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Acclaimed playwright to visit WMU for Gwen Frostic Reading Series

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… by Anonymous (not verified) on KALAMAZOO, Mich.--An award-winning playwright will be the next featured writer in … of the play "Big Bossman" and "Black Fire White Fire" which was chosen as a Top Ten finalist for the Jewish Play Project/JCC of Metrowest Jewsih Playwriting Contest and was …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/10/19572

Sunseeker ties for third in track event, ready for cross-country race

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… (not verified) on Photo credit: Sunseeker Solar Car Project KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Western Michigan University's … in Austin and travels through Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Wisconsin and Minnesota, finishing in Minneapolis …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/07/17588

Kalamazoo Island Fest returns for 19th year

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… 8 p.m., Jabala Afrika. 8:30 to 10 p.m., Taj Weekes and Adowa. 10:30 p.m. to midnight, One Love Reggae Band. Between … Hurricane Reggae Band. 6 to 7:30 p.m., Chicago Afrobeat Project. 8 to 9:30 p.m., Dub Dis. 10 to 11:30 p.m., Luciano. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/05/16298

Award-winning playwright on deck in Frostic Reading Series

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… Award-winning playwright on deck in Frostic Reading Series … accomplished playwright whose plays have won numerous awards will be the next featured writer in the spring 2014 … the Australian National Playwrights Conference, New Harmony Project, Blue Mountain Center, MacDowell Colony and Yaddo. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/03/14718

Prof wins $416,385 NIH grant to involve students in research

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… common with products on the market that are added to bath water. They encompass a variety of recreational designer … online in small packets under such brand names as "Purple Wave," "Zoom" and "Cloud Nine." About the grant Baker's … sponsored by the NIH. The program supports research projects at educational institutions that provide …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/06/24634

Jean E. Lowrie obituary

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… and elementary education, died Nov. 9 in Florida. She was 96. Lowrie retired from WMU in 1983 as professor emerita … by colleagues and former students around the world as a warm and caring mentor who remained a prominent figure in … in 1942 as a production site for the secret Manhattan Project. Lowrie served in that position from 1944 to 1951, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/12/20588

WMU awarded $3.7 million for programs in blindness and low vision

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… WMU awarded $3.7 million for programs in blindness and low vision … Mich.—Four recent grants totaling $3.7 million have been awarded to the Western Michigan University Department of … their personal, career and independent living goals. The project will prepare graduates from the rehabilitation …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/11/20138

WMU wins NSF grant to study contaminants in industry, agriculture

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… Mich.—A Western Michigan University researcher has been awarded a $284,833 grant from the National Science Foundation … when found in fertilizers and also are a toxic byproduct in waste from manufacturing and mining. The grant was awarded … because many anions are very similar to each other. Our project hopes to address this issue." The problem is not all …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/09/18390

Signup for summer camps has begun

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… elementary students. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Registration is underway for summer camps at Western Michigan University, … hands-on excavations at the Fort St. Joseph Archaeological Project. Details of these camps, along with several other …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/03/52661

Lessons in language: Mastering Japanese, computer engineering opens doors for WMU grad

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… high atop the mountains above Nagano, Japan, Noah Braasch was on top of the world in more ways than one. In 2023 , the Western Michigan University … he says.   Braasch spent a great deal of time working on projects in engineering labs in Floyd Hall. Dr. Janos …

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2025/12/graduate-success-computer-engineering-japanese-noah-braasch