11-12: Innovation and Research

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Tracking climate change lands McClanahan in Mongolia		2011-11-10
Economists: Cargo terminal would bring fewer construction jobs, slightly more permanent ones	The Gateway Pacific Terminal project at Cherry Point could create more than 1,200 permanent jobs when indirect impacts are factored in, three local economists said Thursday, Oct. 27, at a Bellingham-Whatcom Chamber of Commerce and Industry breakfast presentation. The economists -…	2011-10-28
Study Reveals Cause Of Higher Melanoma Rates In Whatcom County	Medical researchers studying the possible cause of higher melanoma rates in Whatcom County think they may have found an answer. The State of Washington, and particularly Whatcom County, is consistently higher than the national average for melanoma.	2011-10-13
WWU Professor Sandra Alfers Designs App for Studying German		2011-10-10
WWU professor works to help protect mountain goats in the Cascades	When David Wallin was asked by the Sauk-Suiattle Tribe eight years ago to help figure out why the number of mountain goats in the Washington's Cascades was so low, he was puzzled. "How could mountain goat populations possibly be in trouble?" wondered Wallin, an environmental…	2011-10-03
Elwha River flows freely past destroyed dam portion	Only 10 days after work began to remove the Elwha River Dam, water from Lake Aldwell has begun flowing over a big bite taken out of the south side. The south spillway gates have been removed, and the gate floor has been blasted down to bedrock. Then on Monday afternoon,…	2011-09-28
Scientist at WWU's Shannon Point wins four-year grant	A scientist at Western Washington University's Shannon Point Marine Center in Anacortes has received a four-year, $558,000 grant to study chemicals produced by marine seaweeds.	2011-09-26
WWU's Shannon Point Marine Center Receives $558,000 NSF Grant		2011-09-23
Is Seattle creating ghettos of poverty and pollution?	In Seattle, the rich may get richer. But the poor get pollution. A recently published study by academics from the state shows that the most dangerous air pollution in Seattle is becoming concentrated on the vulnerable residents of poor neighborhoods.	2011-09-21
Western Professor's Research Shows Neighborhood Disparities in Seattle's Pollution Distribution and Exposure Risks		2011-09-19

Tracking climate change lands McClanahan in Mongolia

2011-11-10

Economists: Cargo terminal would bring fewer construction jobs, slightly more permanent ones

The Gateway Pacific Terminal project at Cherry Point could create more than 1,200 permanent jobs when indirect impacts are factored in, three local economists said Thursday, Oct. 27, at a Bellingham-Whatcom Chamber of Commerce and Industry breakfast presentation.
The economists -…

2011-10-28

Study Reveals Cause Of Higher Melanoma Rates In Whatcom County

Medical researchers studying the possible cause of higher melanoma rates in Whatcom County think they may have found an answer.

The State of Washington, and particularly Whatcom County, is consistently higher than the national average for melanoma.

2011-10-13

WWU Professor Sandra Alfers Designs App for Studying German

2011-10-10

WWU professor works to help protect mountain goats in the Cascades

When David Wallin was asked by the Sauk-Suiattle Tribe eight years ago to help figure out why the number of mountain goats in the Washington's Cascades was so low, he was puzzled.
"How could mountain goat populations possibly be in trouble?" wondered Wallin, an environmental…

2011-10-03

Elwha River flows freely past destroyed dam portion

Only 10 days after work began to remove the Elwha River Dam, water from Lake Aldwell has begun flowing over a big bite taken out of the south side.

The south spillway gates have been removed, and the gate floor has been blasted down to bedrock.

Then on Monday afternoon,…

2011-09-28

Scientist at WWU's Shannon Point wins four-year grant

A scientist at Western Washington University's Shannon Point Marine Center in Anacortes has received a four-year, $558,000 grant to study chemicals produced by marine seaweeds.

2011-09-26

WWU's Shannon Point Marine Center Receives $558,000 NSF Grant

2011-09-23

Is Seattle creating ghettos of poverty and pollution?

In Seattle, the rich may get richer.
But the poor get pollution.
A recently published study by academics from the state shows that the most dangerous air pollution in Seattle is becoming concentrated on the vulnerable residents of poor neighborhoods.

2011-09-21

Western Professor's Research Shows Neighborhood Disparities in Seattle's Pollution Distribution and Exposure Risks

2011-09-19