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Wayne State’s criminal justice department will be hosting their first Just Poetry event from 7 to 9:30 p.m. on Feb. 23 at Marble Bar to shed light on the many ways the criminal justice system impacts individuals. Poems that have been written by local poets, police officers, people who have been impacted directly and indirectly […]
What: The French Consul General will bestow the prestigious Knight of the Legion d’Honneur medal, the highest French order for military and civil merits, on Guy Stern, Ph.D., distinguished professor emeritus at Wayne State University. When: 2 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 27th Where: The HMC Auditorium in The Holocaust Memorial Center Zekelman Family Campus located at 28123 Orchard Lake Road, Farmington Hills, MI 48334. Who: Open to the public. Adults – $8.00 Senior Adults […]
Professor Michele Valerie Ronnick will receive the Lifetime Service and Achievement Award from Eta Sigma Phi, the national honor society for classical studies, on March 24, 2017, at the group’s annual meeting. Ronnick will be recognized for her contributions to the study of classics, which include her scholarly work ranging from a book on Cicero; articles on […]
When Wayne State alumna Dianna Jakubiec first decided to trade her unpredictable life of contract work for the more stable position at the U.S. Army Department of Defense at TACOM, she believed that would be the end of her career in the field she loved: anthropology. Instead, Jakubiec uses her background in anthropology to shake […]
Professor Krysta Ryzewski and her archaeology students entered the Grande Ballroom with a team of experts on Oct. 5 to formally determine the viability of the property and to investigate its potential towards larger neighborhood revitalization on behalf of its current owners, Chapel Hill Missionary Baptist Church. Originally built in 1928 to serve as a […]
Krysta Ryzewski, assistant professor of anthropology at Wayne State University, has been named as the 2016 Junior Faculty Award recipient for her research exploring the consequences of disruptive socio-environmental pressures on past landscapes, communities and material culture production. Established in 2003, the Junior Faculty Award is given to provide a promising, non-tenured faculty member with […]
Andy Newman, assistant professor of anthropology and undergraduate adviser, is an urban anthropologist who views Detroit as an opportunity to broaden both his engagement and that of his students with the urban issues that cities face across the globe. Newman’s interest in anthropology began at a young age. Growing up in Houston, Texas, Newman attended […]
The Vice President of Central China Normal University (CCNU), Dr. Shoucheng Xie, and Director of Human Resource Dr. Youzhou Ren will be discussing the many jobs and study abroad opportunities in China that are available to WSU students on November 2 from 4:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m. in Room J of McGregor Conference Center. CCNU […]
Beginning in summer 2017, Wayne State students will learn side-by-side with incarcerated men and women thanks to a new partnership with the Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program. The Inside-Out program will provide students with the opportunity to learn behind prison walls alongside people who likely have a different background and perspective than their own. This kind […]
Mary Kay Pflum, associate professor of the Department of Chemistry, received a $787,669 NIH grant for her research, titled “Identification of Histone Deacetylase Substrates using Trapping Mutants.” The technology Pflum is developing, which does not currently exist, aims to address a significant need in cell biology research. This substrate-trapping technology could help to uncover the […]