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Engineering prof wins NIH grant for research on heart disease
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… a $416,816 grant from the National Institutes of Health to continue his research into understanding the underlying … in the lining of the artery. The LDL particles then become oxidized, stimulating the endothelial cells in the … blood cell, and remove the oxidized lipids and also can become bound up on the arterial wall. Several important …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/03/22649
Flint water disaster topic of talk by Virginia Tech scientist
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… Flint water disaster topic of talk by Virginia Tech scientist Submitted by … the public good. Siddhartha Roy , a graduate student and communication director for Virginia Tech's Flint Water … Mona Hanna-Attisha , ultimately led to the water crisis becoming widely known. The city is now under a federal state …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/01/29841
Flags lowered Thursday for Senior Chief Petty Officer Jason P. May
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… Michigan University and throughout Michigan will be lowered to half-staff Thursday, July 9 , in honor of Senior Chief … P. May , of Chesterfield. May, 38, died June 29 of non-combat related causes while aboard the USS Essex. The Essex, … Wednesday, July 7, at the Lee-Ellena Funeral Home in Macomb. The funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/07/25451
WMU physics grad tracking gravitational wave event from Australia
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… teams, working at a radio telescope array in Australia to track the phenomenon, known as a kilonova. The event was … and only very recently, scientists had, according to Science magazine, only sensed such occurrences from the … until the news was revealed. "It is partly due to your recommendations that I was in the right place at the right …
https://wmich.edu/news/2017/10/43382
Revised strategic plan being implemented through 2020
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… Michigan University campus are stepping up their efforts to implement the University's updated strategic plan. Called … five overarching institutional goals for the University community to work on and lists specific strategies that can … be employed to achieve them. However, the revised plan encompasses five instead of three years and has been augmented …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/09/34750
Doretha E. 'Corey' Mortimore obituary
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… E. Mortimore Doretha E. "Corey" Mortimore, a former director of the Annual Fund at Western Michigan University, died … public affairs and administration. Mortimore left WMU to become director of development for the College of Natural … Resources at Michigan State University. She went on to become associate vice president and director of development at …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/05/32195
Planned burn scheduled at WMU's Asylum Lake Preserve
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… at the Asylum Lake preserve in 2007. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Up to 50 acres of prairie in Western Michigan University's … set and carefully managed. They are periodically necessary to maintain and promote the health of the native prairie … diversity," Keto says. "Returning fire to a site gives the competitive advantage back to the native species and …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/04/23346
Honors college dean honored by international geochemists group
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… when the group gathers for its annual meeting in Sacramento, California, in early June. The award recognizes and documents outstanding service to the Geochemical Society, the largest international … and is intended to honor service to the geochemical community or the Geochemical Society that greatly exceeds …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/05/15865
WMU course examining startups wins national award
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… Mich.—A Western Michigan University course examining the factors that foster vibrancy in high-tech startup communities took third place in a national business education competition. Offered in the Lee Honors College's Study in …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/09/26957
WMU teams identify potential for seven-figure Detroit city savings
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… July 16 on work they have done in Detroit that could lead to as much as $2 million in annual savings for the city. … in maintenance and repair costs at each facility, upon completion of recommended shorter-term actions. According to Kenneth C. …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/07/17539