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$550 Million Gift To Western Michigan University A ‘Catalyst’ For Kalamazoo

KALAMAZOO — Representatives from Western Michigan University announced on Tuesday that the school has received the largest private gift ever bestowed on a public university. With the Empowering Futures Gift, anonymous donors will provide $550 million to the Kalamazoo school over the course of 10 years. Administrators expect the first round of funds to be available for

WMU Part Of Team That Tunes Abundant Elements For Semiconductors

KALAMAZOO - In a world concerned about the dwindling supply and skyrocketing prices of rare elements used to make semiconductors, an international team of scientists and engineers has demonstrated that a new material made from more abundant elements can be “tuned” to take their place for solar cell applications. The findings of the team’s work,