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Ohio family chooses WMU to use newly raised MSA research funds
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… the work at WMU. He and other members of his team met with the Cervone family and previewed for them information … Ide and his team have been working in collaboration with researchers at Vanderbilt University's medical school … MSA afflicts about 100,000 people. It is associated with the degeneration of nerve cells in specific areas of …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/05/609
Thousands of visitors expected at Kalamazoo Blues Festival
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… Blues workshops Friday, July 13 7 p.m., Blues Harmonica with Dave Hunt. Free harmonicas for all attendees. Topics … Saturday, July 14 2 p.m., Build Your Own Cigar Box Guitar with Tim Brouhard and Alex Mays. Build a functioning, three … may be a fee for participants. 3:30 p.m., Blues Guitar with Dave Allemang. Participants bring their own guitars to …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/06/792
New director named for Michigan Geological Survey
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… Anonymous (not verified) on Yellich KALAMAZOO—A geologist with more than 40 years of experience in mineral … Other major duties include leading and collaborating with internal and external constituents on various research projects and serving as a liaison with local, state and national entities involved or …
https://wmich.edu/news/2013/11/10906
Business students win national sales challenge
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… on From left: Alexa DeVos, Kayla Reinhackel and Brian Curlett KALAMAZOO— A student team representing Western … gives the students a scenario in which they meet with a buyer and sell the payroll services of ADP, a firm … who witnessed the speed-selling finals. A strong tradition With this win, WMU continues a strong tradition at the …
https://wmich.edu/news/2013/12/11441
Biological sciences doctoral candidate journeys from childhood microscopes to cutting-edge research
College of Arts and Sciences
… by Anonymous (not verified) on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—When faced with a scientific mystery, Western Michigan University … Beane’s lab, Hack credits Beane and her doctoral committee with being incredibly supportive mentors. “My experience … “I feel like getting your Ph.D. just feels like an upward battle,” says Hack. “You have to love it or else it's …
https://wmich.edu/news/2023/12/73663
WMU student takes passion for activism to Washington D.C.
College of Arts and Sciences
… VCI program in Washington D.C. arose, Falkiewicz seized it without hesitation, eager to make a meaningful impact on the … into the legislative process and fostering collaboration with the Congressional Equality Caucus—a supportive … New Hampshire's first district, Falkiewicz actively engaged with constituents via phone calls, mail and emails related …
https://wmich.edu/news/2023/12/73675
Undergraduate, faculty research published in Biochemistry
College of Arts and Sciences
… Mich.—As the scientific world ebbs, changes and flows with new findings, Western Michigan University students are … NIH to engage undergraduate students.” The students worked with Stull to determine how a nicotine degrading enzyme … which Stull’s lab has been studying, interacts and works with another protein, cytochrome c. This research is …
https://wmich.edu/news/2023/12/73679
Exercise science graduate finds success while juggling school, work and extracurriculars
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… Exercise science graduate finds success while juggling school, work and extracurriculars Submitted by Erin … Davis’ schedule. An honors student who is graduating with a bachelor’s degree in exercise science, she’s managed … to learn to adapt to juggling or managing a lot on my plate without the experience that Western Michigan University has …
https://wmich.edu/news/2020/04/59084
WMU engineers design novel methods that could accelerate virus vaccine development
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… how they drew from nearly a decade of experience launched with a National Science Foundation grant to study … varied predictably depending on how atoms exchanged places with one another. The amount of this “disorder” in the material, they found, can be structurally tailored with a high degree of accuracy. Durbin, a professor in the …
https://wmich.edu/news/2020/06/60015
Emily Bosak
First-Year Faces
… students, a strong curriculum and good relationships with both local hospitals. I was actually looking for those … campus, it’s not like anywhere else. Everybody treats you with respect,” she says. “WMU is really trying to make you … and personal growth. “WMU has the resources of a bigger school, but it is small enough to make each individual …
https://wmich.edu/news/2020/05/59608