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Drive-thru COVID-19 testing event offered as students return to campus

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… Health Center, emphasizing the testing is a "snapshot in time" and it's important to remain vigilant regardless of … test results. Current students, faculty and staff can sign up for drive-thru testing through Sindecuse Health Center's … are following safety recommendations," VanDerBos says. The goal is to continue that trend until vaccines are widely …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/01/62769

Board signs off on name for new student residence halls

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… currently under construction and slated for completion in time to house fall 2015's incoming students. Located in the … it met the hopes of staff members. "This is in keeping with what we wanted," Anderson said. "We wanted a name that had … facility or landscape. Because the new residence halls are going to be overlooking Goldsworth Valley, it's a very …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/10/19403

Big data and the future of diagnosing mental disorders

College of Engineering and Applied Sciences

… disorders Submitted by Cindy Wagner on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—What if testing for Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) … disorders looks closer to how we test for diseases than it does to the current model of behavioral observation. "A … States and around the world, making more accurate and timely diagnoses has never been seen as more important. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/08/65069

Chinese research grants available to faculty

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… accepted for a research and creative activities grant to support the study of Greater China by Western Michigan … members. The deadline for submitting proposals, valued at up to $3,000 each, is Friday, Feb. 13, 2015 . All board-appointed, full-time faculty members are eligible to apply. One or two …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/10/19724

Emeritus pens book about local vintage car museum

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… University's Waldo Library during a downpour 30 years ago led Dr. David O. Lyon to become addicted to the history … found the archives in the basement of the building, looked up the Kalamazoo-built Michigan car and found an interesting … members of the public to visit year round for the first time, but also increased the vehicle collection to nearly …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/02/138

Career and Student Employment Services ready to help WMU students, recent alumni navigate uncertain job market

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… into the future. Business graduate Kordell Smith lined up an inside sales job weeks before graduation. Read about … events in Handshake. “Now, more than ever, networking is going to be very important to students,” says Urban. … with for potential job leads.” Urban also says now is the time to take stock of their skills and make sure they’re …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/04/59015

Free Chinese culture workshops offered this spring

International Student and Scholar Services

… Chinese knotting is one of the skills being taught in the upcoming workshops. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—The Confucius Institute … years teaching Chinese as a second language. During that time, she held several part-time jobs as a Chinese language teacher. Elaine Lui and YuJu …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/03/30633

WMU 3D printers producing face shields and masks for health care workers

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… Help Desk at WMU, says his office is making face shields to go to the Sindecuse Health center as part of the ongoing WMU … printers running simultaneously all day, we expect to make upward of at least 70 shields per day,” Ledbetter says. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/04/58813

Economics alumna tackling hunger, health issues at Brookings Institution

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… firsthand. Dr. Dweepobotee Brahma "I was lucky, I grew up in a metropolitan city," she says. "But even within the … , while she was still a student. President Edward Montgomery congratulates Brahma during commencement. "It's a little rare, because publication takes a long time. But, at Western, I started working on these ideas …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/02/57684

From AI to detecting fraud to supply chains: WMU business faculty’s research applies to industry

Haworth College of Business

… supplier-buyer contracts through the use of indexing. The goal is to develop innovative solutions that improve … collection, perform complex calculations and provide real-time updates—eliminating the need for cumbersome … and we often find ourselves falling short or giving up. But what if you could harness the power of social media …

https://wmich.edu/news/2024/07/75907