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Why Midtown Is Seeing A Huge Crime Drop, Improved Quality Of Life

Posted 05.22.2012

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This article originally appeared in Model D. By Jon Zemke Tackling the public safety problems of Detroit requires more than the efforts of one p...

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Get Ready to GET VERSED

Terry Blackhawk | Posted 05.17.2012

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The care we give children is returned tenfold by our young people, and their talents and generous hearts will make a better world for us all.

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Meijer Gives Hefty Grant To Michigan Writers

Posted 05.02.2012

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It’s a good time for Michigan writers to get to work on their next brilliant manuscript: Wayne State University Press on Tuesday announced a grant f...

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From Car Dealership To $93M Biomedical Research Facility

The Huffington Post | Kate Abbey-Lambertz | Posted 04.16.2012

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A historic building designed by Albert Kahn will get a 21st-century revamp when Wayne State University turns it into a $93 million biomedical research...

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Congressman Hansen Clarke Offers Student Debt Relief Bill

HuffingtonPost.com | Kate Abbey-Lambertz | Posted 04.11.2012

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On Tuesday, U.S. Rep. Hansen Clarke (D-Mich.) joined students from a classroom in Detroit to discuss his plan to ease student loan debt. Taking advant...

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Beautiful in Their Resilience: Youth Voices of Detroit, Revealed

Terry Blackhawk | Posted 05.23.2012

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I have long felt that our students have a somewhat different relationship to their city than children in other parts of the country, that they take Detroit as their muse and that the city actually becomes a character in their work.

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National Institutes Of Health Library Acquires Pioneering Detroit Doc's Docs

The Huffington Post | David Sands | Posted 02.13.2012

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The National Institutes of Health's National Library of Medicine has acquired the papers of the late Charles F. Whitten, a respected Detroit pediatric...

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Wayne State Symposium Explores Politics Of Pot

The Huffington Post | David Sands | Posted 01.27.2012

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Wayne State University is holding a symposium on marijuana policy Friday to discuss the drug's social, economic, health and legal implications. Former...

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'Without The Arab Spring There Would Be No Occupy Movement': Occupy Detroit Marches For Egyptian Revolution

The Huffington Post | Kate Abbey-Lambertz | Posted 03.26.2012

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On the anniversary of 2011's Egyptian revolution, community groups will join members of Occupy Detroit to stand in solidarity with the Egyptian people...

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Go Midwest, Young Entrepreneur

Dan Izzo | Posted 02.07.2012

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Normally, the worst advice anyone can give in business is "If you build it, they will come." However, the city of Detroit, in particular the Detroit 2.0 movement, is a classic example of "build it, and they will come."

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Obama vs. Newt or Mitt Can't Compare to the Fighting Okras vs. the Gorillas

Harvey Gotliffe, Ph.D. | Posted 02.05.2012

The cruel, cold months of December and January bring warmth to the hearts of college football fans everywhere -- but only if their Division I team is involved in one of the thirty-five scheduled "major" college bowl games.

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WIll Wayne State's Proposed Policies Screen Out Students Of Color?

HuffingtonPost.com | David Sands | Posted 12.02.2011

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People crowded into an auditorium at Wayne State University's campus police station Wednesday to participate in a community forum on proposed changes ...

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World AIDS Day Detroit Brings AIDS Activist To The Fillmore

HuffingtonPost.com | Kate Abbey-Lambertz | Posted 12.01.2011

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DETROIT -- Detroiters and community organizations will come together on Thursday for World AIDS Day Detroit, part of a global campaign for AIDS awaren...

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Today's High School Graduate Uses Social Media to Navigate the Road to College

April Rudin | Posted 08.20.2011

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Online involvement has transformed the high school experience, prom, and most significantly, the college application process.

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Former GM Exec Takes The Reins In Detroit Schools, 'Ground Zero' For Reform

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 07.17.2011

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Former GM executive Roy Roberts took over as the emergency manager of Detroit's public schools yesterday. And so far, he doesn't seem intent on bulldo...

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Wayne State Football Player Shot To Death In Detroit Parking Lot

AP | Posted 07.09.2011

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DETROIT — Authorities say a junior cornerback for Wayne State's football team has been fatally shot in a downtown Detroit parking lot. Wayne St...

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Helen Thomas Slams Wayne State For Ending Award In Her Honor

Detroit Free Press | Posted 05.25.2011

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Journalist Helen Thomas fired back at Wayne State University for ending an annual diversity award in her name, telling the Free Press on Sunday night ...

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Former Wayne State Student Claims She Was Discriminated Against For Being Pregnant, Unwed

Posted 05.25.2011

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A former Wayne State University student is suing the school for allegedly dismissing her from a social work graduate program because she was pregnant ...

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Wayne State Yanks Helen Thomas Diversity Award

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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DETROIT — Wayne State University says it'll no longer offer the Helen Thomas Spirit of Diversity Award, citing recent comments made by the longt...

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Happy Birthday Helen!

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 05.25.2011

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August 4 marks Helen Thomas' 90th birthday. May she celebrate it in good health and peace, surrounded by her countless loved ones. As a former colleague, I had the pleasure and privilege of observing Helen in action up close.

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Ride a Dinosaur: Visit a Creationist Museum!

Scott Janssen | Posted 05.25.2011

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When exactly the notoriously skeptical people within the "Show-Me State" of Missouri morphed into a bunch of Creationist Cathys, I'll never know.

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Alternative Spring Break: College Students Spend Week Off Volunteering

Posted 05.25.2011

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At colleges and universities across the nation, students are ditching plans to relax on sun-drenched beaches, opting instead to spend their spring bre...

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Artist Tim Burke Recycles Detroit History, And Rescues Himself (PHOTOS)

Diane Tucker | Posted 05.25.2011

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Detroiter Tim Burke calls himself an artist, a scavenger, and a non-practicing alcoholic. Devoted to the reuse of refuse, the 40-something sculptor us...

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