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APA, PSSO set events to honor annual award winners

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… two non-bargaining employee groups that represent staff members will hold individual events to recognize the 2013 … April 19 . The events are open to all faculty and staff members. Reservations are due by Thursday, April 11, for both … and be followed at 5:30 p.m. by an awards ceremony. A cash bar will be available, and door prizes will be drawn at …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/04/6146

Physicist melds scientific, humanitarian drive at UN's 'nuclear watchdog'

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… but a two-year Peace Corps assignment in the West African nation of Mali. "My unconventional post-doc" is … with his former professors, Drs. Paul Pancella and Nora Berrah, who is now head of the University of Connecticut … enterprise, so it's important. But to do pure science turned out wasn't enough for me because you're not making a …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/01/37548

Superheroes and pursuing advanced learning: mechanical engineering student finds inspiration in unexpected places  

College of Engineering and Applied Sciences

… inspiration in unexpected places   Submitted by Kayla Lambert on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—When mechanical engineering student … and ideas that continue to push the boundaries of what can be done. I want to help people in some shape or form, … for internships to advance his skills and put his knowledge into practice.     “I hope to secure an internship to expand …

https://wmich.edu/engineer/news/2025/11/advanced-learning-dorian-olson

Television and theatre star joins students for 'Next Stop, Broadway'

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… p.m. Tickets Tickets for University Theatre productions can be purchased online at wmutheatre.com , by calling (269) … Honoree for 2014. National tours include "Forever Plaid," "Into the Woods," and "Scrooge" starring Richard Chamberlain. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/11/44036

April Kzoo Sings event set

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… is "Africa" by Toto. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. There will be a $5 cover charge, and a full cash bar and complimentary snacks will be provided. How it works "Kzoo Sings!" is a drop in, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/04/39445

Dean Smith’s story of survival and sisterhood

College of Health and Human Services

… While I waited for the doctor’s phone call with my breast cancer biopsy results, I numbly took in the scene of my … busy talking to my sister, Cory, and her husband, Kevin. Beaumont, my precious 10-year old daughter, was playing with … journey and the similarities in our diagnoses, I looked into genetic testing for BRCA1 and 2 . Even though it wasn’t …

https://wmich.edu/hhs/news/2025/10/sisters

Alumnus Gang Chen is making strides in AI and machine learning

College of Engineering and Applied Sciences

… Lindsey Haehnel on Gang Chen  (background created using Adobe Photoshop generative AI) Western Michigan University … ways to instruct and teach LLM the reasoning so that it can solve a class of similar problem instead of a particular … Chen: The field of natural language understanding has been turned upside down since ChatGPT was released. Big companies …

https://wmich.edu/engineer/news/2024/11/gang-chen-making-strides-ai-machine-learning

Empowered by freedom after years in refugee camps, Medallion Scholar ready to change the world

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… political science at Western, with aspirations of one day becoming an advocate for refugees like himself. WYOMING, … it was a different story." Najafi says he was initially turned away from the immigration office. After two weeks of … freedom, it's just amazing. Going from a place where you can't go outside or do anything and right now to be so free …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/05/64194

Faculty support key to cybersecurity student's goals

Cybersecurity

… Faculty support key to cybersecurity student's goals Submitted by Cindy Wagner on … and staff I would never have met otherwise, co-workers turned friends, and even WMU’s own Kane Greer, founder of … and reach out to their professors early on and ask how they can become more active in the program.”  Through these …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/10/73209

Undergrad experiences fuel alumna's passion for climate policy

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… them. The Western Michigan University alumna recently returned from the United Nations Conference of Parties —COP … Change. "COP was absolutely a moment when I couldn't believe this is where my life has taken me," says Wilder, … change—like rising sea levels and storm surge—on the African island nation and its infrastructure. "They're a …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/02/57475