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Past Alumni Award Winners
Physics
… are wide-ranging—a testament to the versatility of knowledge acquired in the study of physics. Please note that the information we provide here was current at the … expanded funding for materials research in the US. In his free time, he volunteers at the local food bank in College …
https://wmich.edu/physics/past-alumni-award-winners
WMU to break ground on economic-development engine
News
… WMU to break ground on economic-development engine Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—The region's newest job …
https://wmich.edu/news/2018/12/50722
University's green cleaning efforts recognized nationally
News
… green cleaning efforts recognized nationally Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Cordless backpack vacuums have extra … "We also perform around 80 percent of our cleaning chemical free by using aqueous ozone or engineered water. The added …
https://wmich.edu/news/2017/05/39972
Merze Tate: A trailblazing Western alumna who made an international impact
News
… Inventor. This 20th century renaissance woman may not have made it to the moon, but Dr. Merze Tate's resolve … University's brightest stars. Fueled by a thirst for knowledge and boundless ambition, she became the first Black … later become WMU—in 1927. But the road to get there was not easy. "She took the limits off herself, as an African …
https://wmich.edu/news/2021/02/62998
Literacy education expert to receive Emerging Scholar Award
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… expert to receive Emerging Scholar Award Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—A young faculty member who already is becoming known internationally in the field of literacy studies will …
https://wmich.edu/news/2018/09/48803
Facing the future: Artificial intelligence is evolving at warp speed—but at what cost?
W Magazine
… Mich.—The printing press, electricity— the internet—human innovation has fueled the evolution of society for centuries. Now artificial intelligence (AI) is opening up a world of … new. It's not Alexa telling you the weather or Siri digging up an obscure fact on a celebrity; this technology is …
https://wmich.edu/news/2023/05/71771
Researchers snag prestigious National Science Foundation prize
News
… This year's recipients— Drs. Wendy S. Beane , Elena Litvinova and Fahad Saeed —are generating new knowledge and real-world solutions to advance such areas as … for the University as a whole, the recognition is a high honor. Beane Beane With her $800,000 CAREER award grant, Beane …
https://wmich.edu/news/2017/10/43181
WMU trustees OK Southwest facility transfer to Lake Michigan College
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… facility transfer to Lake Michigan College Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on WMU Southwest building entrance KALAMAZOO, … of online and in-person format that has become the norm. LMC will gain the physical space it needs to grow and …
https://wmich.edu/news/2017/09/42776
Student, actor, advocate: Margaux Wellman takes leading role in breaking down barriers for people with disabilities
News
… to shake up perceptions about disabilities. "Disability is not talked about often enough. So when people come to see our show, maybe not knowing that I have cerebral palsy, and the first person …
https://wmich.edu/news/2021/05/64331
WMU congress puts focus of world's medieval scholars on Kalamazoo
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… of world's medieval scholars on Kalamazoo Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—For four days in May, some … race, criminality, sexuality and gendered behavior may not all have begun during the long span of the Middle …
https://wmich.edu/news/2017/05/39837