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Bioethics scholar Art Caplan gives public lectures at WMU

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… Caplan KALAMAZOO--A bioethics scholar from the University of Pennsylvania will address the rationing of health care in a presentation later this month at Western … The talk is titled "The HPV Vaccine Controversy: Science, Ethics and Politics" and is free and open to the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/02/143

William 'Bill' Granet obituary

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… Ohio. He was 90. Granet came to WMU in 1970 as manager of computer applications in the University Computing Center and retired in 1985 after 14-1/2 years of service to the University. He earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Portland and a …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/08/1304

Budding electrical engineer finds spark at Western

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… in neurobiology, Bharat Goel has had a hand in a number of research projects that could have a profound impact on … Western Michigan University on Saturday, Dec. 17 , with bachelor's degrees in electrical engineering and applied … impact on the fight against climate change. Environmental science has always been a driver for my engineering," he …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/12/69905

Internationally regarded geographer honored as WMU's Emerging Scholar

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… weather and climate change,  Dr. Laiyin Zhu , associate professor in Western Michigan University's  School of Environment, Geography and Sustainability , is being … since his arrival at WMU—in prestigious climatology and geoscience journals, and his work has been cited hundreds of

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2025/09/emerging-scholar-award-2025-laiyin-zhu

Academic department, student organization team up for blood drive

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… blood types.”  The blood drive is organized by the Military Science and Leadership department and Drive Safe Kalamazoo, … For more information , contact Cris Obreiter, military science, at (269) 387-8120 or cris.obreiter@wmich.edu; or …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/01/4442

Sky Broncos place sixth in national championship event

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… Association championship held May 13-18 at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. 2019 Sky Broncos The 14-member WMU … placing sixth overall. The event winner was University of North Dakota, followed by Southern Illinois University, … Barrett of Davison, a senior studying aviation flight science, placed sixth in aircraft preflight inspection. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/05/53529

Climate change could make the Great Lakes region unrecognizable

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… few generations. By century's end, he notes, at least half of Michigan's iconic trout, salmon, white pines and sugar maples will probably die off. Meanwhile, the state's infamous lake-effect snow will … for mostly rainy winters. The professor of biological sciences didn't need to learn about that projected future by …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/01/51387

Husband and wife faculty duo present recital

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… Bruce Uchimura KALAMAZOO—Western Michigan University School of Music faculty members Bruce Uchimura , cello, and Susan … and open to the public. Bruce Uchimura Uchimura received a bachelor’s degree from The Juilliard School of Music and a … from the Cleveland Institute of Music, where she received bachelor of music degrees in theory and piano. Wiersma …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/09/9121

Why I Give: Cheryl TenBrink

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… someone I’d never met told me, ‘I think she thought of you as a younger sister,’” says TenBrink.    TenBrink and … a carriage ride in Charleston, South Carolina, during one of their many trips. Like Austen, TenBrink and Borton placed a great deal of value on education, too. In fact, that is a big part of

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/08/72480

Grad designs completely online introductory anatomy class

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… graduated last June with a master's degree in biological sciences, stayed on as a part-time WMU instructor to … filling in as class instructor. Other universities offer 100-level anatomy and physiology classes online, Paskin says, but most of them require a minimum of three or four trips to campus …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/02/4402