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Guy Stern, Ph.D., to receive the Knight of the Legion d’Honneur medal

What: The French Consul General will bestow the prestigious Knight of the Legion d’Honneur medal, the highest French order for military and civil merits, on Guy Stern, Ph.D., distinguished professor emeritus at Wayne State University. When: 2 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 27th Where: The HMC Auditorium in The Holocaust Memorial Center Zekelman Family Campus located at  28123 Orchard Lake Road, Farmington Hills, MI 48334. Who: Open to the public. Adults – $8.00 Senior Adults […]

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Department of Chemistry associate professor awarded $787,669 NIH grant

Mary Kay Pflum, associate professor of the Department of Chemistry, received a $787,669 NIH grant for her research, titled “Identification of Histone Deacetylase Substrates using Trapping Mutants.” The technology Pflum is developing, which does not currently exist, aims to address a significant need in cell biology research. This substrate-trapping technology could help to uncover the […]

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Department of Chemistry rated third in nation for percentage of female faculty

Wayne State University’s Department of Chemistry has been rated third in the country for its percentage of female faculty by the Open Chemistry Collaborative in Diversity Equity (OXIDE). For years, STEM fields have been a male-dominated, but with help from OXIDE, a diversity equity initiative co-funded by the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of […]