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News Releases for June 2005

June 29

WDET nominated for Radio and Records 2005 Triple A Industry Achiecement Award
Detroit Public Radio Again Recognized By Industry For Progressive Music Programming June 28, 2005 - DETROIT - Radio industry leaders have again recognized WDET with a nomination for Radi...
WDET News Department takeshome five awards from Detroit Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ)
Detroit Public Radio Once Again Recognized For Excellence In Its Local News Coverage June 28, 2005 – DETROIT – WDET 101.9FM Detroit Public Radio was honored with five awards ...

June 27

WSU Law Professor wins U.S. Supreme Court case
In a decision announced yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court has agreed with WSU Law Professor David Moran’s argument in Halbert v. Michigan that a person who has pleaded guilty to a crime and s...

June 24

Researchers explain methods of change to the U.S. Army
A team of Wayne State University researchers from the School of Business Administration, the Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, the Department of Anthropology and the Institute...
Wayne State University faculty continue Technology Tri-Corridor success
WSU was successful in the Michigan’s Technology Tri-Corridor competition this year. In Category I, WSU awardees included: Dr. Ewart Haacke , Detroit, professor of Radiology, was ...
Wayne State University restructuring College of Urban, Labor and Metropolitan Affairs
Wayne State University’s Board of Governors recently approved the restructuring of the College of Urban, Labor and Metropolitan Affairs (CULMA), effective Aug. 18, 2005. The plan calls for t...

June 22

WSU jazz artist Chris Collins to perform during World Expo in Japan
DETROIT , Mich. — Chris Collins, associate professor and co-director of Jazz Studies at Wayne State University , will be performing July 13-14 at the World Expo in as ...

June 21

Wayne State plays host at World Expo 2005 in Japan
     Wayne State University will be part of the first World Expo of the 21st century in Aichi, Japan when it hosts two exhibition days there in the U.S. Pavilion on July 13-14....

June 17

German and Slavic Studies awards scholarships
Wayne State University’s department of German and Slavic Studies has announced the multiple recipients of three scholarship funds for the 2005-2006 academic year.  The Concor...
WSU Music Faculty and Students Invited to Perform at the 2005 Michigan Jazz Festival
DETROIT, MI (June 17, 2005) - The 2005 Michigan Jazz Festival at Schoolcraft College will feature Wayne State Department of Music faculty and students. The George Benson Quartet, Steve Carryer Trio...

June 15

Wayne State appoints associate vice president for Undergraduate Programs and General Education
DETROIT -- Wayne State University has announced the appointment of Howard N. Shapiro as associate vice president for Undergraduate Programs and General Education. He was vice provost at Iowa State...
TechTown Awards Facilities Management Contract to Premier Real Estate Services Firm Cushman & Wakefield
( Detroit ) June 8, 2005 —TechTown, Detroit ’s only research and technology park, is proud to announce that it has contracted Cushman & Wakefiel...
Northwestern High School Student Short on Funds for Harvard University Summer Program
(Detroit) June 15, 2005—Jeannette Perryman, a 17-year-old Northwestern High School junior, has dreamed of attending Harvard University since she was in sixth grade. This summer, her dream mig...
Wayne State earns IABC/Detroit-record 3 Best of Show Awards
DETROIT, Mich. — Wayne State University earned an IABC/Detroit-record three Best of Show awards during the chapter’s 24th Annual Renaissance Awards competition June 14 at Schoolcraft Co...

June 14

Engineering camp for girls offers different summer opportunity
School is out for the summer beginning this week and next (last week for some), and while teenagers such as 13-year-old Shelby Robinson of Southfield are grateful for the long summer break, they an...

June 13

Wayne State University Physics Professor receives prestigious science award from President George W. Bush
         Wayne State Professor Sean Gavin has been selected to receive the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) that ...

June 9

Wayne State University Offers Computer Camp for high school students June 27 to July 14
     Wayne State ’s department of computer science is launching a summer camp for high school students ages 14 to 16.  The three-week progr...

June 8

Wayne State to host social work information and advising sessions
Wayne State University, which has partnered with St. Clair County Community College (SC4) to bring Wayne State bachelor's degree courses to area residents, will hold three information and advising ...
Get Admitted Instantly to Wayne State University
DETROIT — Taking the suspense out of the undergraduate admissions process for the Fall 2005 term, Wayne State University is giving applicants an instant admissions decision during three walk...

June 3

Wayne State University Board of Governors to meet
The Wayne State University Board of Governors will hold its next regular meeting Wednesday, June 8, in Room BC at McGregor Memorial Conference Center, 495 West Ferry Mall, in Detroit. The Boa...

June 1

WDET Named “Best Radio Station” in HOUR Detroit readers’ poll
DETROIT – May 20, 2005 – HOUR Detroit magazine’s Best of Detroit 2005 readers’ poll has honored WDET 101.9FM by naming it “Best Radio Station” and “Best So...
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