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Award-winning economists lined up for Sichel Series' 50th year

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… awarded by the American Economic Association to the best American economist under 40. Field The first speaker in the series will be Dr. Erica Field , associate professor of economics and … Global health at Duke University and winner of the Elaine Bennett Research Prize, which is awarded by the American …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/10/10155

Global warming activist to bring climate fight to campus

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… to campus Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on McKibben KALAMAZOO—Western Michigan University will become ground zero in the fight against global warming this … greenhouse gas emissions visits the campus. Bill McKibben will speak at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 10 , at Miller …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/10/10071

Climate change is focus of areawide series of events

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… on The series features events occurring through November. KALAMAZOO—About 20 public presentations and other activities related to climate change are being held on the Western Michigan University campus and in … as the potential responses to these consequences that can be taken. They are being organized by the WMU University …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/09/9603

WMU office lands two NSF grants to boost teaching of science

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… also was funded by the NSF. Six-university team WMU will be part of a team consisting of faculty from six … and head of WMU's evaluation team. "STEM undergrads struggle, for a number of reasons, which in turn can lead to low grades and the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/12/11965

Conference focuses on e-commerce and digital marketing

Haworth College of Business

… University on Thursday, Nov. 15 . The IT Forum will begin at 7:15 a.m. with a welcome message at 8 a.m. at WMU's … developed e-commerce solutions, financial trading systems, cryptocurrency exchanges and multiple cloud solutions for … operations, enablement and brand protection at The Kellogg Company where he leads the global digital marketing …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/10/49559

AT&T donation helps Upward Bound students pursue a college education

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… AT&T donation helps Upward Bound students pursue a college education Submitted by … and reduced lunch as compared to the state average. "To be successful in today’s world, people need to go on and … so happy to see AT&T support and recognize the good work being done here." "AT&T is fully committed to the mission of …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/08/48178

Students claim second place in national social media marketing competition

Haworth College of Business

… WMU marketing students Ashley Mahler, Lauren de Vries, Becca Briones, Andrew Lawlor, Jeffrey Huang, Ashton Burke … like this, but these teams were never satisfied with just being above average," says Dr. Scott Cowley , WMU assistant … They cohesively agreed upon a riskier core strategy with bigger payoff potential. They allowed their personalities to …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/04/53011

Beauregard to help efforts to boost women in sports

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Beauregard to help efforts to boost women in sports Submitted by Deanne Puca on Kathy Beauregard KALAMAZOO, Mich.— Kathy Beauregard , Western Michigan University's director of …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/06/53982

WMU supply chain alum helps drive GM’s efforts to produce ventilators

Haworth College of Business

… 72 hours. That is what the team at General Motors did after being contacted by StopTheSpread.org , a coalition of … the ability to allocate experts allowed this ramp up to be remarkable. GM immediately dispatched supplier quality … General Motors) “This is the most important endeavor I have been involved with in my professional career. Everyone on …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/04/59052

Internships, faculty support help alumnus land job at ABC News

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… across the country. "It's kind of overwhelming at first because it's a big network. 'World News Tonight.' 'The … student-run newspaper, and also opened the door to a number of experiential learning opportunities—something 93% of … his education and career aspirations. Ware was also able to begin working on his master's degree during his senior year …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/02/58013