Wayne State hosts inaugural Fall Opening event
For the first time, Wayne State is hosting a three-day event to start the academic year and welcome Warriors — new and returning — to campus.
Open to students, parents, faculty and staff, Fall Opening is an opportunity for all Warriors to come together and explore, as well as prepare for the start of a brand-new semester and academic year. Beginning the week of Aug. 21, a full slate of activities will be hosted for the campus community to celebrate and connect before classes begin Monday, Aug. 28.
Fall Opening expands on favorite Wayne State traditions – and builds new ones. Events will showcase WSU’s breadth of extracurriculars and academic programs, provide advice on preparing for classes, navigating campus, making friends and getting involved, accessing resources, and more.
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Junior Year in Munich celebrates 70 years of full immersion for students
For 70 years, Wayne State’s Junior Year in Munich (JYM) program has been offering students the opportunity to study abroad in Germany, making it the oldest U.S.-based German study abroad program in the nation. And it’s every bit as popular today as it was when it began.
The secret to its popularity lies in the truly immersive experience it offers students, who get to live and go to school in Germany for a year or a semester.
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Wayne State creates new cannabis chemistry undergraduate certificate
With its legalization in Michigan, the state’s marijuana dispensary business has boomed, creating a growing need for the testing and regulation of cannabis. To address this need and prepare students for related job opportunities, in June the Wayne State University Board of Governors approved the establishment of a new undergraduate certificate in cannabis chemistry beginning in the fall.
The certificate program will be housed in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and administered by the Department of Chemistry. It will require five classes and a research course, totaling 15 credit hours that teach students the instrumentation, standard operating procedures, business and law practices, and science behind testing and regulation.
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Gift of $20 million establishes the Ben L. Silberstein Institute for Brain Health
Wayne State University today announced a $20 million gift — one of the largest individual gifts in the university’s history — from renowned philanthropist Seema Boesky to establish the Ben L. Silberstein Institute for Brain Health.
The institute will be named in honor of Boesky’s late father, who was a Detroit real estate attorney and hotel magnate. With Boesky’s transformational investment, neuroscience innovation will be synonymous with the Ben L. Silberstein Institute for Brain Health, which will be located inside the Wayne State University Integrative Biosciences Center at 6135 Woodward in Detroit.
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Dr. Boris Pasche to lead Karmanos and Department of Oncology
The Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, part of Grand Blanc-based McLaren Health Care and a National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center, in conjunction with Wayne State University, has named Boris C. Pasche, M.D., Ph.D., FACP, president and chief executive officer and, pending formal NCI approval, principal investigator of the Comprehensive Cancer Center Core Grant, effective Aug 28. He also will serve as chair of the Department of Oncology at the Wayne State University School of Medicine.
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