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Seeing beauty amid the chaos, WMU photography students tell their stories

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… unfamiliar territory this spring. They were budding artists with little access to cameras and editing software. But as … needed,” Davis explains. “We found ways to cope, though.” "Can I Get a Dr. in the House?!" - Mandy Weiss One of those … parallels between the Great Depression and 2020,” he adds. With hopes that this period of instability would foster a …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/05/59462

WMU librarian maintaining state hospital COVID-19 data online

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… it is not publicly archived or available in a format that can be easily analyzed. To preserve this historically … day, disappeared the next, only to reappear shuffled around with a name change," says Orlowska. "I decided on a set … Coronavirus Michigan COVID-19 Overview Tracking  that aggregates demographic data of confirmed and potential …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/07/60165

Men's soccer to host NCAA tournament second round

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… 4502 Campus Drive, in Kalamazoo. Tickets are $10 and $5 for youth in grades 8 and lower. They are available at the game … who received an automatic bid after winning the Mid-American Conference Tournament in 2003. "It's an unbelievable … also a first for WMU. The Broncos enter the NCAA tournament with a 16-3-1 overall record and finished the regular season …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/11/43802

National film showing, panel focuses on male survivors of sex abuse

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… highlights the effects of boyhood sexual abuse and how it can lead to shame, intimacy problems, sexual identity … clergy. "We also will have four to five on-site therapists with private spaces for anyone who needs them," Moe says. "We'll have display tables with additional materials as well as staff from the YWCA, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/03/285

Nation's health inequality to be addressed in lecture, conference

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… that afflict particularly poor and minority members of American society. The inequality of health will be examined … Brian K. Gibbs Gibbs, a former occupational therapist with 30 years of experience in reducing health disparities, … overall health have improved in recent years for most Americans, but not for all segments of the population. Health …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/02/4772

Book read looks at ethical questions of immortal cell line

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… Lacks, who was known to scientists as HeLa, and cells with unusual properties removed from her cancerous tumor without her knowledge. In 1951, Lacks, a … at Johns Hopkins Hospital and was diagnosed with cervical cancer. During radiation treatment, two samples of her …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/03/227

Climate change is focus of areawide series of events

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… well as the potential responses to these consequences that can be taken. They are being organized by the WMU University … Response to Climate Change," by Cybelle Shattuck with the Rev. John Boley, Kalamazoo Interfaith Coalition for … . Friday, Oct. 18 Town hall meeting on climate change, with elected officials, sponsored by the WMU Institute of …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/09/9603

WMU office lands two NSF grants to boost teaching of science

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… by Anonymous (not verified) on The grants will assist with the study of teaching of STEM disciplines. … and head of WMU's evaluation team. "STEM undergrads struggle, for a number of reasons, which in turn can lead to low grades and the impulse to transfer into …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/12/11965

AT&T donation helps Upward Bound students pursue a college education

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… to see all postsecondary options available to them. With this contribution from AT&T, Upward Bound can continue to open up even more access to higher education … what the Upward Bound program is trying to ensure for these young students," Hoadley added. "Giving these students the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/08/48178

Tweets net huge book donation and generous outpouring from Japan

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… from Japan Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Angles with some of the donations KALAMAZOO—Twitter messages … messages calling for the donations. Angles had been working with his colleagues at WMU to offer Japanese as an academic … a city that they knew and loved," Angles said. "I can't imagine how surprised the people at the library must …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/02/4831