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Economics, Chinese language profs snag Light Center research grants

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… Economics, Chinese language profs snag Light Center research grants Submitted by Anonymous … Dr. C. James Hueng and Dr. Xiaojun Wang are the recipients of the fourth annual Timothy Light Center for Chinese … project and publication. About the projects Hueng, a professor of economics, will undertake a project titled …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/03/22386

Distance education as an opportunity for empathy

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… Lowis on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—In early 2009, at the height of the last financial crisis, Dr. Scott Cowley , assistant professor of marketing, lost his first job out of college. “It was a …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/03/58692

Anthony A. Gioia obituary

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… University faculty member, died Jan. 4 . He was 81. Gioia, of Augusta, Michigan, joined the WMU faculty in 1966 and retired in 1996 after 30 years of service to the University. He began his career at WMU as an associate professor of mathematics and retired as professor of

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/03/30912

David Sedaris to perform at Miller Auditorium

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… wit and incisive social critiques, Sedaris is the author of "Barrel Fever" and "Holidays on Ice," as well as collections of personal essays, "Naked," "Me Talk Pretty One Day," … title became an immediate bestseller, and the audio version of "Let’s Explore Diabetes With Owls" is a Grammy Award …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/10/19747

Trio Globo to perform, offer master class at WMU

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… Trio Globo to perform, offer master class at WMU Submitted by Anonymous (not … on KALAMAZOO, Mich.--Western Michigan University's School of Music will welcome Trio Globo to Kalamazoo with a series of events on Wednesday, Oct. 22, in the Dalton Center …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/10/19695

Three rare campus trees named state champions

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… Registry, measures a dwarf hackberry tree. KALAMAZOO—One of Western Michigan University's 29  dwarf hackberry trees … That news came March 14 after Andrew Sawyer , the state's official representative for the National Big Tree Registry, measured three of the largest dwarf hackberrys discovered so far on campus …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/04/14820

Band to perform traditional Irish music with a contemporary flair

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… Nua has its origins deeply rooted in the Southern counties of Ireland. Comprised of five versatile musicians and singers playing a wide selection of instruments—from fiddle to banjo, guitar to bodhran, and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/03/30966

LBGT Student Services hosts coming out events

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… , and run through Wednesday, Oct. 25 , on the campus of Western Michigan University. Sponsored by the Office of LBGT Student Services, the events are part of Coming Out …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/10/43253

Indiana University scholar to tackle racism then and now in WMU talk

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… noted scholar from Indiana University will take a long view of race and racism when he talks this month at Western … Brantlinger Patrick Brantlinger Brantlinger received bachelors degrees in English and history at Antioch College … influences of classical and enlightenment ideas on race in sciences and the pragmatic convergence between gender and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/10/19411

WMU researchers win $526,000 grant to better treat substance abuse

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… on Lee-Parker KALAMAZOO, Mich.—An interdisciplinary team of researchers at Western Michigan University has received a … and referral services. The grant, from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental … was awarded to Dr. Tiffany Lee-Parker , assistant professor in the WMU Specialty Program in Alcohol and Drug …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/03/30797