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Relicious Eboh, a ReBUILDetroit scholar, reflects on her recent experience presenting at the MedEq Research Conference in Detroit last month. Eboh is a sophomore at University of Detroit Mercy and presented her poster, “Refining an Intervention to Increase Physical Activity in Pregnant Black Women.” For nearly a year, Eboh has been working with her research Read More …

ReBUILDetroit scholar, Leena Abbas, sophomore at Wayne State University was one of five winners at the MedEq Research Conference held at Wayne State University last month. Abbas poster, “The Effects of Paternal Asthma on Birth Weight” received one of the top awards in a field of nearly 30 posters some of which were presented by Read More …

As part of the Chemistry Research Coordination Network (RCN) course, Marygrove College Chemistry professor, Dr. Dajena Tomco invited guest speaker Malik Kenyatta Yakini to speak about urban farming and food justice in Detroit. Yakini is a founder and the Executive Director of the Detroit Black Community Food Security Network (DBCFSN) which operates a seven-acre urban Read More …

Recent debates concerning doctoral education focus largely on the question of whether universities are training too many Ph.D. students in the right disciplines and with the right skill set. Granular data about doctoral training and doctoral career outcomes are essential to inform the conversation on the future of the Ph.D. Five Wayne State University faculty Read More …