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Area youths participating in Asylum Lake service project
News
… Area youths participating in Asylum Lake service project … for Technology in the Kalamazoo Public Schools system. With the help of some 20 volunteers, the children will … is dug at the preserve each year so the collected plants can be buried on site as a more environmentally friendly …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/04/373
WMU Ethics Center announces lecture series for spring 2023
Study of Ethics in Society
… The lecture series kicks off Sunday, Feb. 19 , with “ Special Exhibit Tour: Using Media Responsibly,” led … The Ethical Considerations of Conducting Research with Forced Migrants The Ethics Center’s next lecture is on … Dr. Rebecca Weintraub Brendel , president of the American Psychiatric Association and associate director of the …
https://wmich.edu/news/2023/02/70568
Climate change disinformation poses increasing threat, says WMU history professor
News
… are certainly more blatant, there's no question words also can do a great deal of harm. And when it comes to mis- and … and now are threatening the future of the planet. "If you look at what is most interesting to anyone on any topic, … was reduction of fossil fuels that would have coincided with the energy crisis, when there was a great deal of …
https://wmich.edu/news/2022/01/66880
Four-time Tony Award-winning 'In the Heights' at Miller Auditorium
News
… of hopes, dreams and pressures, where the biggest struggles can be deciding which traditions you take with you, and which ones you leave behind. In addition to …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/02/119
Biking for Black Lives Matter: WMU vocal jazz director raising money, awareness to combat systemic racism
News
… Fund. He dedicates each of his rides to a Black American who has been killed, taping the person's picture to his … a lot of conversations involving (Floyd's death) and racism with friends and with our students at Western in the jazz department, and you get out on the bike and the endorphins start pumping and …
https://wmich.edu/news/2020/07/60200
WMU biologist helps settle 50-year-old fish evolution debate
College of Arts and Sciences
… journals because they have a lot of readership, so your science is seen by a lot of people from all over the … impossible to know you have the right answer because you can’t go back in time and see what evolution did,” says … for further studies on the evolution of teleost fishes. With the age-old teleost debate settled, Thompson is now …
https://wmich.edu/news/2023/12/73661
Helping schools reaps rewards for computer science alumnus
College of Engineering and Applied Sciences
… University in computer science and is a software engineer with Level Data, developing a web application to assist with … unexpected for me to get an email saying, “'THANK YOU LEVEL DATA!!' because we’ve managed to solve a problem … knowing when to accept suggested changes to your solution can be tough,” he says. While Myers interacts with many …
https://wmich.edu/news/2022/01/66811
A flexible path to independence: Harinie Narasimhan’s MBA journey
Haworth College of Business
… Participating in Christ University’s dual degree program with Western, Narasimhan has experienced the best of both … for the first time. “I know in my academics that I can always ask any questions I have. The U.S. classroom … I am and listening while giving me common-sense advice. I can feel myself becoming more confident and independent as I …
https://wmich.edu/business/news/2025/08/harinie-narasimhan
Department of Special Education and Literacy Studies honored with community award by Boys & Girls Club of Greater Kalamazoo
College of Education and Human Development
… Department of Special Education and Literacy Studies honored with community award by Boys & Girls Club of Greater … individualized, one-on-one instruction from WMU teacher candidates tailored to their specific academic goals. While … in kindergarten, first and second grade demonstrated significant growth in their foundational reading skills. Notably, …
https://wmich.edu/education/news/2025/02/special-education-literacy-children-reading-tutoring-bgc-kalamazoo-award
Fort St. Joseph celebrates 25 years of archeological education
College of Arts and Sciences
… says Director Erika Hartley , M.A.'17, who began working with the project as a Western Michigan University graduate … passion for anthropology at the fort. “There’s only so much you can do in a classroom,” says Manfred, who worked at the fort …
https://wmich.edu/news/2024/01/74438