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Wayne State University has launched a new e-newsletter dedicated to telling the great stories behind the countless outreach, service, research and educational projects it's involved with in Detroit. In fact, you're reading that newsletter right now. Want to know more about what the university is up to all around Detroit? Then read on.  

As part of an ongoing push to broaden its message about its community engagement efforts, Wayne State University has teamed up with local radio luminary Mildred Gaddis to kick off "Conversations with Wayne State," a segment about the college experience that is aimed at African American listeners and other diverse audiences.

The Wayne State University African American Graduation Celebration has, for more than two decades, lauded the academic accomplishments of African, African American students as well as others, achievements often reached in the face of staggering odds. Here's how the ceremony is entering its 25th year...

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In the half-century since unrest rocked Detroit in 1967, disparities in health and health care services between black and white Americans have actually widened, according to findings presented recently by Dr. Herbert Smitherman Jr., M.D., M.P.H., vice dean of Diversity and Community Affairs at the Wayne State University School of Medicine, as part of an update of the original Kerner Commision report.  

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