The Latest Breaking News from Wayne State

Brief fire causes evacuation but no injuries at historic Detroit college building

Fire caused the evacuation of a historic building owned by Wayne State University in Detroit

The Independent UK · Apr 1

Bogus scientific papers are enriching fraudsters and slowing lifesaving medical research

Over the past decade, furtive commercial entities around the world have industrialized the production, sale and dissemination of bogus scholarly research. These paper mills are profiting by undermining the literature that everyone from doctors to engineers rely on to make decisions about human lives.

The Conversation · Jan 31, 2025

Fake papers are contaminating the world’s scientific literature, fueling a corrupt industry and slowing legitimate lifesaving medical research

Over the past decade, furtive commercial entities around the world have industrialized the production, sale and dissemination of bogus scholarly research, undermining the literature that everyone from doctors to engineers rely on to make decisions about human lives.

The Conversation · Jan 29, 2025

Professor Suggests Murder as Alternative to Shouting Down Speakers

An English professor at Wayne State University apparently had an overheated reaction to the fiasco at Stanford Law School. He thought the protesters did not go far enough, and he took to Facebook to say so. "I think it is far more admirable to kill a racist, homophobic, or transphobic…

Reason · Mar 27, 2023

Ex-Giant Tyrone Wheatley hired as Wayne State head coach

Former New York Giants RB Tyrone Wheatley has been hired as the next head coach at Wayne State University.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Jan 27, 2023

Ex-NFL Running Back Wheatley Hired as Wayne State Coach

Wheatley returns home to the state of Michigan to become the program’s 20th head coach.

Sports Illustrated · Jan 26, 2023

Everyday African American Vernacular English is a dialect born from conflict and creativity

Dr. Walter Edwards is a professor of linguistics at Wayne State University, Michigan, where he teaches courses on African American Vernacular English, sociolinguistics and American dialects. Until Aug. 31, 2022, he was also the director of the Humanities Center at Wayne State. Below are highlights from interviews with The Conversation…

The Conversation · Nov 1, 2022

Michigan Grants $20M To Universities For FDA-Approved Marijuana Studies For Veterans

Michigan's Cannabis Regulatory Agency has recommended giving $20 million in grants to two universities — Wayne State University and the University of Michigan

Benzinga · Jul 25, 2022