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Investment, pandemic pivot spur success for genomics company

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… company Genemarkers' exponential growth. It's an accomplishment being celebrated by the Biosciences Research and … time, it helped Genemarkers thrive. With demand reaching upward of 20,000 tests per week, the operation grew from … and friends who have started their own ventures in bigger cities missed out on. The Genemarkers staff has grown …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/05/64148

Jazz Orchestra wins perfect score at Notre Dame collegiate fest

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… and pocketed Outstanding Band and four Outstanding Soloist awards at the 56th annual University of Notre Dame … . The festival, held Friday and Saturday, Feb. 28-March 1, is the oldest and one of the most prestigious collegiate … of music and orchestra director. "He basically verbally hugged the band for 15 minutes and concluded with, 'It was a …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/03/14317

New scholarship honors WMU graduate's life-changing mentor

College of Arts and Sciences

… on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—If not for a special person in his life, Dr. Hashem Akhavan-Tafti would have never ended up … at Western Michigan University, a move that he says "saved his life." Now, Akhavan-Tafti and his wife, SuzAnne, have … Akhavan-Tafti ended up at a school in Indiana, where he struggled to acclimate to his new surroundings. He contacted …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/12/36667

Rachel Kushner's Frostic Reading Series appearance rescheduled

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… on Kushner KALAMAZOO—An author who has twice been a finalist for the National Book Award has rescheduled her reading … Thursday, Feb. 20 , in the Little Theatre. Her appearance is free and open to the public. Rachel Kushner In addition … Award nominations, Kushner is the recipient of a 2013 Guggenheim Fellowship. Her fiction and essays appear regularly …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/02/13354

Sales students shine during two national competitions

Haworth College of Business

… place team honors at the competition. WMU students also finished strong in the State Farm Marketing and Sales … experience for our students," says Dr. Kelley O'Reilly , assistant professor of marketing. "Our students represent the … adrenaline and confidence happening all at the once is something I will never forget. It was definitely …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/12/28900

All things Russian to highlight 20th annual Russian Festival

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… some 1,000 attendees who immerse themselves in Russian history, music, art, dance and crafts while mingling with people wearing authentic Russian costumes. This year's festival will feature a series of humanities … history, literature, cultural symbolism, painted pysanki eggs and study abroad. At 11 a.m., Dr. Inna Molitoris , a …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/11/28235

Student awarded prestigious study abroad scholarship

Haworth College of Business

… KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Western Michigan University junior Alexis Lenderman , of Flint, is among just 1,000 undergraduate students across the … major, plans to use her scholarship money to study Spanish in Quito, Ecuador, this summer. The Gilman Program …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/05/46935

Kalamazoo to be home to nation's first sustainable brewing degree

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… which addresses some of the industry's most pressing issues, has been developed with input from a growing external advisory board that already includes 10 of Michigan's top craft … curriculum. "Water use and water recovery are among the top issues among craft brewers around the nation," says, Dr. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/01/21143

Sew worth it—fashion design students use skills to craft masks for hospital workers

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… some have called sewing a dying skill. That skill, however, is now helping protect frontline medical professionals from … Fashioning Protection Carly McKay sews a mask. The news is hard to escape. Every day, a constant stream of updates … she says. "We were able to do something together that was bigger than us and forget for a moment about the chaos around …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/03/58737

Western engineering alum helps power next frontier of military defense in Space Force

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… and developing engines that could power intergalactic missions sounds like a job description ripped from the film … he says. "To be working on that kind of stuff now is really cool." It was the work Mostek did in Western's … doing really, really helps keep morale high and keep you chugging along." As a member of WALI, Mostek designed a system …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/11/66119