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Soga Japan Center

… and site visits to help explain what happened in 2011 and why recovery efforts are so complicated and frustratingly …

https://wmich.edu/japancenter/news/newsarchive

Engineering students design concussion sensor for football helmets

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… KALAMAZOO, Mich.—At a time when football concussions are triggering lawsuits and making headlines, students at Western … before it is ready for the marketplace, which is why grant funding is being sought. After it is more fully …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/07/17339

From classroom to catwalk: Western students headed to New York Fashion Week

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… a letter of recommendation as well as write an essay about why they would represent Western well at New York Fashion …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/01/66946

Frequently Asked Questions

College of Aviation

… Frequently Asked Questions Why do students choose to attend Western Michigan … we seem to be seeing more transition course students struggle than we have previously. We believe this is due to the … the norm far more than it has been in the past.    Our suggestion is to evaluate and investigate the local flight …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/future/frequently-asked-questions

Paris climate change agreement: “the world’s greatest diplomatic success”

College of Arts and Sciences

… book by George Marshall's titled Don't Even Think About It: Why Our Brains Are Wired To Ignore Climate Change .  The book explores why most of us recognize that climate change is real, and … incur to prevent war between them, asks Karowe? Perhaps, suggests Karowe, we could more clearly see the benefits of …

https://wmich.edu/arts-sciences/news-earthday-karowe-climate-change

WMU, WMed join forces in $1.37M project to reduce prehospital medication errors for children

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… tiny drug labels and calculate dosages on the fly.  That's why an interdisciplinary team of  researchers from Western …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/05/71778

Nearly $5M grant will help WMU, school districts create new pipeline to fill teacher shortage

News

… families communicate, what certain families value and why, and how it is all related to valuing education. This …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/11/61810

Homeless to college grad: Business student beats odds to create his own success

News

… them growing up in the situation I grew up in. So that's why I really work hard." He worked so hard he was able to …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/12/62477

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Gender and Women's Studies

… will prepare you for success in a world that still struggles around issues of gender. Through course work and activities outside the classroom, majors explore why gender is contested, how it continually intersects with …

https://wmich.edu/gender/academics/major

Let’s expand what it means to be smart

W Magazine

… school, but I was still searching for my purpose, my ‘why.’ I considered law school or even changing my major to …

https://wmich.edu/magazine/let%E2%80%99s-expand-what-it-means-be-smart