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Igniting innovation: A record-breaking year of groundbreaking research

W Magazine

… drew in $59.6 million in total awards for fiscal year 2024, up 42% over the previous year, which was also a … PFAS mitigation and artificial intelligence—an intentional focus on forging new frontiers of science with potential … into a new layer of climate science: carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS). The goal is to develop technology …

https://wmich.edu/magazine/news/2024/11/office-research-innovation-record-breaking-year

Celebrating five decades of English language learning at Western Michigan University

International Student and Scholar Services

… learning at Western Michigan University Submitted by Elizabeth Braaksma on WMU's Center for English Language and Culture for International Students celebrated its 50th anniversary in … every challenge, our long‑established ESL program has stood strong, proving that resilience builds excellence, and …

https://wmich.edu/international/news/2025/12/celcis-anniversary

A Flawed Bishop, a Favorite Teacher: Lárentíus saga

Medieval Institute Publications

… University of Silesia in Katowice, running the project "Monasteries on the Edge of the World: Church and Society in … 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement no. 945339. Sometime in the … somehow, he manages to become bishop of Hólar diocese in 1324—the reader has the strange impression that Einarr has …

https://wmich.edu/medievalpublications/news/2024/10/flawed-bishop

Gaming Gawain

Medieval Institute Publications

… chansons de geste—while paying special attention to genre, narrative structure, and gaming features. Couch and Bell … have collaborated on studies of Havelok the Dane, Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Laud Misc. 108, as well as on the gaming … with the long, unrhyming alliterative lines of each stanza (the strophe) followed by a centered short line (called a …

https://wmich.edu/medievalpublications/news/2025/09/couchandbell-gawain

WMU faculty head to South Africa, Thailand this summer on Fulbright Specialist Awards

Haenicke Institute for Global Education

… this summer on Fulbright Specialist Awards Submitted by Elizabeth Braaksma on KALAMAZOO – Two Western Michigan … , associate professor in the School of Interdisciplinary Health, will travel to Thailand in June.  The Fulbright … members in Photovoice, a participatory research method in which people record, discuss and publicly share photos …

https://wmich.edu/global/news/2025/06/fulbright-specialist-summer-2025

Onward for a new school year: Newest Broncos welcomed to campus

News

… halls during move-in weekend. WMU President Russ Kavalhuna helps a student unload his car. Students are all smiles … brought from home. Volunteers from registered student organizations, campus units, staff and athletes all helped the … students who moved onto campus during Fall Welcome 2025.    “Our bigges t hope for the upcoming year is that …

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2025/08/fall-welcome-students-move-on-campus-2025