News and Announcements
- Rachael Dombrowski, assistant professor of Community Health in the College of Education, quoted in dbusiness “Great Grocer Project in Detroit debuts”
- Rachael Dombrowski, assistant professor of Community Health in the College of Education, quoted in Crain’s Detroit Business and on WXYZ-TV, WJBK Fox 2, “Great Grocer Project aims to help independently owned grocery stores in Detroit”
- Wayne State University, Detroit Food Policy Council and members of the Detroit Grocery Coalition launch Great Grocer Project to bolster community connections, nutrition and food access in Detroit
- Sarah Lenhoff, assistant professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies and director of the Detroit Education Research Partnership, quoted in Detroit Is It, “Over half of Detroit students are chronically absent and here’s why”
- Congratulations to Daniel Francis Lake on the successful defense of his dissertation
- Congratulations to Regina Baker on the successful defense of her dissertation
- Congratulations to Andrea Lappin on the successful defense of her dissertation
- Megan Sieloff and Michael Wolsek have earned All-GLIAC honors for women’s and men’s swimming/diving
- Darian Owens-White, Brailen Neely and Kate Sherwood have been named to the GLIAC All-Academic Excellence Team for men’s and women’s basketball
- Congratulations to Gabriel Attar on the successful defense of his dissertation
- Aliyah McDonald has earned Second Team All-GLIAC for women’s track
- Sarah Lenhoff, assistant professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies and director of the Detroit Education Research Partnership, quoted in Bridge Detroit, “Third-graders return to classroom, but are they prepared to succeed?"
- Congratulations to Opeoluwa B. Fadeyi on the successful defense of her dissertation
- Sarah Lenhoff, assistant professor of educational leadership and policy studies and director of the Detroit Education Research Partnership, quoted in Dbusiness, “Lack of school transportation in Detroit drives down reading achievements”
- Sarah Lenhoff, Ph.D., assistant professor of educational leadership and policy studies and director of the Detroit Education Research Partnership, and her team shared research on chronic absenteeism in Detroit schools read article in Chalkbeat Detroit.
- College of Education study examines education post-pandemic
- College of Education researchers report new findings about the relationship between attendance and reading and returning to school after COVID-19
- Congratulations to Emily Cizmas on the successful defense of her dissertation
- Congratulations to Aja C. Burks on the successful defense of her dissertation
- Erika Bocknek, associate professor of Educational Psychology in the College of Education, quoted in Chalkbeat Detroit, “Helping kindergartners adapt to virtual learning challenges Michigan teachers to be creative.”
- Remembering Dr. Shlomo Sawilowsky
- Mike Addonizio, professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies in the College of Education, wrote for The Conversation, "School budgets have held up better than expected in some states, but looming cuts will hurt learning long after pandemic ends"
- Beloved Detroit educator Rose Marie Dickens Swanson dies at age 83
- Congratulations to Lea Yazigi Wood on the successful defense of her dissertation
- Jennifer Lewis, associate professor of Mathematics Education in the College of Education, quoted in Chalkbeat Detroit, "Tens of thousands of Michigan students are missing this fall. The state doesn’t have a plan to find them."