Features & Highlights
Western Washington University Associate Professor of Environmental Sciences Marco Hatch has been selected by The Pew Charitable Trusts as a recipient of the 2023 Pew Fellowship in Marine Conservation. Hatch is one of seven researchers from around the world awarded the fellowship this year and…
On March 16 just after midnight, a freight train jumped its tracks on the Swinomish Reservation near Anacortes. The estimated 5,000 gallons of diesel seeping into the local landscape carried dark echoes of the Feb. 3 East Palestine, Ohio, rail disaster, where a 50-car train carrying highly…
It's been a busy academic year so far for two new, important hires in Western's University Relations and Marketing division: Jonathan Higgins was tabbed as the new director of the Office of University Communications in late spring, and Elizabeth Lambert was chosen to lead University Marketing…
2026 FIFA World Cup planning, COVID travel restriction impacts, and cross-border disaster management to be addressed in partner research projects Western Washington University's Border Policy Research Institute (BPRI) is pleased to announce its participation in two new research collaborations…
After a three-year hiatus, the Industrial Design program at Western Washington University, in partnership with local design shop Ideal, invite the public to attend the opening night of "ReMade: Tools for Living" on Friday March 10 at 6 p.m. at Ideal,1227 Cornwall Ave. in downtown Bellingham.…
Fifteen Western students just completed three weeks in Senegal, where they were immersed in the study of West African literature and culture. The Faculty-led Global Learning Program was led by WWU English Professor Christopher Wise and Program Coordinator Ablaye Diakite, who works with the…
Spy balloon triggers fascination, amazement, and one recurring question: What's going on with China?
Who knew that a single balloon could trigger a nation? But this month's Chinese Spy Balloon hysteria certainly did just that, as the country - and the whole world - watched with fascination as the balloon slowly drifted its way eastward until it was finally downed off of Myrtle Beach, South…
Bellingham, Washington, February 13, 2023 — Western Washington University has just been named a Fulbright Top Producing Institution for U.S. Students by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. Five WWU students were selected for Fulbright U.S. awards for academic…
Rayson Alex, Fulbright Scholar in residence at Fairhaven College of Interdisciplinary Studies during the fall quarter and the first part of winter quarter, says that the common denominator of his experience at Western has been “community.” Alex, whose teaches courses in the environmental…
In this week's Research Recap, we have have three graduate students from three different colleges at Western, each sharing their important work. For in-depth stories on research at Western, go to Gaia, the university's online journal of research and scholarship, at https://medium.com/gaia-wwu, and…