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'Heritage' and environmental commitment dovetail in WMU renovation

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… Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Renovation of Heritage Hall was a 16-month process. KALAMAZOO, … environmentally sophisticated on the WMU campus and in all of southwest Michigan. Heritage Hall is the birthplace of WMU, and it has graced the top of Prospect Hill …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/10/27780

Jazz students again take multiple awards in DownBeat competition

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… music competition. Earning top honors was the University of Miami with eight wins, followed by the University of Massachusetts-Amherst with six awards and the Berklee College of Music, the University of North Texas and the Manhattan …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/05/40131

WMU Medieval Institute wins NEH grant for summer institute

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… on Schulman KALAMAZOO, Mich.— Dr. Jana K. Schulman , professor of English and director of the WMU Medieval Institute, has … Keith Hearit , interim dean of the WMU College of Arts and Sciences. "Hosting such an institute is an honor for WMU and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/03/31130

WMU to host conference on health IT innovation and cybersecurity

Haworth College of Business

… lunch on Friday. The event is hosted by WMU's Department of Business Information Systems and the Center for Health … Dr. Joe Adams Dr. Joe Adams is the vice president of research and cybersecurity at Merit Network Inc. Retired … He is an adjunct research investigator of learning health sciences at the University of Michigan Medical School. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/10/43116

Professor emeritus and photography department pioneer establishes endowment

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… Professor emeritus and photography department pioneer … on Carney KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Western Michigan University professor emeritus Jack Carney , who has established an … , on his photographic work, “Night Light: The Aesthetics of Time by Events in Space,” currently on view at the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/02/38388

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

W Magazine

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

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

Walt Disney Day in Kalamazoo honors Walt's Pilgrimage class at WMU

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… for children during a visit to the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts in 1964. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—By proclamation , the city of Kalamazoo has declared Thursday, July 12, 2018 , Walt … was developed by Dr. Christopher Tremblay as part of Lee Honors College's Study in the States program. Each …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/07/47910

ISM students place second at international case competition

Haworth College of Business

… Hayward, Clark, Barney and Poppema. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—A team of students enrolled in Western Michigan University's … has placed in the annual competition that matches up some of the best and brightest supply chain students from universities around the world. Members of the team are senior Andrew Barney of Kalamazoo, junior …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/10/43147

Paper produced at WMU could provide clean water for millions

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… Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on An example of how the filter can be used (Photo credit: Folia Water) … to provide clean drinking water to millions at a cost of just pennies a day has been successfully produced on a … McGill and Carnegie Mellon universities and the University of Virginia was brought to WMU this fall by Folia Water of

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/11/36402

WMU unveils its results from national campus climate survey

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… verified) on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—The overwhelming majority of Western Michigan University students feels safe and … to addressing sexual violence, according to the results of a national survey WMU participated in last spring. The University was one of 34 public and private colleges and universities to take …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/11/36597