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Evaluation expert to focus on international assessments of learning

News

… by Anonymous (not verified) on KALAMAZOO— Dr. Hans Wagemaker , executive director of the International … from noon to 1:30 p.m. , is free and open to the public. Wagemaker, who is based in New Zealand, will speak on … and the Inter-American Development Bank and has served on scientific advisory committees for the World Bank. He earned …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/02/13484

Moving beyond fitness tracking to wearable diagnostic solutions

College of Engineering and Applied Sciences

… to wearable diagnostic solutions Submitted by Cindy Wagner on Dr. Simin Masihi, assistant professor of … exams and personal ECG devices such as Apple Watch do not continuously monitor the heart rhythm. … lead to sudden cardiac death. Smart devices such as Apple Watch cannot constantly look for arterial fibrillation or …

https://wmich.edu/engineer/news/2025/07/wearable-electrocardiogram-device

Michigan Geological Survey receives $14 million in funding

College of Arts and Sciences

… dating back to January 26, 1837 —the same day Michigan was admitted as a state. That day, a bill was introduced and approved in the state legislature to … the MGS, a division in the DEQ, sought to transfer the scientific assessment and research functions to WMU. Through …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/12/73664

Students place second in international cybersecurity competition

Cybersecurity

… international cybersecurity competition Submitted by Cindy Wagner on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—A team of four Western Michigan … , all members of the WMU Bronco Cybersecurity Club, was among 27 participating undergraduate teams from … addition to applying knowledge from coursework, the team was guided by faculty advisor Katie Marshall , faculty …

https://wmich.edu/cybersecurity/news/2025/07/students-place-second-cybersecurity-competition

Ethics Center announces book clubs for fall

Study of Ethics in Society

https://wmich.edu/ethics/news/2024/09/ethics

Top geography students test skills in state bee at WMU

News

… Geographic Bee state title and a chance to travel to Washington, D.C., for the national contest. State bees are … Visual Atlas of the World, 2nd Edition," and a trip to Washington, D.C., to represent Michigan in the National … Geographic Society is one of the world's largest nonprofit scientific and educational organizations. Founded in 1888 to …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/04/46180

WMU commercialization center invests in nervous system breakthrough

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… to their peripheral or central nervous systems. The BRCC award to Axonia Medical is part of $2 million in seed … H. Smith at the University of Pennsylvania. Smith is scientific co-founder of Axonia with Dr. Harry Ledebur, … levels of functional recovery not now possible. The company was an early participant in a Penn program called UPstart …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/05/555

Three professors lauded as emerging scholars

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… chemistry, will be presented the Emerging Faculty Scholar Award during WMU's Academic Convocation ceremonies beginning … of several other faculty, teaching and service awards. The Emerging Scholar Award program was launched late … year. Her work also has been published in highly ranked scientific journals and has received more than 1,100 …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/09/1514

Wrenching Wings and Gearing for Professional Growth with Dr. Gail Rouscher

College of Aviation

… in a situation in which to grow. Being involved in any way, showing that I am passionate about what they are … suburb of metropolitan Detroit, Rouscher needs a large wall in her home to showcase the four diplomas she has … When the football season rolls around, it's "Brown and Gold Time."  The Rouschers can be found at every home game …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2021/04/rouscher

Hawking biography to be screened

News

… under-achiever to Ph.D. genius, and from a healthy coxswain on the Oxford rowing team to a diagnosis of motor … In addition, the film highlights the physicist's greatest scientific discoveries and plots his rise to fame and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/01/21370