Arts and Sciences Magazine
Letter from the Dean
Alumni News
Four-time alum probes link between humans and machines
Dr. Dylan Schmorrow has spent the better part of the last three decades exploring the link between humans and machines and figuring out how a better understanding of that link might improve human performance.
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Recent alumnus pursues passion for geosciences research
From a child growing up in Iraq, interested in geology, science and biology, Dr. Mohammed Hashim has become an award-winning researcher as well as a caring teacher with a newly-minted Ph.D. from WMU's Geological and Environmental Sciences Department.
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A lifelong gift: 1980 graduate gives back to Department of Philosophy
Mark Rochon’s experience as a lawyer has taken him from courtrooms in Washington, D.C., to countries all over the world. But for the 1980 College of Arts and Sciences graduate, it was his time at Western Michigan University that laid the foundation for his impressive career.
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Recent graduate pursues dream to ignite students' passion for learning
Recent Ph.D. graduate Dr. Alberto Cintron-Colon says he will draw on the teaching and mentorship he both received and gave others at Western Michigan University as he steps into a tenure-track faculty position teaching anatomy and physiology courses at Blackburn College.
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Two-time Western alumna named Distinguished Educator of the Year
As an associate professor of physiology at Michigan State University (MSU), Wehrwein is being recognized for her teaching as the 2022 recipient of the Arthur C. Guyton Distinguished Educator Award by the Teaching Section of the American Physiological Society.
Faculty News
The Drs. Edwards are Western’s own dynamic duo
Never far apart from one another since they were in college, School of Communication professor's Drs. Chad and Autumn Edwards are the brains behind WMU's Social Robotics lab.
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BIORETS program gives local science teachers authentic research experience
The National Science Foundation awarded Western Michigan University a $525,569 grant to help create a research experience program for middle and high school science teachers, known as BIORETS: biology of plants, animals, microorganisms and their environments.
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Rudge named College Science Teacher of the Year for ability to inspire students
Behind each scientific achievement, there is also a story. Named the 2022 College Science Teacher of the Year, Dr. David Rudge uses these stories to inspire his students as a professor of biological sciences and science education at Western Michigan University.
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Global water supply crisis informs research of WMU professor
There’s an urgency to academic research for Dr. Chansheng He, a professor and researcher of water resources management at Western Michigan University.
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Geology professor leads multi-university research into ancient rocks
Dr. Stephen Kaczmarek and collaborators at the University of Michigan and Grand Valley State University are seeking to better understand the composition of ancient rocks.
Student News
Cold Case Program gains national attention
From across the United States and around the globe, messages are filling Dr. Ashlyn Kuersten's voicemail and inbox. Everyone, it seems, is interested in her Cold Case Program—a first-of-its-kind partnership with Michigan State Police—which has already helped bring closure to one decades-old murder with possibilities for more solved cases on the horizon.
Molecular Biology Lab uses class for real-world research
Moving beyond "cookbook" labs to real-world research in the classroom netted 54 Western students from more than seven year's of classes a publication in Molecular Biology and Evolution scientific journal.
This year we celebrate students and faculty working together to achieve success — from stories about cracking cold cases to scientific exploration and inquisitive journalism.