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A WMU researcher and pond dwellers illuminate the nervous system

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… illuminate the nervous system Submitted by Paula M. Davis on Dr. John Jellies —also known as "The Leech Guy"—was … Photo of an illuminated leech At the end of a lab table clogged with notebooks and instruments, five European medicinal … head and tail, it crawls, inchworm-like, across his hand. What's more, this creature is the type of leech that sucks …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/11/20011

The politics behind the Paris agreement on climate change

College of Arts and Sciences

… The politics behind the Paris agreement on climate change Olga Bonfiglio College of … a consensus. The US, India and China—the world’s three biggest polluters—accepted that they would have to try to … countries accepted partial blame for having caused whatever warming has occurred so far. And developing …

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

Mentorship, experiential learning help students thrive at Western, land jobs post-graduation

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… were invaluable." Dezmond Stover was excited to jump into his career in aviation operations after graduating in … have taught me different life lessons—it's not just about what we learned in class." The Post-Graduation Activity … soon after their graduation. "I think it shows we really do what we say we do, which is integrate career from day one …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/02/67244

Logan Burgos: hitting a homerun in sports marketing

Haworth College of Business

… Mich.—Western Michigan University senior, Logan Burgos , is chasing his dreams. The marketing major from Homer Glen, Illinois, is … through a typical game day. “Seeing the ins and outs of what it takes to be successful in game presentation set the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2024/04/75461

Miller Auditorium announces 2012-13 Broadway series

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… Broadway in West Michigan Series lineup. Taking the stage this year will be "West Side Story," "Les Misérables," "Hair" … the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good makes for what USA Today called "the most complete--and completely … office records and sold out in record time. Contact: Tonya Durlach April 25, 2012 …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/04/359

The Velvelettes: A legendary Motown group born on Western's campus

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… on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—It all started with the keys. "Music is my life. It still is and it was when I was a kid," says … missed a lesson until I was 22." That passion for piano is what led Barbee-McNeal to Kalamazoo in the early 1960s. She … needs a name. Street was studying French at the time and suggested Les Jolies Femmes—French for The Pretty Women. The …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/02/63261

Interview with Gale Sigal, President of TEAMS and Managing Editor of "The Once and Future Classroom"

Medieval Institute Publications

… Association for Medieval Studies (TEAMS), with whom MIP publishes several series of affordable classroom texts . … with the spring 2016 issue. "I was really interested in what people were doing in terms of teaching," Gale … Great Chronicle Buy Neidhart: Selected Songs from the Riedegg Manuscript Buy Of Knyghthode and Bataile Buy Brunetto …

https://wmich.edu/medievalpublications/sigal-interview

Health Education (Community Emphasis) Minor

College of Education and Human Development

… Health Education (Community Emphasis) Minor Department: Human performance and health education Minor: Health education (community emphasis) Western Michigan University's health education community emphasis minor prepares students to assume careers in non-school …

https://wmich.edu/education/advising/health-community-minor

Generating Buzz: Regulating genetically modified mosquitoes

W Magazine

… technology could have on communities being ravaged by the disease. Quemada Dr. Hector Quemada , a principal research … stops female mosquitoes from being able to bite or lay eggs. The gene is linked with another genetic element—“gene … training to them. “We’d like to keep the ball rolling so whatever is learned and decided upon in these workshops, we …

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