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New program pairs Western students with MSP to bring justice in unsolved murders

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… with Michigan State Police, criminal justice students are getting unprecedented access to case files from unsolved … in a lab on campus. "With us augmenting our resources with the criminal justice program (at Western), it's going to … hands dirty and review it from inception all the way to what detectives were doing 20 years later that the primary …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/03/63526

John E. Martell Jr. obituary

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… Martell Jr. John E. Martell Jr. , retired assistant dean of the Lee Honors College at Western Michigan University, died … with WMU in 1970 as a part-time humanities instructor for what was then the College of General Studies. Martell was … former WMU President. Remembrances No public services are being held by the family, but Lee Honors College …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/11/11646

Learning about herself while honing civil engineering skills

College of Engineering and Applied Sciences

… internal rate of return, depreciation, taxes and inflation: These topics may not come immediately to mind when … learning and studying habits and it really made me rethink what I need prioritize as a student to get the most out of … could come in many forms—addressing infrastructure geared towards wildlife, such as wildlife overpasses, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/08/68980

Annual Relay for Life fundraiser starts this week

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… in Relay for Life as a walker, donor or observer. KALAMAZOO—The Colleges Against Cancer at Western Michigan University … Center. This year, WMU Relay For Life participants are competing with their counterparts from Central Michigan … starts Wednesday, April 9 , and runs through the end of this year's Relay for Life. "The overall highest …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/04/15028

Supply chain program ranks No. 2 in world

Haworth College of Business

… management program recently ranked second on a listing of the top 100 universities for supply chain talent produced by … University's supply chain program. The survey respondents are industry professionals who valued WMU's connection with … fastest in the world of work, which may explain some of what we at SCM World saw in our latest ranking data compiled …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/01/37589

Intrigued by a good mystery, Western student decodes path in cybersecurity

College of Engineering and Applied Sciences

… cybersecurity Submitted by Cindy Wagner on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—There is nothing like a good mystery or the intrigue of … sophomore Evelyn Ortiz-Martinez , that feeling is part of what she loves about her chosen major at Western Michigan … the encryption and decryption side. “Encryptions are based on mathematical formulas,” says Ortiz-Martinez of

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/12/70195

Longtime English professor collaborates with wife in upcoming Frostic event

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… his longtime artistic collaborator and wife will read from their works in December as part of the Fall 2015 Gwen … Teaching Award. His books include two poetry collections—"What the Earth Taught Us" and "Sonnets: Signs and … Burns." His translations of Jacques Brel's songs have appeared in numerous musical reviews nationwide and also are

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/11/28786

Construction, planning professional joins Western as associate vice president for Facilities Management

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… . Chad M. Stirrett began as a new administrator in the department responsible for Western’s construction, … and the newer ones and the decision as to where investments are made to best support the living, learning environment,” … are being used and the frequency of that use, balancing what campus needs are in relation to space. “We want to …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/08/72610

Trustees approve move to put WMU name on Cooley Law School

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… approved an affiliation agreement July 18 that will allow the private Thomas M. Cooley Law School to become the … as well as its fit with WMU's strategic plan. "Today, there are 82 public universities with law schools accredited by … means Cooley would remain an independent nonprofit 501(c)(3) entity but would become known as the Western …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/07/8244

Groundbreaking enzyme discovery leads to Western professor receiving prestigious National Science Foundation prize

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… on Dr. Ricky Stull, right, works in his lab after receiving the NSF's CAREER Award. Undergraduate students in Stull's biochemistry … something that is completely unknown, that we have no idea what the answer will be, because no one's ever done it …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/01/70536