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Researcher earning impressive national accolades

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… Poling will receive this year's International Humanitarian Award from the American Psychological Association when it … its annual convention today through Aug. 7 in Denver. The award is APA's highest honor. It recognizes extraordinary … field with underserved populations. APA is the leading scientific and professional organization representing …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/08/33813

STEM instruction reform focus of $1.4 million Hughes Medical grant

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… by Anonymous (not verified) on WMU secured one of only 37 awards made by HHMI this year. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—A $1.4 million grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute to Western Michigan University … and teaching assistants who introduce undergraduates to the scientific experience. The aim of the work is to combat the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/05/16296

Boil water advisory in effect for some campus locations through Saturday evening

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… Boil water advisory in effect for some campus locations through … Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Update: The water main has been repaired, and water was being turned back on to French, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/10/27458

Sustainability office to celebrate campus efforts

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… in aquaponics, green woodworking, composting and bicycle-repair. At the end of this DIY session, the winner of a bike … the campus and the curriculum. Sustainability Champion awards were selected from nominations collected earlier in … live music and food, and will to recognize a number of awards WMU has received in the last few years for its …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/04/22793

Grand opening reception set for the new Office for Sustainability

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… of operations at its new campus location at the corner of Howard Street and West Michigan Avenue. The event begins at … Glasser says that while WMU has made tremendous strides toward building a campus culture of sustainability, the … Sustainability Studio will house the Bike Stable, a bicycle repair cooperative. Finally, a new electric car charging …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/10/2470

Seniors enhance tool for future students

College of Engineering and Applied Sciences

… Seniors enhance tool for future students Submitted by Cindy Wagner on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—One of the essential aspects of … Jesse Blaine , a cybersecurity major. “In the end, it was a culmination of all classes and each members knowledge … Creek installing UniFi network equipment and in technology repair and sales at Office Depot. He earned an A.A.S. from …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/04/71408

Global education leader named interim associate provost at Haenicke Institute for Global Education

Office of the Provost

… in Tokyo, Japan. She also earned a bachelor’s degree in scientific instruments engineering from Zhejiang University … International Christian University. She has taught at WMU, Waseda University and Keio University both in Tokyo, and …

https://wmich.edu/provost/news/2024/08/ying-zeng-interim-hige

Pride and Passion: Mitchell Patterson Aviation Technician Extraordinaire

College of Aviation

… about her later. What Patterson saw at the museum -- World War I biplanes, World War II Pacific Theater warbirds, relics from the pivotal … away from the home base, we either have to coordinate the repairs or fly out to where it is to fix the problem. It is …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2020/11/mitchellpatterson

Understanding electric propulsion: Aerospace researcher shares expert knowledge with NASA

College of Engineering and Applied Sciences

… shares expert knowledge with NASA Submitted by Cindy Wagner on Dr. Kristina Lemmer and student Margaret Mooney … a focus on space electric propulsion—a highly specialized scientific arena—and leads the research and education … and experimental plasma engineering. She teaches courses in thermodynamics; space propulsion systems; advanced and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/02/70801

Ethics Center announces fall 2022 book clubs

Study of Ethics in Society

… providers using informal evidence, as opposed to scientific evidence, to guide their decisions about medical … Indigenous peoples, Zionism, the events of 1948, the 1967 war, Camp David and the Oslo accords, and a two-state … August 1985, the Center for the Study of Ethics in Society was created after WMU faculty across the curriculum met to …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/09/69336