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$4M state funding boost will help WMU's Kalamazoo Autism Center expand services

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… on Silvia Robazza, an undergraduate psychology student, works with a young patient at the Kalamazoo Autism Center. … renowned Autism Center of Excellence expand services for individuals with severe behavioral challenges at the Kalamazoo Autism Center. The recently …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/07/72115

Spring Convocation will showcase research in public health, humanities

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… by Erin Flynn on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Discovery comes in many forms, and several will be celebrated during Western Michigan University's Spring Convocation . Organized by the Office of Research and Innovation , the … March 10 , at the Fetzer Center—recognizes the excellent work of WMU faculty. Discovery Symposia, comprised of several …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/03/58305

Food marketing students take first place at national university case competition

Haworth College of Business

… Case Competition, held Feb. 23 to 25 in San Diego, California. The business case for the competition focused on developing ways for independent grocers to make it easy for shoppers to …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/03/58334

Student team launching NASA competition dream

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… aerospace engineering student who serves as Lead Rocketry for WMU’s American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics … of which the group is a part, says early in the club’s history members worked separately to build rockets from kits. Now, they work …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/11/56773

WMU Music Professor Emerita Phyllis Rappeport, 90, passes away

Irving S. Gilmore School of Music

… WMU Music Professor Emerita Phyllis Rappeport, 90, passes away Submitted by David Bernard on Phyllis Joan Rappeport was born on February 19, 1929, in the New York City …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/01/57511

WMU professor's research paves the way to improving pedestrian safety nationwide

W Magazine

… WMU professor's research paves the way to improving pedestrian safety … Dr. Ron Van Houten. The Western Michigan University professor's pedestrian traffic safety research is garnering … wrong and hitting people is bad, but there are still a record number of pedestrian injuries and fatalities," says Van …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/01/57296

University welcomes two explosive-detection K-9s to police force

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… University welcomes two explosive-detection K-9s to police force Submitted by Deanne Puca on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Two … WMU officers Travis Cable and Michael Lininger , trained for three months at a facility in Taylor, Michigan, and received dual certification for both …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/02/51620

Alumnus surfs the turbulence to success

W Magazine

… Denomme, BS '00 DETROIT— Steve Denomme’s movie script for his storied aviation career could be “The Good, the Bad and the … Denomme, BS ‘00, has weathered the impacts of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, recession and pandemic on the airline …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/05/71774

Seniors honored for academic excellence as 2023 Presidential Scholars

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… Seniors honored for academic excellence as 2023 Presidential Scholars Submitted by Deanne Puca on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Forty-eight students will be recognized as Western Michigan …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/03/71023

Update: Prescribed burns could be set at two Asylum Lake sites Monday, April 22

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… University's Asylum Lake Preserve as part of ongoing efforts to actively manage the nature preserve for research, education, passive recreation and ecological … of prairie Monday and hadn't yet determined the timing for the wetland burn, but now both may go forward. Prescribed …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/04/52957