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The Department of Blindness and Low Vision Studies at Western Michigan University has won two Rehabilitation Services Administration grants totaling nearly $1.5 million to strengthen recruiting efforts and increase the number of highly qualified vision rehabilitation therapists and orientation and mobility specialists over the next five years.
Research involving an autonomous electric shuttle officially kicked off Thursday, Sept. 19, on the WMU campus. The $2.1 million project, funded through the Michigan Mobility Challenge announced by former Gov. Rick Snyder last year, focuses on improving transportation options for people with disabilities.
A $1.35 million grant from the Department of Health and Human Services will fund the MY-PROUD program. Created by an interdisciplinary team of professors, MY-PROUD aims to increase training and expand services in rural and medically underserved communities impacted by opioid and substance abuse.
Applications are now being accepted for the July 1, 2020 - June 30, 2023 term. All current full-time faculty at the rank of Assistant Professor, Associate Professor or Professor with at least three years of full-time employment at WMU at the time of appointment are eligible to apply.
Dr. Stephen Magura is assuming the role of research director - behavioral health at The Evaluation Center. Dr. Lori Wingate will assume the role of executive director as of December 16, 2019.
The digital newsletter for December is now available.
The Office of Research and Innovation selects faculty fellows for 2020.
The WMU Technology and Innovation Advancement (TIA) Office supports WMU tech startup company launches through the Startup Launch Fund.
WMU has partnered with Kerafast, a reagent company whose primary mission is to make unique research tools easily accessible to the global scientific community.
2019-20 schedule announced
Dr. Robert Bensley, School of Interdisciplinary Health Programs, received the 2019 SNEB Nutrition Education Program Impact Award for his work with Wichealth.org.
