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• Wayne State University Launches Research Center to Improve Human Conditions Locally, Regionally, Nationally and Internationally

  - 2008-03-31

  To: URBAN AFFAIRS EDITORS Contact: Francine Wunder, fwunder@dmac.wayne.edu, or Tom Reynolds, treynolds@wayne.edu, both of Wayne State University, +1- 313-577-2150 Detroit social service agencies partner with university to meet urban population challenges at time when need is greatest in Southeast Michigan DETROIT, March 31 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Wayne State Universitys School...

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• Wayne State University

  - 2008-03-01

  Wayne State University is teaming with Huazhong University of Science and Technology in Wuhan, China, to crate the Confucius Institute, a nonprofit program within the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. The institute is designed to promote the teaching and understanding of Chinese language and culture and support Chinese language...

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• Laugh, learn at Small Business Awards on Tuesday.(News)

  - 2007-06-25

  Byline: Joanne Scharich "Entrepreneurship and the Art of Improv'' is the topic of the Crain's Detroit Business Small Business Awards Tuesday in Detroit. Dan Izzo, a training leader at Wayne State University's Bizdom U. entrepreneurship institute, and also the founder of...

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• Wayne State style; new residential options have people talking about Midtown Living

  - 2007-06-01

  The headlines are filled with pessimistic stories about the decline of Detroit. Unemployment and foreclosures are up, the automobile industry is struggling and the housing market is flat. Yet, in spite of these doom and gloom characterizations, Wayne State University continues to expand its vast campus with new academic and...

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• Michael Delon Wilson, 25.(Focus)(Michel Delon Collection)

  - 2007-04-30

  Byline: Sheena Harrison Executive director, Detroit Fashion Incubator, Detroit Owner, Michel Delon Collection, Detroit Education: Two years at Wayne State University, concentrations in fashion design and marketing. Claim to fame: Creating the Detroit Fashion Incubator, a networking...

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• A lasting solution: business can help craft a permanent DMC/WSU medical education partnership

  - 2007-03-01

  The Detroit Region is working hard to transform its economy in order to thrive in an intensely competitive global marketplace. Many hurdles need to be overcome to achieve this goal. One of these obstacles is the absence of a lasting solution between the Detroit Medical Center and Wayne State University...

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• Next steps in Midtown.(News)

  - 2007-02-26

  Byline: Joanne Scharich What's next for Midtown/New Center? Find out during the Feb. 28 Ideas Before Dawn panel discussion. Speakers will include: William Schramm, senior vice president, strategic business development, Henry Ford Health System; James Croce, CEO of NextEnergy; and Randal...

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• Detroit Orientation Institute taking applications.(News)

  - 2007-02-26

  Byline: Joanne Scharich Are you new in town? Want to learn your way around Detroit? The Detroit Orientation Institute at Wayne State University is now accepting applications for its April 17-May 1 spring session. The sessions are for area newcomers or for...

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• Scott Hall of Medical Sciences at Wayne State U

  - 2006-10-01

  ACADEMIC SPACE DOESN'T EVOLVE naturally into lab space. With that in mind, leaders at Wayne State University in Detroit have renovated the Gordon Scott Hall of Basic Medical Sciences so that it meets the school's current needs. * FUNCTION: To be the main facility for the School of Medicine's...

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• Denny and Richard Freitag; Midtown.(Living and Investing in the D)(Brief article)

  - 2006-08-21

  Byline: Bowdeya Tweh Denny Freitag moved to Detroit six years ago based on a recommendation from her son, who was looking for a place to live near Wayne State University. "My son was saying, `We found the perfect place. It's cheap....

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