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WMU wins $779,072 grant, partners with Oxford in Web project
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… leaving gaps in the historical record. "We've got people like Richard Dawkins talking with no sense of history at all," he says, "and making mistakes that could be corrected if we went back and looked at …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/09/18700
Engineering students design concussion sensor for football helmets
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… KALAMAZOO, Mich.—At a time when football concussions are triggering lawsuits and making headlines, students at Western … adds, and could be a valuable tool in other sports, like lacrosse or hockey. "The players, because of the …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/07/17339
World-renowned artist carved path to success at Western
W Magazine
… stage at the Venice Biennale, an international exhibition likened to the Olympics of the art world, renowned sculptor … way I look at gender relations. And he critiqued my writing—like, severely—and I appreciated him for that.” Johnson’s …
https://wmich.edu/news/2023/02/70894
University Theatre travels the globe in 2018-19 season
Theatre
… "Shakespeare in Love" is a hilarious romp filled with mistaken identity and star-crossed lovers "Women on the Verge … this big, fat Italian wedding has the audience feeling like a member of the family. "Guys and Dolls," April 5-14 … pretty missionary sets up shop in the neighborhood, Nathan stakes a grand that Sky can't get her to go on a date with …
https://wmich.edu/news/2018/08/48385
Recent graduate pursues dream to ignite students' passion for learning and discovery
College of Arts and Sciences
… because they want you in the lab. But he was more like, ‘yeah, go for it. Just remember to keep doing your … “How do I inspire you to actually study, or at least trigger your curiosity button that makes you ask questions?” … now and hopefully those building blocks will become even bigger and force me to, well, ‘become.’ Who will I become? I …
https://wmich.edu/news/2022/09/69137
Loretta Long: From big dreams to Big Bird, she used her talents to educate millions
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… variety show "Soul!" on the local PBS channel. Musicians like Patti LaBelle , Stevie Wonder and Gladys Knight …
https://wmich.edu/news/2021/02/63204
Get a fresh start spring semester with events focused on building connections, well-being and racial equality
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… aim to help students identify goals and areas they'd like to work on, and then give them the tools to hold … says Amy Seth , director of University Recreation. "My biggest advice for students setting goals is not just setting …
https://wmich.edu/news/2021/01/62676
WMU rolls out personalized well-being platform to help students harness their power to thrive, succeed and matter
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… barriers or difficulties. The resources it linked to, like mental health and Counseling Services , those kinds of things aren't always top of mind when you're struggling, and to have them right there as a reminder that they … Smart and the understanding that many college students struggle with anxiety, depression and feelings of …
https://wmich.edu/news/2020/11/62074
WMU takes action to advance racial justice
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… Examples of that work can be found through entities like our Lewis Walker Institute for the Study of Race and … New workshops on power privilege and identity, microaggressions and cultural humility: The Office of Diversity …
https://wmich.edu/news/2020/09/61328
Anthropology professor emeritus receives State History Award for Fort St. Joseph Archaeological Project
College of Arts and Sciences
… the gap between the academic and public communities.” Digging into the history of The City of Four Flags Beginning … Bend, who suggested in the 1970s and 1980s that the fort likely stood on the east bank of the river in Niles. … at the Fort St. Joseph Museum in Niles. “This work is more like archeologist as detective than it is archeologist as …
https://wmich.edu/news/2023/01/70260