WSU contributes $1 million toward improving cardiovascular health in Detroit

Wayne State University is gathering partners to determine the scope of a multi-pronged effort to improve cardiovascular health in Detroit and is spearheading the plan with a $1 million donation.

July 1, 2018

Digging for mid-1800s trash uncovers lives of Corktown residents

Thomas Killion, associate professor of anthropology at Wayne State, said he and his students worked for three years on the archaeological dig at the row house, one of Detroit's oldest surviving structures. The house was built in 1849 on 6th Street, he said. Workers moved into the building in 1850.

July 1, 2018

Wayne State President visiting Marshall on Road Warrior tour

(Pg. 13) Wayne State University’s President M. Roy Wilson is embarking on his second annual Road Warriors tour during the last week of July. Marshall is the first stop on this year’s tour. Wilson, a biking enthusiast, is biking to four cities in five days holding a reception in each city. Wilson went to three cities during the inaugural tour last summer.  

June 29, 2018

Supreme Court's Janus decision is an opportunity for labor

This week, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its long awaited decision in Janus v. AFSCME, Council 31 and invalidated what's known as agency shop in the public sector. 

June 29, 2018

Why is suicide on the rise in the US – but falling in most of Europe?

Suicide now ranks in the top 10 leading causes of death in the U.S. In 2015, 44,193 Americans died by their own hand. That was more than the number killed in motor vehicle accidents (37,757) and over twice the number who died through homicide (17,793).

June 28, 2018

Supreme Court hands victory to pro-life crisis pregnancy centers

On June 26, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of pro-life crisis pregnancy centers by holding that a 2015 California law regulating them, the Reproductive FACT Act, violates the First Amendment. I am a constitutional law professor who has written extensively on the First Amendment.

June 27, 2018

Wayne State president to cycle through Owosso

Wayne State University President M. Roy Wilson will visit four Michigan cities in four days during the second Road Warrior bicycle tour July 23-26.

June 27, 2018

Janus decision extends First Amendment ‘right of silence’

Forty years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a state could require nonmembers of a public employee union to pay an “agency fee,” otherwise known as costs of collective bargaining, for their representation by the union.

June 27, 2018

Trump could pardon himself from crimes committed while in office

Unless you’ve fallen into the sinkhole on the White House lawn, you’re well aware of President Trump’s Twitter declaration that he can pardon himself just like he would anyone else.

June 27, 2018

Supreme Court ruling adds privacy protection for the digital age

The Supreme Court has handed down a landmark privacy decision in a case about cellphone location data, suggesting there should be stronger protections against government searches for the increasing amount of private information that’s stored online.

June 26, 2018

Treating pain in children teaches us about treating pain in adults

The U.S. government declared a national public health emergency in October 2017 to address the opioid addiction crisis. More than six months later, the country is still in the throes of the crisis, with no sight in end.

June 26, 2018

Upholding Trump’s Travel Ban, Supreme Court Ratifies Worldview Worrying Colleges

Ahmad Ezzeddine, associate vice president for educational outreach and international programs at Wayne State University, in Detroit, agreed that the main repercussions of the travel ban happened last fall, in the wake of its rollout. Or at least he hopes so. Wayne State’s international enrollments tumbled 15 percent in the fall of 2017.

June 26, 2018

Why Wayne State is Forgiving Debt to Reengage Stop-Out Students

Wayne State University is attempting to unlock the door for students who have been kept out of higher education when they owe small past due balances. Wayne State University, the Detroit Chamber of Commerce and Macomb Community College worked together to receive a Lumina Talent Hub Designation and create the Warrior Way Back Program, which is a cornerstone of our current institutional efforts. The Warrior Way Back is a way for students to “learn their way” back into the higher education ecosystem. 

June 25, 2018

WSU hosts DHack June 21-24

WSU hosted 600 attendees on campus for the newly rebranded DHack: Detroit's Hackathon. During DHack, college and high school students and the community came together to create tech projects in an overnight event culminating in cash and technology prizes for the winning projects. Formerly known as HackWSU, DHack transformed the second floor of the David Adamany Undergraduate Library into a hub of ideas and innovation as beginner, intermediate and expert hackers collaborating on software and hardware projects, including mobile apps, web applications, robotics, drones and more. .

June 23, 2018

Panel discusses issues affecting Detroit, region

Wayne County Executive Warren Evans, Henry Ford Health System President and CEO Wright Lassiter III and Wayne State University President M. Roy Wilson Thursday talked about what they love about the city, future projects and immigration. The trio served as panelists in a discussion hosted by the Michigan Chronicle as part of its Pancakes & Politics series. 

June 21, 2018

Juneteenth: Freedom’s promise still denied to thousands of blacks

June 19 marks Juneteenth, a celebration of the de facto end of slavery in the United States. For hundreds of thousands of African-Americans stuck in pretrial detention – accused but not convicted of a crime, and unable to leave because of bail – that promise remains unfulfilled. And coming immediately after Father’s Day, it’s also a reminder of the loss associated with the forced separation of families.

June 19, 2018

The college-graduation problem all states have

The percentage of Americans between the ages of 25 and 34 who had earned an associate’s degree rose by 7.4 percent between 2007 and 2017—a difference of more than 5 million people, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey. Still, that puts America at 10th in the world, according to the latest available data. Tiffany Jones, a researcher at Education Trust, said it can also help for colleges to assist groups of people with very specific needs. Detroit’s Wayne State University, for example, has just launched what it calls the “Warrior Way Back” program that forgives the debt of former students with an outstanding balance of less than $1,500 and no degree, and allows them to return to school. 

June 16, 2018

How our health tied to the health of the Great Lakes?

Carol Miller, professor of civil and environmental engineering and the Director of Healthy Urban Waters at Wayne State University, talked about the ways our health is tied to the condition of the Great Lakes. According to Miller, the overall health of the Great Lakes is “threatened,” but the lakes are currently in good condition. 

June 15, 2018

New European rules may give U.S. internet users true privacy choices

Europe’s new data privacy rules, the General Data Protection Regulation, have taken effect, but what they actually mean remains to be discovered. And whether the GDPR, as it’s known, really helps protect your private data may depend on complaints that Max Schrems, an Austrian privacy activist, filed against Google, Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp on the day the regulation went into effect.

June 14, 2018

How contaminated is the fish we eat?

Dr. Donna Kashian, professor of biological science at Wayne State University, said people need to concern themselves with the contamination of fish. "If you are pregnant, if you are under 11 years old, you are going to be more sensitive to some of these compounds," Kashian said.

June 12, 2018