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Released: 17-Sep-2019 12:40 PM EDT
Western Illinois University Announces $10 Million Bio-Fuel Federal Research Grant
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The Western Illinois University School of Agriculture announced today that Agriculture Professor Win Phippen is the recipient of a $10 million federal grant to investigate the use of the alternative crop, Pennycress, as a new cash cover crop in the Midwest.

Released: 19-Apr-2019 10:05 AM EDT
WIU Professor Finalist for Pulitzer Prize in Music
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A Western Illinois University School of Music professor has been named a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Music, the first in the University's history.

Released: 5-Apr-2019 9:30 AM EDT
WIU Computer Sciences to Develop Virtual Reality Program to Improve Social Competencies for Students with Disabilities
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Western Illinois University Department of Computer Sciences Associate Professor Justin Ehrlich received funding for the development of a virtual reality (VR) program designed to improve social competencies for students with high functioning autism and learning disabilities.

Released: 7-Feb-2019 11:05 AM EST
WIU Terrorism Researcher’s New Book Offers Insights into Family Terror Networks, Their Implications and How to Combat this Growing Feature of Global Terrorism
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A new book authored by Western Illinois University Homeland Security Professor Dean C. Alexander addresses the aspects of family terror networks, their implications and countering this increasingly prominent facet of international terrorism.

Released: 3-Dec-2018 3:05 PM EST
WIU Administrator, Students Help with Taylorville Tornado Damage Assessment
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MACOMB, IL – A Western Illinois University administrator and two students were headed outside the classroom Monday morning to assist with assessing the damage caused by the tornadoes impacting central Illinois Saturday afternoon.

Released: 15-Oct-2018 3:05 PM EDT
WIU Receives NSF Grant to Study the Formation of the Most Massive Stars in the Galaxy
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Associate Professor Esteban D. Araya, of Western Illinois University's Department of Physics, received a $148,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support a three-year project researching the earliest phases of star formation. "Collaborative Research: A Multiscale Approach to Understand Outflows During High-Mass Star Formation" is a combined effort between WIU and the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (which also received an NSF grant) to study the role of outflows during the formation of the most massive stars in our Galaxy.

Released: 15-Oct-2018 3:05 PM EDT
Purple Heart Recipients Meet for First Time
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200 years of living between them, two Purple Hearts, two-sport athletes at Western, both attended school at WIU in the late 1930s ... but had never met until Oct. 10. Retired Illinois State Police Master Sgt. Mike Smith coordinated a meeting between WIU alumni and WWII heroes Pete Fulks and John Moon, when he realized the two had never met but had so much in common. Moon, 102, and Fulks, 98, got together for lunch recently at Macomb's Wesley Village Retirement Center.

Released: 15-Aug-2018 10:05 AM EDT
WIU Awarded Grant to Purchase Mass Spectrometer
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For the second time in the last 10 months, Western Illinois University has been awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to boost the laboratory capabilities for students across academic majors.

   
Released: 11-Jun-2018 10:00 AM EDT
Introducing Col. Rock IV ("Ray")
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The passing of the collar .... Western Illinois University mascot retires; new pup takes over

Released: 26-Oct-2017 10:05 AM EDT
Halloween Projects by WIU Art Professor Chosen for IPTV, Figge
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A short film by Western Illinois University Art Professor Bruce Walters, called "Faces of Halloween," has been chosen by the Iowa Arts Council for broadcast on Iowa Public Television (IPTV) at 10 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 29 and on IPTV World at 10 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 4.

Released: 6-Sep-2017 10:05 AM EDT
State Grant to Fund Bobcat Research at Western Illinois University
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$100,000 state grant from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) will provide research opportunities for faculty and students at Western Illinois University to study the bobcat population in west central Illinois.

Released: 16-Aug-2017 12:05 PM EDT
WIU Faculty, Students Studying Behavior of Asian Carp as Part of National Grant
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A group of Western Illinois University biologists and biology graduate and undergraduate students are working with the U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center (UMESC) to conduct ecological studies on Asian carp in the Upper Illinois and Mississippi rivers.

Released: 24-Jul-2017 4:45 PM EDT
Moving WIU Forward
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For nearly 118 years, Western Illinois University, which started as Western Illinois State Normal School, has been a vital partner in west-central Illinois and across the globe. In spite of the ever-increasing challenges facing public higher education, Western continues to move forward to position itself for the next century and beyond.

Released: 6-Apr-2017 8:05 AM EDT
WIU Graduate Student Combines Research with Multi-Agency Duck Banding Project
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The opportunities offered by Western Illinois University's Kibbe Life Science Station in Warsaw, IL, are drawing students and natural resource professionals to the region for a chance to learn more about the migration and health of ducks.

Released: 5-Apr-2017 3:05 PM EDT
WIU Students, Faculty Spend Spring Break Cleaning America's Rivers
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Four students and one faculty member from Western Illinois University's Department of Recreation, Park and Tourism Administration (RPTA) spent their Spring Break week with a national organization whose mission is cleaning up America's rivers.

Released: 2-Feb-2017 10:30 AM EST
WIU's LaFrance Releases New Policing Book
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Western Illinois University Associate Professor of Political Science Casey LaFrance has released a timely book examining decision making by police officers.

Released: 24-Jan-2017 10:05 AM EST
WIU Professor Part of Groundbreaking Trilobite Research Team
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MACOMB, IL – For the past two years, Western Illinois University Assistant Professor of Geology Thomas Hegna has been part of a three-member team conducting research on what are believed to be the first-ever discovered trilobite eggs paired with a fossil of the segmented creature.

