News Releases for April 2008
April 30
- Wayne State’s Board of Governors approves Graduate Certificate program in Records and Information Management: First such graduate program in the country
- A ddresses critical requirements regarding information management following passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act in 2002 Wayne State University's Board of Governors approved today the establ...
April 29
- Wayne State University students take top prize at Microsoft Imagine Cup
- Melissa and Jennifer Hui Photo courtesy of Microsoft Corp. Photography by Angela Daves Hale DETROIT-When Dr. Phil Cunningham, associate professor of Biology at Wayne State, w...
April 28
- Wayne State University commencement ceremonies set for Saturday, May 3, at Tom Adams Field on campus
- Ernie Harwell, Yousif Ghafari to receive honorary doctoral degrees Some 2,500 Wayne State University students who will participate in commencement ceremonies at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 3, on ca...
April 25
- Wayne State University Board of Governors to meet Wednesday, April 30
- The Wayne State University Board of Governors will hold its next regular meeting Wednesday, April 30, in Room BC at the McGregor Memorial Conference Center, 495 West Ferry Mall, in Detroit. The ...
- Nobel Laureate Ahmed Zewail and Roger Kornberg, to speak at Wayne State University’s Inaugural Ahmed H. Zewail Gold Medal Award and lecture Monday, April 28.
April 24
- Wayne State University to offer Federal Direct Loans for student financial aid
- Wayne State University announced today that it will join a cadre of colleges and universities across the nation in offering Federal Direct Loans to ensure reliable financial aid for students....
April 23
- Wayne State University Shiffman Medical Library director steps down after 15 years
- After 15 years as director of Wayne State University's Shiffman Medical Library and the Learning Resources Center, Ellen Marks will be stepping down on April 30, 2008 to take a position in Way...
April 22
- Wayne State University Technology Resource Center Named National Model of Digital Teaching and Learning
- Wayne State University's Technology Resource Center (TRC) was recently named an "exemplary model of digital learning and teaching with new technologies" by the international Humaniti...
April 21
- Wayne State University faculty member, Jerrold R. Brandell, named Distinguished Professor
- Jerrold Brandell Jerrold R. Brandell, an Ann Arbor, Mich. resident, has been named to the rank of Distinguished Professor at Wayne State University. WSU President Irvin D. Reid an...
- WSU professor re-elected as Board Secretary to the United States International Council on Disability
- Barbara LeRoy Barbara LeRoy Ph.D, Wayne State University professor and director of Wayne State's Developmental Disabilities Institute (DDI), has been re-elected to a two-year ...
- Professor Beecher-Monas Selected as Fulbright Scholar
- Erica Beecher-Monas DETROIT (April 21, 2008) - Wayne State University Law School Professor Erica Beecher-Monas was recently selected as a 2008-2009 Fulbright Scholar to China...
April 18
- Wayne State to host lecture with Nobel Laureates Ahmed Zewail and Roger Kornberg
- Public invited to this free event DETROIT- On Monday, April 28, 2008 at 10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Wayne State University will host two Nobel Laureates of Chemistry at the Inaugural Ahmed ...
- WDET Wins Five Awards from the SPJ-DetroitChapter
- ADDING TO DETROIT PUBLIC RADIO'S HONORS FOR 2008 DETROIT - April 18, 2008 - The Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) Detroit Chapter honored WDET 101.9FM Detroit Public Radio this we...
- Wayne State University Professor Jorge L. Chinea recipient of Excellence in Education Award: Cited for outstanding accomplishments in education
- Jorge Chinea Jorge L. Chinea , associate professor of history and director of Wayne State University's Center for Chicano Boricua Studies (CBS), has been selected as the 2008 ...
April 17
- WDET PRESENTS ACCLAIMED AUTHOR AND HOST OF "DEMOCRACY NOW!" AMY GOODMAN AT THE COMMUNITY ARTS AUDITORIUM ON MAY 9, 2008 AT 7PM
- Amy Goodman DETROIT - April 17, 2008 - WDET 101.9FM Detroit Public Radio is proud to present award-winning journalist and best-selling author Amy Goodman in Detroit on Friday, May...
