on Women's Health Issues, Wayne State...
- Wayne State's Reid named to board for Berlin Seminar
- Wayne State University President Irvin D. Reid was recently named to the Steering Committee and the Advisory Board for the Berlin Seminar, a DaimlerChrysler initiative to create a scientific forum ...
February 18
- Opera workshop
- Wayne State University's Opera Workshop will present its spring offering of Vincenzo Bellini's "I Capuletti ed i Montecchi" on April 7 & 8, 2000 at 7 p.m. T he performance will be he...
February 17
- WSU College of Education offers new holocaust teaching program
- A new program to train teachers in teaching holocaust and associate disuses begins February 2000 in the College of Education at Wayne State University. The program is the first of its kind in Michi...
February 14
- Distinguished WSU alumnae to receive Headliner Awards
- Four WSU alumnae whose achievements rated headlines in the press last year will receive the Women of Wayne Headliner Award at a luncheon at the Detroit Golf Club on Saturday, April 8. Given annual...
February 11
- Angela Davis lecture site moved to DeRoy Auditorium
- Political activist Angela Davis will lecture on "Beyond the Prison Industrial Complex" at 6 p.m. tomorrow (Feb. 11) in the upper auditorium of the DeRoy Building. The presentation previo...
February 10
- Edgar Scribner elected chairman of Wayne State's Board of Governors
- Edgar Scribner has been elected by colleagues on the Wayne State University Board of Governors to a one-year term as board chairman. The action, effective immediately, was taken at the annual reorg...
- Note: Photo is available on the web or e-mail
- Wayne State University students will hold the annual "Funeral for Ol' Man Winter" at 12:30 p.m. Thursday, April 6. This is an annual rite of spring on campus. Dwayne X. Riley; Matt Micha...
February 9
- Committee to raise funds for Olbrot Memorial
- A campus group composed of former colleagues, students and friends of the late Professor Andrzej Olbrot has formed an Olbrot Commemorative Committee to raise money for a memorial sculpture in his h...
February 8
- University will host Angela Davis, musicians and speakers in honor of Black History Month
- In recognition of Black History Month, several free special events will be held Wayne State in February. Feb. 10 - African Vista: Photo Reflections on a Home Coming" will feature Professor E...
- Academy of Scholars launches lecture series
- A campus group composed of senior scholars has initiated a new lecture series that will debut in March. The Academy of Scholars is launching "University Forum," a brown-bag luncheon serie...
February 7
- New Wayne State University Center will help companies use enterprise resource planning systems more effectively
- DETROIT - Designed to improve a company's performance, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems have proven to be a very costly headache for many. Late last year, the Wayne State University Board...
- Improvement needed in stroke care at local hospitals, WSU study finds
- Not all hospitals that treat acute stroke have facilities or personnel continually prepared for stroke evaluation and treatment, according to a survey to be presented by Wayne State University Sch...
February 3
- WSU winter dance concert will be Feb. 25, 26 at Music Hall Center for Performing Arts
- The Wayne State University Dance Company kicks off its winter season with a concert, "Approaching Extremes," at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Feb. 25 and 26, in the Music Hall Center for th...
February 2
- The Hilberry Theatre presents Thornton Wilder's American Classic Our Town
- "You got to love life to have life, and you got to have life to love life." -Thornton Wilder Experience Thornton Wilder's American classic Our Town at Wayne State University's Hilberry T...
- Wayne State University researcher tests gene therapy to stop the spread of prostate cancer
- DETROIT, MI - Prostate cancer may be difficult to treat, but once it spreads to the bones, it is even more devastating. If prostate cancer is not caught in its earliest stages, it metastasizes to t...
- Note: Local residents and student profiles are included. $2 million gift has WSU dancing
- Thanks to a $2 million gift from Maggie Allesee of Bloomfield Hills, Wayne State University's Department of Dance is poised to take a great leap forward. The university's Board of Governors app...
- School of Medicine research ranking climbs
- The Wayne State University School of Medicine climbed to number 22 of the nation's 125 medical schools in the latest rankings released by the National Science Foundation (NSF). The rankings are bas...
- The Wayne State University's Department of Theatre, Black Theatre Program presents Before It Hits Home at the Bonstelle Theatre
- Opening January 21 at the Bonstelle Theatre, Before It Hits Home by Cheryl L. West explores how people and families change and grow when outside situations hit home. Winner of the 1992 Helen Hayes ...
- Causes of stroke in young African Americans differ from white counterparts, WSU doctor finds
- High blood pressure may take a toll faster than once thought, according to a recent study involving young stroke patients in Detroit. Seemant Chaturvedi, MD, and his colleagues conducted a stu...
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