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Generating Buzz: Regulating genetically modified mosquitoes

W Magazine

… The development and release of gene-drive mosquitoes in scientific labs has generated some controversy. In order to …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/06/57059

Curriculum Change FAQs

Faculty Senate

… to the proposal that indicates the department faculty are aware of the proposal and support it. If I am changing the …   Supervised field experience: Actual practice, often away from the college campus, in a practical or service … WMU Essential Studies Level 2: Exploration and Discovery - Scientific Literacy with Lab Category. If the course also …

https://wmich.edu/facultysenate/policies/curriculumreview/curriculumfaqs

Expect festivities and finances to be top of mind as holidays approach

Haworth College of Business

… Home for the holidays, food and gatherings Dr. Russell Zwanka, associate professor of marketing and director of WMU food marketing program   Dr. Russell Zwanka “The key to the holidays for food is to remember food … people, and the holidays connect people,” says Dr. Russell Zwanka , associate professor of marketing and director of the …

https://wmich.edu/business/news/2024/11/festivities-finances-2024

Students, researchers dig deeper into history of Fort St. Joseph

News

… me more choice and made me much more invested in what I was learning and wanting to do it well.   "This isn't sandbox archaeology, … the experience magical. "It's not even just feeling the scientific aspect of the soil. It's getting your hands on it …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/08/54551

WMU homecoming and Family Weekend events planned

News

… Oct. 3-8 and Family Weekend Oct. 7-9 . "Forever Brown and Gold" is the 2016 homecoming theme, and a host of activities … are gathering across campus to welcome alumni home, stage award programs and hold special pregame tailgates Saturday, … Alumni Society—Annual Golden Apple and Keystone Awards reception and dinner, 5:30 p.m., Fetzer Center. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/09/35240

Changing one life at a time

College of Arts and Sciences

… in criminology and gender, said “that file room is a gold mine. We figure out what’s not working and what can be … done to fix it.” Kuersten recalled one case in which a man was trying to contact them but couldn’t fill out the … that her office uses to begin researching a case. He was illiterate. She is optimistic that the upcoming …

https://wmich.edu/arts-sciences/news-wrongful-conviction-2016

Take a stroll around Western's campuses to see what's new

News

… bloom around the pond in front of Sangren Hall. The curtain wall on the new student center and dining facility is finished! The gold fins are designed like Michigan tree foliage to help … a brewpub ? The concrete is getting a face-lift in front of Waldo Library in August. The main entrance is closed for the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/08/65100

Past News

Physics

… faculty and staff. Accomplishments Imogen Courtney awarded the 2023 Presidential Scholar in Physics Courtney, a … APS beamlines. Said is the author or co-author of over 100 scientific papers. Most of his work involves studying the … in Optics. Many teams geared up to show off their Rube Goldberg machines in Mission Possible. Special thanks to the …

https://wmich.edu/physics/pastnews

20th Annual Russian Festival a Big Hit

College of Arts and Sciences

… the event, said putting on the Russian Festival this year was more important than ever. “As the political relationship … world famous chamber decorated in amber panels backed with gold leaf and mirrors located in the Catherine Palace of … constructed in 1701 in the Berlin City Palace, it was given to Peter the Great of the Russian Empire by …

https://wmich.edu/arts-sciences/russian-festival

History

Oaklands

… By Peter Schmidt , professor of history 1965–2008. Mark Twain liked to call the booming end of the 19th century “The … the Red Cross building at 530 West South, said the style was “intended for the countryseat of a man of ample fortune, … to work for her father. In 1876, he joined the Black Hills gold rush, wintering in Deadwood and taking up a freighting …

https://wmich.edu/oaklands/history