16-17: Innovation and Research

A new institute at Western Washington University will study the Holocaust and ethnic and religious genocide, the university said. The Ray Wolpow Institute for the Study of the Holocaust, Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity is named after a retired Western professor emeritus in the Woodring…

Marine biologist Jenny Purcell is a research associate at Western Washington University in Bellingham. She studies huge aggregations, or smacks, of moon jellyfish that have exploded in Puget Sound.

We have an infestation of Pokémon on my campus and in my community. Have you seen any Pokémon lurking around your home, at work, in parks, or on the streets near you? I’ve even found one in my office (see the picture).

Job interview? Sales pitch? Big date? How you see the situation can affect how it goes. Psychologists know that when you change how you perceive a challenging situation, how you present it to yourself, your performance can improve.

Researchers are collecting seal scat across Puget Sound in an effort to learn why salmon and steelhead are at historically low returns. The work is part of the Salish Marine Survival Project. It will supplement a variety of other research, including acoustic tags placed in fish, as well as a…