News Releases for July 2008
July 31
- MEDIA ADVISORY - Milestone 1000th Chemistry PhD awarded at Wayne State University
- (Left to Right) Robert Thomas, dean of WSU's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; Keerthisinghe Senevirathne, 1000th Chemistry PhD graduate; Stephanie Brock, WSU associate chem...
- Wayne State University announces two administrative promotions
- Anthony D. Holt Jeffrey D. Block Wayne State University President Irvin D. Reid announced today two key appointments in the university's administration. Anthony...
July 30
- Wayne State University Board of Governors approves second lowest tuition increase in the state for FY 2009 budget:
- State funding crisis necessitates "reluctant" tuition increase to maintain top educational status; honor legal mandate to balance budget. Wayne State University's Board of Gover...
July 29
- Automation Alley collaborates with TechTown to serve Motor City entrepreneurs
- DETROIT, July 29, 2008- Automation Alley has signed a collaborative agreement with TechTown to offer the combined resources of both organizations in the center of Detroit. "Collaborating ...
July 28
- College of Nursing Receives $50,000 Grant from Aetna Foundation To Support Distance and On-Demand Learning Initiatives
- DETROIT, July 2008 - The Wayne State University College of Nursing has been awarded a $50,000 national grant from the Aetna Foundation to help expand the College's capacity to offer advanced ...
- New combination of drug therapies found to significantly lower blood pressure in blacks
- Wayne State University researcher presented findings to the National Medical Association DETROIT- African-Americans have a higher risk of developing high blood pressure, the leading risk fa...
July 25
- Wayne State University Board of Governors to meet Wednesday, July 30
- The Wayne State University Board of Governors will hold its next regular meeting Wednesday, July 30, in Room BC at the McGregor Memorial Conference Center, 495 West Ferry Mall, in Detroit. The B...
July 24
- National Legal Experts from Wayne State University's Law School
- Robert Sedler Professor Sedler has litigated a large number of important civil rights and civil liberties cases in Michigan and elsewhere. He was named a Gershenson Disting...
July 22
- Wayne State University receives international award for excellence in communications technology for its innovative messaging service
- Wayne State University receives international award for excellence in communications technology for its innovative messaging service - Use of mobile technologies delivers almost instant communic...
- Wayne State University hails milestone grand opening of South University Village and Studio One Apartments
- Public-private development partnership spurs residential and retail growth in Detroit's Midtown Wayne State University is celebrating the grand opening of the first major market-rate r...
July 21
- Komen Detroit Circle of Promise and Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute to host free event July 26 to educate, engage and empower community in the fight against breast cancer
- WSU’s Department of Nutrition and Food Science will provide nutrition advice for cancer prevention DETROIT – On Saturday, July 26, the Susan G. Komen for the Cure®...
- Community advocate and educator Ivan L. Cotman joins Wayne State University's Planned Giving Committee
- Ivan Louis Cotman , community advocate and longtime education administrator in Michigan, has joined Wayne State University's Planned Gifts Committee. Cotman brings to the committee his expert...
July 16
- Michigan Initiative for Innovation & Entrepreneurship announced today
- Wayne State to create commercialization center within Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics; expand innovative student-run advertising agency at TechTown DETROIT-A new consortium of Mic...
- Media Advisory -- Business & Technology Camp Gives 30 High School Students a Glimpse of College, Work Life
- WHAT: Wayne State University's School of Business Administration's E-commerce Summer Camp students demonstrate, display and present Websites that they designed to address a business a...
July 14
- Alumna Appointed Wayne Law Assistant Dean of Admissions
- DETROIT (July 14, 2008) - Wayne State University Law School is proud to announce the appointment of Ericka Matthews-Jackson, a 1997 Wayne Law alumna, as Assistant Dean of Admissions. As Assista...
July 11
- Aviation Career Education Academy at Wayne State flying high in spite of tough times for airline industry
- Annual summer camp for youths promotes careers in aviation The airline industry may be in the midst of a bumpy economic ride, but the industry's struggles do not seem to have dampened i...
July 10
- Older Adults at High Risk for Gambling Problems
- Detroit, MI -- Research from the Institute of Gerontology at Wayne State University revealed that one in five older adults who enter a casino eventually displays problem gambling behaviors. Pete...
- Health Care Innovators J. Mario Molina, Martha Bernadett and John Molina, Detroit Entrepreneur Ron Hall Named 2008 LifeLine Awardees
- DETROIT, July 2008 - Three top executives from Molina Healthcare, Inc., America's first family of managed care for low-income citizens, and longtime Detroit entrepreneur and business leader Ro...
- Columbia University Professor and Researcher Dr. Nancy King Reame Named 2008 Wayne State College of Nursing Alumna of the Year
- DETROIT, July 2008 - Nancy King Reame, MSN, PhD, FAAN, the Mary Dickey Lindsay Professor of Nursing and director of the Doctor of Nursing Science program at the Columbia University School of Nursi...
July 9
- Wayne State students take top prize at International Microsoft Imagine Cup
- DETROIT-Microsoft Corp. yesterday announced the winners of Imagine Cup 2008 at the Musée du Louvre in Paris, after a week of intense competition. Finalists were chosen from a pool of more ...
- Wayne Law Student Appointed to National ABA Committee
- DETROIT (July 9, 2008) - Wayne State University Law School second-year student Solomon Radner was recently appointed as the student liaison to the American Bar Association's (ABA) White Colla...
- Two Wayne State University Chicano-Boricua Studies students present research in Washington, D.C.
- Two undergraduate Hispanic students, Angela Gallegos (22) and Amanda Jacob (20) were selected by Wayne State University's Center for Chicano-Boricua Studies (CBS) to participate in the Summer I...
July 8
- WSU professor studying potential method for improved brain tumor detection
- DETROIT- Dr. Csaba Juhasz, assistant professor of pediatrics and neurology at Wayne State University's School of Medicine and Children's Hospital of Michigan, recently received a $1.5 mill...
- MEDIA ADVISORY -- Wayne State Business Alumni Seek Golfers to "Swing for the Students"
- Proceeds From Golf Tournament Will Grow Scholarship Endowment Fund WHAT: Golf outing to grow an endowed scholarship fund benefitting Detroit high school students planning to major in b...
July 7
- Wayne State University and the Institute for the Study of the African American Child (ISAAC) to host roundtable discussion on African American education July 19
- Fundraiser to benefit ISAAC will be held July 18 A panel of nationally distinguished African American education scholars, policymakers and practitioners will address the intersection of pra...
- Wayne State University's Procurement Technical Assistance Center and The Downriver Community Conference to launch business mentoring initiative
- Wayne State University's Executive and Professional Development Division and The Downriver Community Conference announce the launch of a new program aimed at increasing the competitiveness and ...
July 3
- Wayne State Serving as Educational Advisor to Detroit Jazz Festival
- Wayne State University Department of Music and Detroit International Jazz Festival Partner to Host 2nd Annual JazzWeek@Wayne for Area Youth DETROIT, MI (July 3, 2008) - In 2007, the Wayne St...
- Wayne State University makes transfers from Oakland Community College easy
- Wayne State University and Oakland Community College (OCC) have signed an agreement that makes it easier for students in business, computer science and engineering at OCC to complete a bachelo...
July 2
- City awards TechTown $625,882 grant for business growth program
- DETROIT, July 1, 2008-TechTown received a grant for $625,882 in May from the Casino Development Fund. The funds will allow TechTown to bring more companies into its Detroit-Based Initiative (DBI) ...
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