Colleges/Universities

A September 2018 photo from inside a Macomb County shows the fatberg. Now, researchers at Wayne State University are utilizing a state grant to further study such phenomena.

Published February 4, 2019

Wayne State University researchers to study fatbergs

METRO DETROIT — Macomb County residents may recall how a “fatberg” was discovered and was subsequently removed at the Clintondale Pump Station in September 2018. Now, local college professors are studying how to prevent such entities from backing up drains in the future.

Published January 23, 2019

Rochester Post

Oakland University med school dean steps down

ROCHESTER HILLS — Founding Dean Robert Folberg will step down soon from the Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine.

Oakland University President Ora Hirsch Pescovitz congratulates Keeper of the Dream scholarship recipient Gicentroy Henry III Jan. 21 at OU.

Published January 23, 2019

C&G Newspapers

Oakland University speaker calls for equity, not equality

ROCHESTER HILLS — Award-winning journalist and communications strategist Jeff Johnson did not mince words about the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. “What does the ‘dream’ mean to me?” he asked Jan. 21 at Oakland University. “I think that most diversity inclusion stuff is really cute. I’ve seen the pamphlets. Every campus has one.”

Published January 22, 2019

Woodward Talk

Ferndale, Baker College in negotiations on potential downtown campus, parking deck

FERNDALE — The city of Ferndale has entered into an exclusive negotiating rights agreement with Baker College for the institution to purchase property in the downtown area.

Published January 15, 2019

Rochester Post

Oakland University plans South Foundation Hall expansion

ROCHESTER HILLS — A critical shortage of classroom space will be addressed in an upcoming Oakland University renovation and expansion project. South Foundation Hall will receive a 25,000-square-foot expansion and a renovation to the current 55,000-square-foot building. According to OU officials, enrollment at the university has increased by 59 percent since 1998.

Published January 15, 2019

Woodward Talk

Ferndale city manager leaving for University of Detroit Mercy position

FERNDALE — The Ferndale City Council soon will be on the hunt for a new city manager. It was announced Jan. 10 that April Lynch, Ferndale’s city manager for the last seven years, will be moving on to a new job as associate vice president for human resources at the University of Detroit Mercy. Her last day with the city will be Feb. 28.