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Helping future investigators solve decades-old cold case

University Libraries

… solve decades-old cold case It turns out a small mention in a local newspaper can give clues to help solve a … help you find them. Dr. Ashlyn Kuersten, Cold Case Program Director and Professor of Sociology In 2020, Western … sociology and criminal justice studies faculty member. "He was able to identify several similar homicides from old …

https://wmich.edu/library/updates/2023/02/impact-report-helping-future-investigators

South campus transformation moves forward with opening of Arcadia Flats

News

… South campus transformation moves forward with opening of Arcadia Flats Submitted by Erin Flynn on Move in begins at … from Nigeria, begin to unpack and clean their new apartment. "I really love how modern yet conducive for living the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/01/62814

Pivot from final exams leads to increase in organizational change leadership research

College of Education and Human Development

… the organizational change leadership program in the Department of Educational Leadership, Research and Technology. … doctorate program. The model is an alternative to the traditional comprehensive exam and requires students to conduct … presented at refereed academic conferences.  "I didn't want our students taking traditional comprehensive exams. I …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/10/73220

Field notes: An undergraduate on the path to discovery discusses her research

College of Arts and Sciences

… Field notes: An undergraduate on the path to discovery discusses her research Grimmer studies a map of 1940s Germany at the National WWII … in Poland last year, visiting Auschwitz-Birkenau and the Warsaw Ghetto to see how sites like these are preserved and …

https://wmich.edu/arts-sciences/grimmer

Fashion history instructor uses expertise to restart archival project

College of Education and Human Development

… Submitted by Chris Hybels on One of Cooper's favorite garments is a 1920s flapper dress. Garments in the collection … its relationship to contemporary fashion. A wedding dress donated by the niece of a WMU alumna. The … Started by a former instructor, the archival project was abandoned during the pandemic and untouched before …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/10/73074

Team USA luger sees natural track to career success at Western

News

… Submitted by Erin Flynn on Torrey Cookman, a first-year mechanical engineering student, completed classes remotely … top athletes at the World Cup series in Europe. In fact, he was in Italy last year when he completed his interview for … snow, he considered staying close to home and going to nearby Michigan Tech. But the scholarship valued at more …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/02/70875

Former administrator visiting campus for book signing

News

… Former administrator visiting campus for book signing Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Walt Disney signs autographs for children during a visit to the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/10/43477

Bronco behind the big screen: Alumna uses makeup to tell stories in movies and TV

W Magazine

… KALAMAZOO, Mich.— Ellen Arden , BFA ‘13, has worked on some of the most prominent films and television shows of the last 15 years, from “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” and “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” to “Ozark” and “The Walking Dead.” As makeup department head and designer, Arden …

https://wmich.edu/news/2024/06/75852

Finding Common Ground

W Magazine

… Finding Common Ground Submitted by Erin Flynn on In our … seem like a utopian fantasy. Dr. Rudolf Siebert, professor emeritus of comparative religion, is looking for the light at … discourse has really declined in the world. What we want to do is see it come to a level where people can …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/12/57179

Bade Shrestha

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

… 2016. He is the recipient of the Mitsui Babcock Energy Award for the best fundamental scientific paper published in the Journal of Institute of … Conference on Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics, and Thermodynamics, Sun City, South Africa, July 1-4, 2007. …

https://wmich.edu/mechanical-aerospace/directory/shrestha