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Fine arts staff using skills for pandemic-fighting mask production

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… engaged in constructive and compensated work. "We were going to start on Tuesday, March 24, after setting up the atrium lobby as a sewing area with tables at least six feet apart. But as we were starting to set up, we got the stay-at-home order," says Department of Theatre …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/04/58953

Readings to launch new poetry anthology published by New Issues

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… Jim Daniels, a Detroit native, award-winning poet and longtime professor in the creative writing program at Carnegie … their master's or doctoral degrees from WMU and have gone on to have books published. The handsomely assembled … of verse out of Michigan's ongoing literary riches." What resulted is an intriguing range of poems providing an …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/10/10069

Undergraduate, faculty research published in Biochemistry

College of Arts and Sciences

… that may lead to novel nicotine cessation therapies. But what sets this achievement apart is the fact that four … is quite rare,” says Stull. “Research faculty will sometimes involve undergraduates in their research programs, but … in the journal Nature Chemical Biology. “I think this is a good example of how undergraduates at WMU have the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/12/73679

New program pairs Western students with MSP to bring justice in unsolved murders

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… with the criminal justice program (at Western), it's going to alleviate some of the heavy lifting from the front … hands dirty and review it from inception all the way to what detectives were doing 20 years later that the primary … will join in fall 2021. Students in the program will spend time in the classroom and the lab, learning new forensic …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/03/63526

WMU responds to Michigan House budget proposal for higher education

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… of WMU alumnus and House Speaker Matt Hall .  At the same time, we remain committed to a final budget that increases … that comprises the workforce of tomorrow.  We cannot support provisions, included in both the House or Senate …

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2025/06/wmu-response-michigan-house-budget-proposal-higher-education

WMU Department of Statistics becomes NISS affiliate

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… from all sectors, including academia, industry, and governmental and national labs, to support research discussions, information dissemination, … demands of their rapidly developing discipline. "We monitor what skills employers list in job announcements and where …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/01/44978

Student earns outstanding poster award for machine learning work

College of Engineering and Applied Sciences

… Messecar uses machine learning—a process of developing algorithms and statistical models that allow computers to … the results. “Participating in the conference opened up a lot of great connections through conversations with … of study that my research group has found themselves in and what results we can develop in the near future to …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/10/72992

Award-winning group to map Mexico through live music

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… music and culture. Its innovative and educational multimedia performance, "Beyond the Music: A Musical Geography … regions where they originate. The ensemble will talk about what to listen for in the major regional styles as well as … is a two-time Grammy Award nominee and four-time Chicago Music Awards winner. It incorporates music, dance, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/09/54873

Earl Borr obituary

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… that, Borr joined the teacher education faculty in what is now the College of Education and Human Development. … when he began serving as teacher certification officer full time. Borr retired in 1984 as an associate professor in the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/12/44160

Public radio news directors award WMUK for broadcasting excellence

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… a very talented team of broadcasting professionals," says Gordon Bolar , WMUK's general manager. "They are emblematic … and staff members who won awards are: Best Use of Sound—"Go On a Sound Walk with WMU Soundscape Ecologists" by … Women at the Beginning of the Computer Age" by Gordon Evans . Series—"Kalamazoo's Police Trust Gap" by …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/07/28036