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Investment, pandemic pivot spur success for genomics company
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… cases began surging in the spring of 2020. "We really wanted to help in whatever way we could," says Mike Getz , Genemarkers chief executive … of 20,000 COVID-19 tests per week. The company's next big project involves further expanding its pharmacogenomics …
https://wmich.edu/news/2021/05/64148
Far out! Researchers at Western testing technology to propel NASA deeper into space
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… shuttles blasting off from Cape Canaveral accelerate toward the sky with explosive chemical reactions, electric propulsion is a more efficient way to move rockets, satellites and other objects once … to go," Lemmer says, pointing to NASA's Dawn mission as a project that would have been a bust without electric …
https://wmich.edu/news/2021/03/63430
WMU excels at educating, producing entrepreneurs
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… Joshua Teo is co-creating a Web-based engineering software company specializing in durability analysis of certain … ambitions in mind, others develop the aspiration along the way. In either case, WMU has a growing number of educational … and services. Recalling that his first e-commerce project in the late 1990s cost more than $100,000 just to …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/02/30067
WMU's statewide effort to boost foster youth college graduation receives funding
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… and Maddy Day KALAMAZOO, Mich.—The Kresge Foundation has awarded a second major grant to Western Michigan University … programs dedicated to that goal. The new three-year award from Kresge for Phase 2 of the effort follows … under the guidance of Maddy Day , who will continue as project director in Phase 2 of the Fostering Success …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/12/29089
Skyrocketing drone usage leads WMU to offer consulting service
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… collect the necessary data and interpret it for clients. Want to find out where a building is losing most of its … interference. Emerson says a typical local single-day project involving five hours of data collection and five … Mathews says. Much of the work being done today with drones was traditionally done with piloted aircraft and satellites, …
https://wmich.edu/news/2019/07/54032
Behind-the-scenes New York Fashion Week experience solidifies future for Western fashion design student
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… The Shows through the UofNYFW program. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Walking down Fifth Avenue and checking out high fashion … Michigan University fashion design and development student was recently whisked away for a once-in-a-lifetime … with functionality, was her most challenging to date. "This project was a really good exercise in innovative thinking," …
https://wmich.edu/news/2023/03/71033
Three professors to be honored with Distinguished Teaching Awards
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… Three professors to be honored with Distinguished Teaching Awards Submitted by Deanne Puca on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Western … University will honor three individuals with its highest award recognizing faculty members for their work with … the Maine Women Writers Collection to begin his next book project, a biography of novelist Sally Wood and a critical …
https://wmich.edu/news/2018/09/48800
Community, campus programs to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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… "The Courage to Create" poetry reading and competition awards reception, 4:30 to 6 p.m. , WMU Trimpe Building … development. She is also the founding director of Project NIA, a grassroots organization dedicated to ending … Carvalho-Pinto at (269) 337-7208 or @email . Pre-MLK Walk Lunch Discussion, 1 p.m. , WMU Kanley Chapel Dialogue …
https://wmich.edu/news/2017/12/44323
Take advantage of global engagement opportunities in December
Haenicke Institute for Global Education
… sculptor Albert LaVergne will discuss his second Fulbright project in Nigeria at the Dec. 5 ARTbreak talk at the … engagement opportunities in December. Highlights include a Kwanzaa celebration, various art exhibits, performances and … African and Caribbean styles of movement. First class is always free, $10 for non-members; open to the public. …
https://wmich.edu/news/2017/11/44054
Rising stars on Western's faculty honored with Emerging Scholar Awards
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… stars on Western's faculty honored with Emerging Scholar Awards Submitted by Erin Flynn on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Western … its rising stars in higher education with Emerging Scholar Awards . Drs. Wendy Beane , associate professor of biological … "Taming of the Passions." His research for this latest book project has also received the support of a major research …
https://wmich.edu/news/2022/08/68973