Dean of the College of Fine, Performing and Communication Arts Sharon Vasquez will be teaching a new course for winter 2009 semester with distinguished professor Marion Jackson.
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In an effort to become more environmentally conscious this past year, Wayne State made a variety of improvements around campus. But it’s the action of two student organizations, the Student Environmental Action Leaders and SEED Wayne, who made this green effort a reality.
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Organizer hopes it will be first of many
As the fall semester comes to an end, final exams bring anxiety and stress. Some students are finding a different way to escape.
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WSU organizations will volunteer Nov. 30 at Coalition on Temporary Shelter
The Wayne State chapter of the United Way has partnered with Circle K, a WSU community service student organization, to volunteer at the Coalition on Temporary Shelter on Nov. 30 from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.
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Wayne State's finest keep watch over holiday festivities
Wayne State participants began Thanksgiving with a pre-parade celebration for donors at the Eugene Applebaum School of Pharmacy's Allied Health building, while others at the Bonstelle Theater enjoyed Thanksgiving activities, as well.
In order to maintain the success of these events, WSU police were on the job keeping a close watch.
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Native Americans are perpetually overlooked by society and the media, some say
Every February, March, September and October, Americans reflect on the triumphs and contributions made by famous African-Americans, Women, and Hispanics throughout history.
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On November 26, the Pre-Law Students Association assembled to discuss the furthering of the organization.
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Dr. Kenneth C. Palmer will lead a more expanded and proactive Office of Faculty Affairs in the School of Medicine. Palmer was named the vice dean for faculty affairs, Human Resources and Professional Development.
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A new media group has come together to meet the needs of a growing number of minority populations and publications.
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Campus living offers vices, opportunities to improve diet
Students had the opportunity to learn on how to maintain a healthy and fit lifestyle while living on campus, on Nov. 20, as part of International Education Week.
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Less-than-expected turnout doesn’t deter group’s efforts to help local patients
The Indian Student Association recently gave Wayne State students the chance to save lives and give hope to families during its second annual bone marrow drive to benefit ethnic patients.
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Powerful, insightful and breathtaking are just a few words that describe the Seventh Annual State of the Black Youth New Millennium Convention.
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Program researches, shares ways to help medical professionals with better treatment methods
Claire McInerney, an associate professor at Rutgers, presented the proposal of Knowledge Management on Nov. 13 at the McGregor Memorial Conference Center to try to improve the quality of health care in America.
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Software product facilitator will discuss solutions for up and coming companies to help themselves
On Nov. 14, Richard Sheridan, CEO of Menlo Innovations, will be the third speaker featured in the program "This is Dangerous Territory: Social Research Out of Bounds."
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Money will be used to study development of complications in kidney donors
First-year med student Karan Singh received an $8,000 grant from the American Society of Nephrology to study the link between maternal diet during pregnancy and its relation to the development of complications in kidney donors.
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WSU hosts seminar to discuss worldwide problem
Diabetes is becoming an overwhelming epidemic in Middle Eastern countries, according to Dr. Ibrahim S. Salti.
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Objectives include finding a therapeutic intervention for clinical use alongside chemotherapy
Last month, the Lifetime Movie Network premiered “Living Proof”, a movie where Harry Connick Jr. portrays the life of Dr. Dennis Slamon. In 1998, the FDA approved Slamon’s drug, Herceptin, for use on breast cancer patients that express the HER2/neu gene, which is involved in the growth of some cancer cells. Since then, his drug has saved more than 400,000 lives.
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School of Medicine gives forum on heavily contested stem cell research initiative
With five days left until the Nov. 4 election, the debate on Proposal 2 is still evoking mixed reactions from elected officials and the public. Wayne State, one of the top three research universities in the state, held an open forum on Thursday in its School of Medicine to allow for open dialogue between both sides of this heated issue. Proposal 2, if passed, would allow research on embryonic stem cells in Michigan.
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Police respond within minutes, evacuate buildings
A bomb threat regarding two campus buildings was called into Wayne State police at 8:57 a.m. on Friday, according to WSUPD Chief Anthony Holt. Both State Hall and the General Lectures building were immediately evacuated. The K-9 unit was being sent in to search for the alleged bomb.
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New technology will be used to help detect patients’ risk of disease before and after treatment
The Children's Research Center of Michigan recently approved a $49,910 grant for Dr. Meera Chitlur, Associate Professor in WSU School of Medicine's Department Pediatrics, who is expanding on a current laboratory method to improve the management of hemophilia in children.
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Everyone left the Foreign Language Technology Center's Digital Stories Competition on Oct. 15 a winner. Students, faculty and parents attended the competition, which screened three films that students made to document their experiences studying abroad in Italy and Poland.
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Michael Venyah of Soulwinners Ministries International creates fervor on campus
Is Michael Jackson going to hell? That question, among other sarcastic quips, was posed by more than 100 onlookers to evangelical Christian preacher Michael Venyah on Wednesday outside the Undergraduate Library.
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The Digital Stories contest, showcasing experiences overseas, takes place Oct. 15
Wayne State students studying abroad undertook a new task this year by composing entries for a new film competition sponsored by the Foreign Language Technology Center.
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WSU hosts fourth annual event focusing on entrepreneurship
E2Detroit: Entrepreneurship and Excellence will be returning for its fourth year on Wednesday, October 8, at Wayne State's Community Arts Auditorium. The event, which will feature keynote speakers David Brandon, President and CEO of Domino's Pizza, and Mary Ellen Sheets, founder and former CEO of Two Men and a Truck, gives local entrepreneurs an opportunity to hear stories and strategies from area business leaders.
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"Warrior Fever" was in full swing Saturday as Wayne State students, staff and alumni celebrated at the annual homecoming tailgate party in the parking lot of the Matthaei Athletic Center.
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Homecoming Week may have made Wayne State’s campus green and gold with pride, but the GLBT community also displayed their pride with a rainbow of colors and through several events to celebrate National Coming Out Day.
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President Dr. Jay Noren, during his first university-wide address, said Monday that "access to higher education, response solutions to urban stresses, citizenship and economic revitalization" were "critically important" problems for Wayne State to address as part of its responsibility to the people of the Detroit and beyond.
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