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Author to speak as part of Universitywide Common Read

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… the common reading of "Anatomy of Injustice: A Murder Case Gone Wrong" by Raymond Bonner, which helped free an … span of about 90 days. According to Bonner, that remarkable timetable and Elmore's subsequent appeals add up to a textbook example of incompetent court-appointed …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/10/9972

Clinical psychology Ph.D. student wins first place in regional Three-Minute Thesis

College of Arts and Sciences

… winner, Desire Ortiz Torres, University of Illinois Chicago; and at right, People’s Choice winner, Mehreen Iftikhar, … Therapy (ACT) interventions can be a helpful strategy in times of crisis and that quick interventions for healthcare … taught to in-depth defend our work to experts in our field. What we don’t have as much practice with is very succinctly …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/07/68578

Dr. Lawrence B. Schlack obituary

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… College. Schlack, of Kalamazoo, worked at WMU multiple times and in multiple teaching roles. He was a full-time member of the faculty from 1964 to 1967 and 1981 to … School District. He served the latter district as superintendent from 1970 to 1973 and 1976 to 1981. Services …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/09/48924

Light Center Research Grants fund a global art project, a book translation and tourism and development research

Haenicke Institute for Global Education

… for Chinese Studies Research Grants. Funds this year will support global art, a book translation project and tourism … on development in China. Taiwan has moved along a somewhat different trajectory,” Wilson says.    “I am interested … the Russian translation of her book, “ Untamed Shrews: Negotiating New Womanhood in Modern China ” for the Central …

https://wmich.edu/global/news/2024/11/grantawards

ROTC holds on-campus blood drive

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… ROTC program in honor of U.S. Veterans Day. Donors can sign up at redcrossblood.org with the code WMU , but registration …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/11/36129

University garners two new grants related to water quality

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… computer modeling and mapping. "These projects will support a cost-effective approach and guide our stewardship … or stormwater as it's commonly called. Wastewater goes into the city of Kalamazoo's system and is ultimately … sewer system that is 100 percent contained on site and does not contribute any runoff to off-site water bodies. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/04/15425

Jazz students continue winning streak in DownBeat competition

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… University jazz studies students and their instructors are upbeat after again earning multiple wins in DownBeat magazine's 41st annual Student Music Awards. In what is regarded as the most comprehensive competition for … for jazz programs across the globe, with the competition going international more than 10 years ago. "WMU's jazz …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/06/47375

Richmond Center for Visual Arts hosts exhibition by South African artist Naomi van Niekerk

Gwen Frostic School of Art

… and decomposing movement dates back to my training as a puppeteer. I recall a specific exercise: two participants … The animation of the inanimate other through touch is what drew me to animation years later, hence my impulse to …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/03/71134

Art exhibit examines recovery from abuse

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… the trauma of sexual abuse and an artists' reception are upcoming at Western Michigan University's College of Health … out loud." The artists in the exhibit have acknowledged what has happened. They have gone through years and many steps to arrive at a place …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/09/1791

Economist to address poverty in Sichel Series talk

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… will share his insights on the connection between local governance and poverty when he speaks this month at Western … the author of the book "Ending Global Poverty: A Guide to What Works" and is co-author with Michael Todaro of a … the WMU Department of Economics and named in honor of longtime WMU economics professor Dr. Werner Sichel, who retired …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/04/6254