News and Announcements
- First collective bargaining agreement reached with part-time faculty
- The new contract provisions will govern many aspects of the relationship between the university and part-time faculty, including salary . . .
- Confucius Institute and TechTown launch Chinese Business Club
- The free monthly forum will be a centralized resource for entrepreneurs who want to conduct business with China, and for Chinese businesses that want to do business in southeastern Michigan . . .
- Why are so many soldiers returning with traumatic brain injuries?
- Biomedical researchers are working to determine the cause of the injuries, which include long-term headaches and memory lapses, as well as treatment and prevention . . .
- Housing rates set for 2008-2009
- Campus housing rates will remain among the lowest in the state under new rates approved by the university's Board of Governors . . .
- TechTown’s SciTech honored by National Institutes of Health
- SciTech is attracting national attention for promising anti-cancer drug research that may save thousands of lives from pancreatic and other deadly cancers . . .
- Applause, please, for these outstanding faculty!
- Five professors who have distinguished themselves through research, writing of scholarly publications and participation in international competitions received BOG Faculty Recognition Awards . . .
- New graduate certificate program in records and information management begins in fall
- Scandals at Enron and Tyco show need for effective and efficient information management, and this program will equip grads to do just that . . .
- WSU to upgrade Blackboard to latest release
- Developed in close collaboration with day-to-day users of the system, Release 8.0 further improves the performance of the software . . .
- Sisters take top prize at Microsoft Imagine Cup and head to Paris
- Imagine Cup is one of the world's premier student technology competitions and sisters Melissa and Jennifer Hui rocked the photography section with their photo essay about how technology can slow global warming . . .
- Manoogian Hall renovations begin!
- The work, which is only the first phase of planned upgrades to the building, will include improved energy efficiency, new electrical and lighting systems . . .
- School of Medicine’s Young Doctors of Detroit reach out
- Detroit Public Schools students in ninth through 12th grades were inspired to overcome challenges to continue their education during the fifth annual Each One Teach One event . . .
- Federal Direct Loans will ensure financial aid for students
- The program will improve service, simplify the process and protect students from market volatility . . .
- Small Business Law Clinic helps entrepreneurs with startup basics
- Students gain experience and small businesses receive free legal help . . .
- Students strut their stuff at the National Conferences on Undergraduate Research
- More than two dozen Warriors joined 2,800 student researchers and faculty mentors . . .
- Library and Information Science offers new online degree program
- The online option gears up in Fall 2008 and includes the same content as the regular MLIS program . . .
