On 6 October, Western Michigan University (WMU) Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Julian Vasquez Heilig and colleagues visited FRIB to discuss collaboration opportunities available at FRIB related to research in nuclear physics.

During their visit to FRIB, which included a tour, Vasquez Heilig and his WMU colleagues met with FRIB Laboratory Director Thomas Glasmacher; FRIB Scientific Director Brad Sherrill; Professor of Physics at FRIB and in MSU’s Department of Physics and Astronomy and FRIB Deputy Scientific Director Alexandra Gade; Associate Professor of Nuclear Physics at FRIB and in MSU’s Department of Physics and Astronomy Paul Gueye; MSU Vice President for Research and Innovation Doug Gage; MSU Interim Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs Thomas Jeitschko, and additional FRIB and MSU faculty and staff.