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Category: <span>Awards & Grants</span>

$25,000 NIH-ReBUILDetroit grant for eye movement research on schizophrenia

Harold Greene, University of Detroit Mercy professor of Psychology, and Vaibhav Diwadkar, Wayne State University professor in the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Neuroscience, received a $25,000 National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant to identify eye movement dysfunction in schizophrenia. Green and Diwadkar will serve as the principal investigators (PIs).  The …

English professor receives distinguished literary honor

Assistant Professor of English Stephen Pasqualina was awarded an honorable mention honor for the 1921 Prize in American Literature for his essay, “Before the Ship and the Plantation: Zora Neale Hurston’s Barracoon and Blackness as Totality.” “I’m grateful and wowed that my essay on Hurston’s ‘Barracoon’ received an honorable mention …

Counseling Program receives $862,000 to expand behavioral health workforce

Nancy Calleja, professor and chair, Department of Counseling and Addiction Studies, is the principal investigator and project director of an $862,000 grant from the Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA) awarded in September. The project is designed to expand the behavioral health workforce, providing enhanced specialized training to master’s level …

Communication Studies student recognized for service by Governor

Communication Studies senior Jeremiah Steen will be one of 42 Michiganders to be honored at the 2023 Governor’s Service Awards held Nov. 28 at the Fox Theatre in Detroit. Steen will be among four other individuals receiving the Spirit of Hope Award which recognizes those who serve as a beacon of hope for many and one who lifts up others and inspires people to make a difference.