MACOMB, IL – Western Illinois University Teacher Education Advisor Holly VanVlymen has been named the Council of Academic Advisors (COAA) Advisor of the Month for November.
VanVlymen was nominated by …
MACOMB, IL – The Western Illinois University Departments of Physics and Chemistry will present the annual Science Demo Show at 6 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 8, in Currens Hall, room 205.
"The Incredible…
WIU Students Recognized at GLACURH Conference
MACOMB, IL -- The Western Illinois University student delegation, representing University Housing and Dining Services (UHDS) at WIU, was recently recogni…
The KimCheese program is led by College of Humanities (CDH) lecturer Marc Laperrouza, who also initiated the China Hardware Innovation Camp (CHIC) and the India Switzerland Social Innovation Camp (I…
Read moreA recent study investigated the effects of front-loading calories early in the day versus eating a big meal in the evening on weight loss and appetite.The researchers found that larger meals in the …
Read moreIt is my pleasure to introduce Gerald Lewis Jr. as the next Vice President for Public Safety, a role he will step into on September 26th. Gerald joins Columbia with a long and distinguished career w…
Read moreNEW YORK, NY Columbia will award the 2022 Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann, and Gero Miesenböck, for research that laid the foundation for the field of optogenetics. The…
Read moreMACOMB/MOLINE, IL - - Western Illinois University's Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) student chapters on the Macomb and Quad Cities campuses both received a 2021-22 Superior Merit aw…
Read moreMACOMB, IL -- Western Illinois University Office of Public Safety Police Officer Sarah Worthington has been named the Al and Elaine Goldfarb Civil Service Employee of the Month for August 2022.
Worth…
Researchers have solved the mystery of why a high-performance fabric commonly used in firefighting and other protective garments weakens prematurely when it’s exposed to moisture.
The breakthrough he…
In celebration of National Cheesecake Day, we’re highlighting a Baskin-Robbins® flavor staple, Strawberry Cheesecake. This classic flavor features Cheesecake flavored Ice Cream with fluffy Cheesecak…
Read moreMACOMB, IL – Former Western Illinois University Leatherneck Basketball Coach and Alumnus Lupe Rios died July 27 in Arizona. He was 89.
The Hall of Famer graduated from Western in 1956 with a bachelor…
MACOMB, IL – Western Illinois University Professor Emeritus James R. Calhoun, passed away Thursday, July 28, in Macomb.
Cremation rites have been accorded and a funeral service will be held at 11 a.m…
Rethinking the history of the Lakota of the Great Plains and challenging settler narrativesClaire Thomson awarded the Governor General’s Gold Medal for Lakota history research
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Claire Th…
MACOMB/MOLINE, IL – Lorette Oden, interim dean of the Western Illinois University Centennial Honors College and chair of the Department of Health Sciences and Social Work, has been named the permane…
Read moreA new partnership involving Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) and the University’s Faculty of Education, brings medical training using 'mixed reality' technology one step closer. The proj…
Read moreMACOMB/MOLINE, IL –- Greg Kain, who brings 18 years of experience innovating technology in the Illinois higher education industry, has been named the executive director of University Technology (uTe…
Read morePharmacy professor and interim dean Christine Hughes is co-author of a study that suggests pharmacists are well positioned to play a key role in reducing access barriers for people seeking sexual an…
Read moreCambridge physicist Professor Suchitra Sebastian to join group of ten recently tenured professors named to Polymath Program, awarded up to $2.5 million each for interdisciplinary research support.
To…
MACOMB, IL – A scholarship, endowed by a Western Illinois University alumna to honor her mother, will not only help women of color with educational expenses, but is offering the added benefit of men…
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