Column: Remove barriers to degree

Imagine you are the captain of a ship and you are being told that you can have a million dollars if you complete your voyage. All you have to do is navigate an unknown ocean, with unknown rules with no prior sailing experience. Then you hit a storm, get lost, and take on water. Not only do you fail to complete the journey but you also sink the ship.

June 6, 2018

The forgotten psychological wounds of the stress of migration

Our research team, Stress, Trauma, and Anxiety Research Clinic STARC at Wayne State University, has been exploring the psychological impact of traumatic experiences in Syrian adult and children refugees. 

June 5, 2018

University seeks to lure students back with debt reduction

Wayne State University announced a debt forgiveness plan to bring students who started but didn’t finish back to the institution to complete their degree. The Warrior Way Back initiative allows students who are two or more years removed from taking classes and who owe $1,500 or less in institutional balances to re-enroll and reduce their past-due balances by one third at the end of each successfully completed semester until the debt is eliminated. 

June 4, 2018

WSU: Re-enroll to forgive debt

Wayne State University is trying to entice former students who left without a degree to come back and complete their education. That's why on Wednesday it announced a program to forgive up to $1,500 of debt for students to re-enroll and finish their degrees.

May 30, 2018

Woodbridge community dedicates Rose Dog Park

The official memorial medallion dedication at the Rose Dog Park, honors fallen Wayne State University Police K9 Officer Collin J. Rose.

May 26, 2018

What retired General David Petraeus said about Detroit

Petraeus talked about homeland security and problems facing the country, including nuclear threats from North Korea, trade friction with China and security concerns revolving around Russia.

May 19, 2018

Building Healthy Communities program aims to surround school children with healthy living

Kristen Kaszeta, manager of BHC at Wayne State University, shares reasons why Building Healthy Communities is essential in Michigan. 

April 26, 2018

Wayne State recognizes Medal of Honor recipients

Wayne State University has installed banners in its football stadium recognizing all 3,500 recipients of America's highest military honor.

April 24, 2018

How are Michigan’s public schools funded?

Mike Addonizio is a professor of education policy studies at Wayne State University. “It substantially increased per-pupil funding for the lower revenue school districts,” Addonizio says. “And it also slowed down the growth in revenue for in what had been the property-rich school districts.” 

April 23, 2018

HIV is a growing concern in Detroit

There’s a growing concern about HIV in Detroit. According to the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services more than 11,000 people are living in metro Detroit with HIV and more than 40 percent of them are in Detroit. Nearly 5,000 people live in Detroit with HIV. 

April 23, 2018

Professor explores constraints on policy learning after disaster

Kristin O'Donovan, assistant professor of political science will explore the limits on policy learning about disaster mitigation after a community has experienced a disaster. 

April 20, 2018

School choice

Detroit schools Superintendent Nikolai Vitti said Wednesday he could speak first-hand about what it was like to walk into a school system decimated by unregulated choice. 

April 18, 2018

Wayne State students adopt Blessing Box idea to help Metro Detroiters in need

If you take a quick glance at the big box on the campus of Wayne State University, it doesn't really look like much. But as you get closer, it’ll catch your eye. Other media mentionshttps://www.clickondetroit.com/news/wayne-state-students-adopt-blessing-box-idea-to-help-metro-detroiters-in-need

April 15, 2018

Meet Detroit’s Mortuary Science Museum

Where can you find a history of embalming fluid alongside burial records for some of Detroit’s most famous?

April 13, 2018

The Network - featured on Conversations with Wayne State University

The Mildred Gaddis Show featured discussions with Darryl Gardner, director of Wayne State’s Emerging & Rising Scholars Programs; Joseph Bradfield, student engagement and retention coordinator; and Wayne State students Kamal Clark and Kamali Clora talking about “The Network,” a mentoring program focusing on empowering black male students in achieving their intellectual and academic goals.

April 13, 2018

Petraeus addresses Detroit's revival

Detroit has rebounded from bankruptcy “like a Phoenix rising from the ashes,” and the United States should emulate the city’s multifaceted template for success, former CIA director and U.S. Army Gen. David Petraeus said Thursday.

April 12, 2018

WSU African American graduation honors achievement, perseverance

On May 5, Jasmyne Brantley will join a host of other African and African American students from throughout the university, from undergrads to newly minted Ph.D.s, to take part in this year’s African American Graduation Celebration, marking the event’s 25th anniversary. 

April 9, 2018

Baby steps to better births

"Health systems, the university, the city – everybody's very dedicated to this problem," says Dr. Sonia Hassan, Make Your Date's director and an associate dean for maternal, perinatal and child health at the Wayne State University School of Medicine. "They've become very galvanized over the past couple of years, and so it's an environment that's been … very supportive."

April 5, 2018

Facebook privacy

"Its free, and unfortunately, that means we’re actually the product, not the customer," said Kevin Hayes, of what he believes Facebook users tend to forget.

March 27, 2018

Gen. Petraeus to keynote

Gen. (U.S. Army, Retired) David H. Petraeus will address the topic “National Security: How safe are we at home and around the world?” as part of the Forum on Contemporary Issues in Society’s (FOCIS) 10th anniversary lecture series,  “What in the World is Going On?

March 22, 2018