April 16
- Wayne State University and Oakwood partner in new device to combat congestive heart failure
- Dearborn, Mich. - April 7, 2008 - Wayne State University School of Medicine and Oakwood Healthcare System surgeons successfully implanted a new device designed to combat congestive heart failur...
- Wayne State University Law Alumni Association, Student Board of Governors to Host Annual Golf Outing
- DETROIT (April 10, 2008) - The Wayne State University Law Alumni Association and the Wayne State University Student Board of Governors are proud to host the 18th Annual Wayne State University Law S...
- Michigan plans for boom from energy/green breakthroughs
- DETROIT --The state's top energy researchers, policy-makers and business innovators will come together on Earth Day April 22 to review plans for making Michigan a national leader in emerging g...
- Alumni Association Magazine Wins Journalism Awards
- DETROIT - April 16, 2008 -- Wayne State magazine won three awards from the Detroit chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. Art director Margaret Kelly received a second-place award...
April 15
- WSU ‘Apple Days’ Broadens Career Horizons for Middle Schoolers
- Middle school students from five Detroit public schools today experienced a fun, fast-paced educational glimpse into exciting careers in the health sciences at "Apple Days." Hosted and ...
April 11
- Wayne State University’s Center for Peace and Conflict Studies announces 2008 Peacemaker Awards: Honorees recognized on April 17
- Each year Wayne State University's Center for Peace & Conflict Studies (CPCS) hosts the Community Peacemaker Awards in celebration of those who have made a difference for peace and social ...
- Wayne State University Law School to Host Commencement Ceremony May 12
- Dean Designate Robert M. Ackerman, a Pennsylvania State University Dickinson School of Law professor, will speak at the Wayne State University Law School's annual Commencement ceremony on Monda...
April 10
- Detroit Middle Schoolers to Get Hands-on Experience in WSU Pharmacy and Health Sciences Programs
- Honors College Dean-designate Jerry Herron named David Mackenzie Honor Society 2008 honorary inductee
- Jerry Herron, who has served as Honors Program director since 2002 and a member of Wayne State University's faculty since 1982, has been named this year's honorary inductee for the David M...
April 9
- Nobel Laureate Eric Cornell, who proved Einstein’s predictions, to speak at Wayne State University Thursday, April 10
- MEDIA ADVISORY WHAT: Eric Cornell, 2001 Nobel Laureate and the 2008 Vaden W. Miles Memorial Lecturer to speak at Wayne State University. WHEN: Thursday, April 10 Presentation: 4 -5 p.m....
April 4
- Wayne State to host lecture with Nobel Laureate Eric Cornell
- Public invited to learn how Cornell proved Einstein's predictions DETROIT -As atoms get colder and colder, they become more like waves, and, less like particles. When a gas of atoms ge...
- Wayne State Business School Honors Local Business Leaders
- Wayne State University's School of Business Administration has selected Florine Mark, President and CEO of The WW (Weight Watchers) Group, Inc., as 2008 Michigan Executive of the Year . The s...
April 1
- Alumni Association Lecture Series Features Detroit Public Schools Chief
- DETROIT - April 1, 2008 - Detroit Public Schools Superintendent Connie Calloway will be featured during the Wayne State University Alumni Association's Arthur L. Johnson Urban Persp...
- Earth Week events at Wayne State University April 7-11, 2008 are free and open to the public
- Wayne State University Earth Week events are free and open to the public starting at 4 p.m. Monday, April 7 and ending at 8 p.m. on Friday, April 11. The events are presented by Wayne State...
- The 18th Annual Wayne-Windsor Canadian Studies Symposium presents: Whose Great Lakes: The Politics of Water
- "It has been said that if the twentieth century was the century of oil, then the twenty-first century will be the century of water," writes Peter Annin, the distinguished journalist and a...
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