The National Institutes of Health awarded the School of Medicine a 10-year, multi-million dollar contract to house and support an intramural branch of NIH to conduct studies into maternal and infant health and disease.

World Bridge Global Education Complex in the College of Liberal Arts and Science provides programs for academic, business and governmental partners from around the world.

Associate Professor Peter Williams of the College of Fine, Performing and Communication Art contributed paintings to the 2002 Biennial Exhibition at New York's Whitney Museum of American Art. The invitation is one of the highest honors in America in the field of contemporary art.

The Damon J Keith Law Collection brings together for the first time the substantial historical accomplishments of African-American lawyers and judges. Wayne State has several unique features, including the Reuther Library of Labor and Urban Affairs, the largest archival library of its kind in the United States, and the College of Urban, Labor, and Metropolitan Affairs, promoting urban and labor research and scholarship.

The talent of our Warriors men's hockey team is only surpassed by the record it is building. In its first four seasons the team won three College Hockey American tournament championships and the conference's regular-season championship and participated in the 2003 NCAA Division I Tournament.