Zinta Aistars

Western Michigan University sociologist Ron Kramer no longer uses the term “climate change.” He calls it the "climate crisis."

Almost thirty years ago, Valentina Velkova stood at the window of a high-rise apartment in Chicago, gazing out at Lake Michigan. She had come from Bulgaria to attend an international architectural conference.

Eric Joseph lives in the past. When he works in his Richland studio, he creates art inspired by the Middle Ages.

When she was a student at Western Michigan University, Anissa Gray dreamed of making a living as a creative writer. But she soon realized that journalism was a more practical alternative.

Up in a dark attic on a farm in Virginia, row upon row of paintings were hidden from view. The artist who created them was a retired art professor from Western Michigan University—Dwayne Lowder.