I am absolutely for anything that will raise awareness for an important cause, especially if the cause is to help protect children who live in constant fear of abuse. That being said, changing a profile picture did not help anyone.
In a theater in the center of Detroit, Igor Gozman and his PuppetART companions are working to preserve and promote the city’s rich history of puppetry. The troupe, which started as a traveling group of puppeteers, has been performing in Detroit for the past 15 years. Each year, they perform a repertoire of 12 shows, each from a different cultural background.
The American public education system has turned into a catastrophe. The crisis in our school systems is a problem for all of us and our collective future.
Police departments in the state of Michigan are looking for ways to continue their quality of service even as they face budget cuts and decreased tax revenues.
This week, 10 Oakland University students are bringing their stories to the big screen at the Sixth annual GrizzDance Film Festival. The festival is the annual on-campus competition for independent student filmmakers. In order to be eligible for submission into GrizzDance, the film must have been shot within the last year, be submitted by an [...]
Rockin’ Cupcakes, a themed cupcake bakery, will hold a grand opening event sometime during mid-November in Rochester. The shop, run by Jim and Mary Ohngren, is a fusion of rock 'n' roll culture and gourmet cupcake baking. “The store comes from my love for rock and roll and my wife’s love of baking,” Jim Ohngren said.
Along with the development of the William Beaumont School of Medicine and the construction of the Human Health Building, Oakland University has demonstrated its emphasis on science education in the form of faculty research.
This week is the second annual Detroit Beer Week. Organizers Jon Piepenbrok and Jason Peltier of the business Liquid Table expect this year’s event will be more intensive than last year’s starter event, which was done with no official funding and little publicity.
The World Stem Cell Summit was held from Oct. 4-6 in Detroit. The summit, which was organized by the Genetic Institute in Florida, was partially sponsored by Oakland University. The summit was also sponsored by large universities with medical research centers, including Michigan State University, University of Michigan and Wayne State University.
Currently, OU offers programs to 18 different countries on five different continents. AHA International, a national organization dedicated to creating student programs for studying abroad, sponsors twelve of these trips.
