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WMU commercialization center invests in nervous system breakthrough

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… nervous systems. The BRCC award to Axonia Medical is part of $2 million in seed financing the company recently … "The technology Axonia is developing is precisely the kind of innovative, early-stage work our center is designed to support," says Stephen J. Haakenson, executive director of the BRCC. "This is technology developed in a university …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/05/555

WMU alum and veteran journalist to deliver annual peace lecture

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… writing from Columbia College in 1995. A poet and proponent of the human potential movement, he has taken restorative … first newspaper job was at the Plainwell Enterprise, north of Kalamazoo, where he laid out copy, sold ads and did … a dozen years at the Lerner Newspaper chain, covering much of the North Side of Chicago, a pulsating, complex …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/10/1877

Science policy and politics under microscope in humanities talk

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… by Anonymous (not verified) on Mooney KALAMAZOO—The future of science policy under the administration of newly re-elected President Obama will come into sharper … correspondent for American Prospect Magazine and author of "The Republican War on Science," will speak at 6 p.m. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/11/3060

Film festival examines human inequality, solutions

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… Submitted by Deanne Puca on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Stories of inequality in people's everyday lives and solutions that can help unite the country are themes of a free film festival beginning Wednesday, Feb. 21, on the campus of Western Michigan University. Three films from the America …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/02/45308

Professor receives grant to support research on community college trustees and their decision making

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… Professor receives grant to support research on community … Michigan University's Dr. Regina Garza Mitchell , professor of educational leadership in higher education, was recently …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/02/70778

Gov. Snyder praises WMU foster youth program

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… (not verified) on Gov. Snyder KALAMAZOO--In his State of the State address yesterday, Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder … Michigan University program for praise, triggering a round of applause in the Michigan House chamber at the state … is one that focuses on young people who have aged out of foster care and need support--the kind that families …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/01/83

WMU prepares for archives construction on Oakland Drive Campus

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… (not verified) on KALAMAZOO--Western Michigan University officials are gearing up for the next major campus … a new facility that will be located near the intersection of Howard Street and Oakland Drive on the grounds of what was once the Kalamazoo Psychiatric Hospital. The new …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/05/635

Commercial real estate magnate next up in entrepreneurship series

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… estate brokerage, development and management, and founder of a local boutique commercial real estate firm will speak … Michigan University. Rick DeKam, principal and director of asset management for Midwest Realty Group, will speak at … and other related issues. He has represented a number of corporate clients, completed numerous large land …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/01/4404

WMU trustees OK differential tuition rates for engineering majors

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… 2013 semester, the Western Michigan University College of Engineering and Applied Sciences will adopt a differential tuition model that will boost the cost of tuition, reduce the amount of fees assessed, and preserve … have the second-lowest four-year tuition among the six schools, with the lowest just $137 behind WMU's amount. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/09/1718

Anthropology students earn recognition in op-ed contest

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… the top five percent in North America earned certificates of recognition from the center. Award winners Sarah … that were anonymously evaluated by their peers at other schools. The pieces with the highest grades were declared … of writing for audiences beyond their classrooms and schools in a way that attracts attention and serious …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/12/3710