Released: 16-Dec-2016 10:05 AM EST
WIU GIS Students Participate in Building Tri-County 911 Network
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This story outlines the role of WIU students in helping create a 911 network to cover some of the handful of counties in Illinois without 911 services.

Released: 14-Dec-2016 1:05 PM EST
What Being a Leatherneck Is All About: Macomb Resident Thankful for Support Received to Finish WIU's Annual Fallen Soldiers 5K
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This year, Western's Fallen Soldiers 5K (held October 22), too, provided a way for one local participant, Debbie Carter of Macomb, to show her thanks to her friends and to her doctors, who all helped make it possible for her to take part and even finish the 5K in under two hours.

Released: 5-Oct-2016 2:05 PM EDT
McNabb Chosen to Deliver "The Great Courses" Lecture Series on The Renaissance
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An online video clip of Western Illinois University's "The Purple Chair" television show has helped a Western Illinois University professor land a prestigious lecturing opportunity.

Released: 24-Jun-2016 2:05 PM EDT
WIU Faculty, Students Studying Zika Virus
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A group of Western Illinois University student and faculty researchers are spending the summer conducting surveillance of tick-borne diseases and mosquito-borne arboviruses in regional counties.

Released: 20-May-2016 2:40 PM EDT
Counterterrorism/Aviation Expert Available at Western Illinois University
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Western Illinois University professor has conducted extensive terrorism and aviation-related research and has also published numerous scholarly articles on terrorism topics.

Released: 1-Dec-2015 11:05 AM EST
Western IL University Exercise Science Students Involved in Cutting-Edge Research Project to Study Exercise and Use iPads with Students with Autism
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This semester, nine exercise science students at Western Illinois University are involved in research that could help show how using technology can be beneficial for individuals with autism when exercising.

Released: 1-Dec-2015 10:05 AM EST
WIU Adapted Physical Activity Motor Clinics for Special Ed Students Evolve with iPad App Use
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WIU faculty members and students from three different disciplines are partnering with the Chicago-based app development company, Exercise Connection, to enhance an award-winning, "pioneering" adapted physical activity Motor Clinic for west central Illinois special education students.

Released: 2-Nov-2015 9:05 AM EST
"Introducing the 45th U.S. President..." WIU Mock Presidential Election Culminates Nov. 2
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"The Road to the White House Starts at Western Illinois University" will culminate tonight (Monday, Nov. 2) with the Electoral College vote. The WIU event is the largest and most elaborate mock presidential simulation in the nation.

Released: 20-Oct-2015 2:05 PM EDT
WIU Mock Presidential Election Promo Features Jeb Bush
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To promote Western Illinois University Mock Presidential Election, University Relations Student Content Producer Jeff Marta (Lisle, IL), a graduate student in WIU's sport management program, is producing a series of video promos. His latest promo features Republican Presidential Candidate and Florida Governor Jeb Bush. See the promo @ https://youtu.be/bOmMuxmnlgw

Released: 9-Oct-2015 9:00 AM EDT
Mock Presidential Election, "The Road to the White House Starts at Western IL University," Kicks Off Oct. 20
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Western's Mock Presidential Election is the largest - and most elaborate - student-run mock election event in the nation. In 2007 and 2011, faculty, students, and staff at Western organized two MPE events, and both simulations accurately predicted the outcome of the following years' presidential elections.

Released: 1-Oct-2015 9:00 AM EDT
Macomb Goes to the Dogs
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When the phrase "gone to the dogs" is used, it's usually not used in the most positive fashion. But in Macomb, Illinois, the term is 100 percent positive as the community has embraced a local beloved canine and showcases the dog – or rather, dogs – throughout this west-central Illinois community.

Released: 16-Jul-2015 3:05 PM EDT
WIU Terrorism Researcher's New Book Offers Insights into ISIS and How International Community Can Combat It
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A new book co-authored by a Western Illinois University homeland security researcher investigates the Islamic State (IS, also known as ISIS) and offers insights into the nature of the IS and what the international community can do to combat it.

Released: 10-Jun-2015 1:05 PM EDT
WIU CSP Faculty Member's International ACPA Grant Award to Facilitate Research about First-Generation College Students and Student Organization Involvement
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Western Illinois University Educational Studies Assistant Professor Sarah Schoper will use a grant award to help with her research about first-generation college students and their involvement in student organizations. During the Spring 2015 semester, Schoper was awarded a $500 research grant from the American College Personnel Association (ACPA)-College Student Educators International's Commission for Student Involvement.

Released: 27-Apr-2015 4:05 PM EDT
WIU Emergency Management Faculty and Grad Student Help Farmers with Tornado Debris Problems
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A faculty member and students in the Western Illinois University Emergency Management Program are looking at ways to help farmers address debris management in the aftermath of tornado disasters. According to WIU Emergency Management Program Coordinator Jack Rozdilsky, who is also an assistant professor in Western's health sciences and social work department, farmland areas in northern Illinois continue to be affected by the April 9 EF-4 tornado.

Released: 24-Mar-2015 11:05 AM EDT
WIU Professor, Former FBI Agent's Latest Book, "The Like Switch," Provides Tips for How to Influence and Win People Over
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A Western Illinois University professor's new book covers techniques that individuals can use to can influence, attract and win people over. WIU School of Law Enforcement and Justice Administration Assistant Professor and former FBI Special Agent Jack Schafer's "The Like Switch," according to the publisher's website, "is a handbook filled with his proven strategies on how to instantly read people and influence how they perceive you…."

Released: 29-Jan-2015 2:00 PM EST
WIU Professor Publishes Research About Unique Cardinal
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Western Illinois University biological sciences Professor Brian Peer is receiving attention for his research and publication on a bilateral gynandromorph bird found in the wild.


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