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Film students capture top prize in national CNN contest

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… are about to find out what it's like to have their work broadcast on CNN and singled out for honors by an … They will be flown to New York next week to see their work showcased Thursday, May 3, for World Press Freedom Day. … made the 50-second PSA titled "World Press Freedom." working on their own outside of class. They submitted it for …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/04/361

Alumna Rachel Swearingen wins Rona Jaffe writers' award

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… because my biggest hurdle has been finding the time to work on a larger project and finish a book," says … national literary magazine based at the University. Her own works of short fiction have been published in several … "New Stories from the Midwest." It was Swearingen's body of work that inspired an anonymous admirer to nominate her for …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/09/1599

Dr. Leroy R. Ray Jr. obituary

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… to study science and mathematics. Participants attended workshops and took part in activities at the cooperative farm as well as did work in laboratories at WMU. Ray also hosted a horse show … as a learning activity and partly to celebrate the yearlong work of young minority scientists participating in the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/02/4919

Bestselling author to help mark health program's 30th year

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… the Harvard Divinity School, Muller spent the past 35 years working with people suffering from abuse, alcoholism, … for Noetic Sciences and has received several awards for his work with those in need. He continues to work with select individuals as a private spiritual director …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/10/2160

U.S. Poet Laureate Levine to speak at WMU's Schneider Hall

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… Western Michigan University for a public reading of his work at 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 28. Levine is a Pulitzer … home to WMU's business college. A Detroit native, Levine worked in the auto industry, and his poetry is best known … include "News of the World," published in 2009, and "What Work Is," which won the National Book Award for Poetry in …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/09/1511

Two WMU alumni honored by national physician assistant group

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… Callard Jeffrey Callard Callard was honored for his work that helps physicians better understand the role of … helping people in the third world though medical mission work. He was particularly singled out for his first-hand experience working with underserved communities and impoverished …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/06/7823

Food justice scholar to host day of events

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… "is doing absolutely amazing food justice scholarship and work on the ground in many communities and campuses across Michigan." He adds, "Her discussion of that work, in combination with theory and history, engenders an … sustainability-related opportunities on campus and in the workforce, Office for Sustainability, 2529 W. Michigan Ave. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/09/8974

New medieval book series could captivate public, scholars alike

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… and Middle Eastern history, non-Western subjects and the social impact of medieval studies today, including a volume … call-to-arms to those medievalists still on the fence about working for, among and with the public," the review wrote. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/05/40229

Physician to discuss how inequities impact health care

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… differential exposure to environmental stressors and other social determinants of health related to racism and economic …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/05/40228

WMU student invention wins $10,000 Lemelson-MIT 'Cure it!' prize

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… , executive director of the Lemelson-MIT Program. "Their work is as remarkable as their passion to mentor and inspire … Barnett appear in a video that explains how their invention works. Stephen John John grew up in Nepal and returns every … that invention can solve many of the biggest economic and social challenges of our time, the foundation helps the next …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/05/24028