Central Focus
New episodes every Wednesday evening
Central Focus is a weekly segment from WCMU Public Media diving into the heart of innovation at Central Michigan University. Each week, host David Nicholas uncovers and shares remarkable stories from the CMU campus, highlighting groundbreaking projects and research conducted by students, faculty, and staff members. From cutting-edge studies to notable achievements and published works, Central Focus brings these discoveries to the forefront.
Latest Episodes
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Dr. David Patton retires at the end of July after 25 years at CMU. He started as an assistant professor in Geography. Many jobs followed in the years that followed. -
We talked about the importance of not letting the technology think for us and the potential fallout from the recent high profile court case with leading AI companies. -
Ben Andera focused first on the transition ushered in during the extraordinary time Covid 19 -
A sporting goods company founded in Southwest Michigan, more about the grayling, the fish, and final thoughts on his passion for protecting our abundant state waterways -
From my conversation with Carrie Marsh and Bryan Whitledge from CMU’s Clarke Historical Library, more stories I wanted to share. -
Robert Kohrman was a CMU professor for nearly forty years. He was an avid angler. He collected books and articles about sport fishing his entire adult life.
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Steve Jessmore's chance enrollment in a photography class was a life-changer. He worked at several newspapers and, for a time, returned to CMU as university photographer. -
At CMU, STORM stands for Student Training for Observational Research in Meteorology. Each August, the program takes students to CMU’s Biological Station on Beaver Island -
This fall, a $350,000 gift will launch EmpowHER Leadership at CMU, designed to guide and mentor female student athletes. -
Jane Amstutz, Manistee junior and Gabe Schall, Saginaw junior, worked with Professor Will Anderson engineered and recorded it in studio in Moore Hall.
