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WMU co-leading new NSF-funded center dedicated to advancing sustainable packaging

College of Engineering and Applied Sciences

… WMU co-leading new NSF-funded center dedicated to advancing … packaging Submitted by Liz VandenHeede on Dr. Jason Wang (right), senior research associate, and Qaseem Haider … will work closely with industry members to translate scientific discoveries into scalable technologies while …

https://wmich.edu/engineer/news/2025/08/center-plastic-paper-hybrid-end-life-solutions

Founder of Forensic Fluids Labs to kick off spring speaker series

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… University. Bridget Lorenz Lemberg, founder and lab director of Forensic Fluids Laboratories will speak at … A leader in oral fluid drug testing, Forensic Fluids' scientific testing equipment separates the company from its … the U.S. and Canada. Forensic Fluids has won numerous awards for sales growth, innovative processes, customer …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/12/3818

Student awarded BCBS Michigan Foundation grant for addressing Black adolescent health disparities

College of Education and Human Development

… Student awarded BCBS Michigan Foundation grant for addressing Black adolescent health disparities Submitted by Chris Hybels on Winnie Wilson … Human Development at Western Michigan University, has been awarded a grant by the Blue Cross Blue Shield of …

https://wmich.edu/education/news/2024/11/counseling-psych-student-research-award-grant-trauma

WMU business students in the winner’s circle at DECA competition

Haworth College of Business

… and Chelsea Prebil placed third in business ethics.  Madison Petroff and George LaForce placed third in event … a customer retention plan for a grocery store. The goal was to encourage consumers who had begun purchasing … them into real business situations early and often. “This was my first year in DECA, and it has completely pushed me …

https://wmich.edu/business/news/2025/04/deca-winners

College of Arts and Sciences faculty earn coveted rotations with federal programs

College of Arts and Sciences

… mission. Bautista will be based at NASA headquarters in Washington, D.C. where he will be "managing their science portfolios and the different telescopes and missions they are running" as well … and Science Program—a multi-disciplinary program that funds scientific research on issues that are related to the law—in …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/06/68126

Recent alumnus pursues passion for geosciences research

College of Arts and Sciences

… science and biology, Dr. Mohammed Hashim has become an award-winning researcher as well as a caring and inclusive … carbonate rocks—fascinated him. He switched to doctoral studies with Kaczmarek as his advisor. From his dissertation … annual meeting of the United States Advisory Committee for Scientific Ocean Drilling.  Hashim’s other accolades include …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/09/69146

Combining passion for medicine with philanthropic ideals, biomedical sciences grad ready to make an impact

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… Combining passion for medicine with philanthropic ideals, biomedical sciences grad … sciences. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—It's one thing to say you want to change the world and another to go and do it. Omer … Idris came to the United States intent on expanding his scientific knowledge in order to continue on the path to a …

https://wmich.edu/news/2024/06/75831

James A. Howell obituary

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… emeritus of chemistry at Western Michigan University, died Nov. 16 in Rose Arbor Hospice in Kalamazoo. He was 81. A specialist in analytical chemistry, Howell joined … Societies. He also had been a member of Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society; Phi Lambda Upsilon; and Pi Mu …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/12/12055

Kalexsyn president next speaker in Entrepreneurship Forum

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… Dr. Robert Gadwood, co-founder, president and chief scientific officer of Kalexsyn Inc., will speak at 8 a.m. … biotech companies, is involved in research to find new medicines for use in various therapeutic areas such as … Dr. Robert Gadwood Before founding Kalexsyn, Gadwood was associate director of medicinal chemistry at Pharmacia …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/11/2724

Using matrix theory to untangle social media explored in lecture

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… Using matrix theory to untangle social media explored in lecture Submitted by Anonymous (not … computer science in mathematics at Virginia Tech, where he was awarded Man of the Year and Outstanding Student honors … His research interests focus on applied linear algebra and scientific computing, as well as Krylov subspace methods, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/10/2286