Though only a faculty member for a few years, Stephen P. Hepler, Ph.D. made a significant and lasting impact on the study of computer science at Wayne State University. Hepler died tragically in September 1977, just shy of his 30th birthday, but his legacy as an innovator and educator lives on at Wayne State.

Shobi Mathew, a graduate student in the Wayne State University School of Medicine’s Basic Medical Sciences master’s degree program, last month launched medical education outreach programming within the Downtown Boxing Gym Youth Program to teach Detroit children about physiology and specific organ function.

The Michigan Health Endowment Fund has awarded nearly $1 million to two Wayne State University programs that protect and enhance the well-being of our area’s older adults and caregivers.

As seen during this year’s midterm elections, when false and unsubstantiated claims were prominent, social media companies struggle to regulate and contain political misinformation on their platforms. In response, WhatsApp, a free messenger app for smartphones that is owned by Facebook, has selected 20 research teams out of 600 applicants from around the world for WhatsApp Misinformation and Social Science Research Awards.

Wayne State University has been awarded a campus sexual assault prevention grant to fund a program that will work with Midtown and downtown Detroit bars and restaurants to teach, promote, raise awareness and empower bystander intervention by adhering to the motto, "See something, say something." Wayne State’s grant project — Look Out and Raise Awareness in the D (LORAD) — is made possible by Michigan’s Campus Sexual Assault Grant Program.

Wayne State University will lead the U.S. clinical trials for a new human sepsis diagnostic test that can provide results within four hours at a hospital or medical clinic. It can take several days to identify the bacterial strain causes sepsis using standard blood culture techniques.

Competing against the likes of the University of Michigan, Michigan State University, Eastern Michigan University, University of Detroit Mercy and Oakland University for the American Heart Association award, Wayne State was able to successfully train 1,040 of the 1,532 people state-wide on the Hands-Only CPR method.

The Feedback Loop started in 2017 as a way to help solve the need of food waste on Wayne State’s campus and in the surrounding community. To date, the group has recovered approximately 18,389 pounds of food, equating to roughly 15,324 meals.

The bags were distributed throughout Detroit at the Neighborhood Service Organization (NSO), Coalition On Temporary Shelter (COTS) and the Rosa Parks Transit Center.

Wayne State University alumnus Waref Hawasli ’06 recently launched Opnr — a website and app that help local musicians find gigs — with support from TechTown Detroit.

Powered by Publics represents the largest-ever collaborative effort to improve college access, advance equity and increase college degrees awarded. The massive new effort includes 130 public universities and systems.

WSU research team secures $929k in funding for science-based mitigation initiative to reduce microplastic pollution, a top priority of leading environmental organizations.

Kids Work It Out currently operates a school-based, nationally unique program that fuses yoga practice, mindfulness, social and emotional learning, trauma coping, and nutrition education.

This is the third gift from the Sean Anderson Foundation in support of the HIGH Program. In 2016, the foundation created a $25,000 endowment for the program, exemplifying recording artist Big Sean’s commitment to improving the quality of life of young people. The foundation also donated $15,000 to the HIGH Program in 2017.

The College of Engineering at Wayne State University has received a $1 million gift from Nancy Philippart ’80, M.A. ’87, Ph.D. ’14 and Thomas McGrail ’82 to create a new center for global engineering education. The couple previously created an endowed scholarship at the college for students to pursue overseas educational opportunities.

Celebrate Thanksgiving in the Warrior Zone at America’s Thanksgiving Parade presented by Art Van. Wristbands are available for purchase online.

A trio of educators at Wayne State University in Detroit, including President M. Roy Wilson, propose a new approach to using academic health centers to heal society’s most vulnerable patients seeking care in the United States health care system.

The annual Project Degree Completion Award identifies and honors institutions using innovative strategies or programs to increase retention and graduation outcomes and decrease achievement gaps. To markedly boost graduation rates, Wayne State launched a Student Retention Initiative in 2011, investing more than $10 million in student success over the following five years.

Zhiqiang Cao, associate professor of chemical engineering, leads a research team that has been awarded nearly $3 million in funding from the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, and the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. Cao’s group is developing an implantable technology with glucose-responsive insulin release and long-term therapeutic capabilities.

On Friday, Nov. 2, a select group of Wayne State University business students vied for scholarships and bragging rights during the fourth annual Mike Ilitch School of Business Elevator Pitch Competition at Detroit's historic Guardian Building, riding to the top with executive judges from Ally, Enterprise, General Motors, Plante Moran and Quicken Loans.

The mission of the program is to encourage law students to embrace the professional responsibility and social commitment to use their legal training to benefit under-served populations and the community at large. In recognition of the American Bar Association’s week-long National Celebration of Pro Bono, Wayne Law hosted events and a coordinated conventional and social media campaign to encourage students to take the pledge and give back.

Wayne State University unveiled its new float, “Warrior Strong,” during the 19th Annual Parade Pancake Breakfast presented by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan (BCBSM). In celebration of the university’s 150th anniversary, the “Warrior Strong” float will make its debut at the 92nd America’s Thanksgiving Parade presented by Art Van with a national broadcast reaching 185 major cities across the country.

Located at the corner of Joseph Campau and Alice Street on Hamtramck's south side, the site is home to the city's former "Old Hamtramck Center."

Best-selling author, scholar, teacher and psychologist Beverly Daniel Tatum, Ph.D., visited Wayne State University earlier this month for a candid conversation about race relations and racial identity in higher education.

Local business leader and philanthropist Avinash Rachmale, M.S. ’89, and his wife, Hema Rachmale, Cert. ’92, have donated a total of $5 million to the Wayne State University College of Engineering under the auspices of The N. Rachmale Foundation: $1 million to create an endowed scholarship fund, and $4 million to build a structures and materials engineering testing laboratory in Highland Park, Michigan.