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WMU wins $500,000 grant to create wide range of autism services

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… Department of Community Health. The grant has been awarded to Drs. Stephanie Peterson and R. Wayne Fuqua , chair and professor, respectively, in the WMU … Department of Psychology, who are implementing the grant project as co-investigators. The grant will fund a sweeping …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/02/13787

Film by WMU professor profiles female Native American filmmakers

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… other side of the camera—in front of it. The documentary project has been some 10 years in the making for Dr. … Voices: Stories of Indigenous Women Filmmakers." The project has taken Machiorlatti to four Canadian provinces … is being brought to wider audiences. "Matriarchal Voices was produced and directed by Machiorlatti and is a …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/03/22636

WMU’s 2025 Gründler Book Prize winner examines how early medieval money systems have influenced the modern economy

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… role in trade, power and social connections--much like wallets and digital transactions do today. It reveals that even when money was scarce, it held immense meaning and shaped the lives of … to me like a very long, carefully planned, slowly refined project brought to a very full and satisfying conclusion,” …

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2025/05/2025-grundler-book-prize-winner

Revising approaches to reduce vehicle accidents

College of Engineering and Applied Sciences

… in inclement weather, particularly snow. This pilot project on semi-controlled grounds aims to demonstrate the … accidents and enhance driver safety, changing the roadways with its innovations. “We believe fully autonomous … engineering. “Our work serves as a stepping stone toward autonomous driving and improved safety.” Creating this …

https://wmich.edu/engineer/news/2024/11/revising-approaches-reduce-vehicle-accidents

Dedication scheduled for new main campus icon

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… on Rendering of the icon with finished landscape and water feature KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Efforts are in full swing to … front of the Sangren Hall pedestrian mall. It is the final project for the mall, which is the University's new … all the people pictured are real. They included Dwight B. Waldo, WMU's first president, and John M. Dunn, current …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/04/23020

Underground boring leads to leak and evacuation of three buildings

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… evacuated as part of the campus response. Consumers Energy was on site quickly, and the process of shutting the line down was initiated. Completion of the project awaits the arrival of additional Consumers Energy …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/05/40036

Regional counseling psychology conference being held at WMU

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… Advocacy" will be presented Friday by Dr. Judith Kovach , project director of the Michigan Project for Informed Public Policy. Kovach's address will be … work and publications that focused on such areas as racism awareness; racial healing; and lesbian, gay and bisexual …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/03/45785

Student research presentations

College of Engineering and Applied Sciences

… Student research presentations Submitted by Cindy Wagner on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Two Western Michigan University doctoral students will present their research projects during a Custer Speaker Series event slated for … Efficient and Autonomous Vehicles Lab . Contact: Cindy Wagner February 22, 2022 …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/02/67211

Fare from local restaurants offered at the Taste of Kalamazoo

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… to 1:30 p.m., Top Heavy 2 to 3:30 p.m., Deep Fried Pickle Project 4 to 5:30 p.m., 5 O'Clock Somewhere (Jimmy Buffett … Valerie Barrymore and Foundation of Funk 8 to 9:15 p.m., Howard and the White Boys 10 to 11:30 p.m., Bop (harvey) …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/07/942

Internationally recognized expert to give talk on internships

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… including high school students, but will be geared toward college students. Lauren Berger Berger is CEO and … list of Young Entrepreneurs 25 Under 25, and last year, she was one of the subjects in a Best Buy advertising campaign … an internship, study abroad trip, recital, design project or related experiential endeavor before graduation. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/01/4295