Oakland University News

Faculty negotiations at Oakland University are beginning to heat up as the professors' Aug.

Faculty negotiations at Oakland University are beginning to heat up as the professors' Aug.

A former Michigan native, now living in Memphis, Tenn., has created a jewelry line that helps women keep track of anything from health goals to diet points to spending.

A man who drowned at Haas Lake Park in New Hudson on Sunday has been identified as Elias Makhoul, the Oakland County Sheriff's Office reported on Monday.

Oakland University will freeze salaries for executives, administrators and other staff on July 1 to cut costs.

Getting accepted to the school of your choice is one thing, paying for it another.

This fall Oakland University will introduce a Bachelor of Arts Degree in cinema studies.

Rochester -- Oakland University has approved a Bachelor of Arts in cinema studies amid the growing tax incentives and national interest in film production in Michigan.

The Shelby Community Foundation recently announced the SCF Scholarship recipients for 2009.

The Romeo Monday Club has awarded fine arts scholarships to four Romeo High School students.

OAKLAND CITY, IN, June 10, 2009 /Cambridge Who's Who/ -- Robert Paul Howard, Teacher for Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation, has been recognized by Cambridge Who's Who for showing dedication, leadership and excellence in all aspects of education.

The parents of Rebecca Catherine Flanary of Howell and Jared Anthony Carpenter of Rochester announce the engagement of their children.

Scientists from a laboratory at the University of Michigan have traveled to Michigan State University to study techniques for creating induced pluripotent stem cells - adult stem cells reprogrammed to act as embryonic stem cells.

BURTON, Michigan -- Faith High School will hold its senior commencement ceremony June 7. Graduating seniors include these top students: Moore 1. Samuel Moore, son of Gary and Kristin Moore, participated in varsity basketball and baseball and in his church youth group and council.

Five Michigan colleges and a research institute are receiving a combined $2.7 million in federal stimulus money through the National Institutes of Health.

With Chrysler in bankruptcy and an increasing likelihood that General Motors will face the same fate, the U.S. auto industry is struggling to reinvent itself amid a crippling economic downturn.

The Pilot and the Prince: Oakland University presents a live, musical production of "The Little Prince" by Antoine de Saint-Exupery. It's the story of an airplane pilot who crashes in the Sahara desert, and whose life is changed by an interesting little philosopher.

One idea is that religion is related to evolution, in that belief confers some survival advantage.

A chance meeting with one of the foremost black-owned publishers paid dividends for a Detroit high school student this morning.

University of Michigan officials announced Tuesday they would start allowing students traveling on school-sponsored programs to go to Mexico, after the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention lifted Friday their H1N1-driven advisory against travel.