Features & Highlights
We had our first dusting of the snow this morning (Nov. 7), so it is the perfect time to review what happens at Western when the campus is on the receiving end of a significant snow event. Regardless of who you are or what you do, severe winter weather is rare enough in Bellingham to cause a lot of…
Did you dress up yesterday? Take a look at the photo gallery below and see if you find yourself or one of your friends, and great work on the costumes, Viks!
Communication is a two-way street; when one speaks, the other listens, and tries to interpret the sometimes subtle signals in the language. But when you’re a geophysicist, and what you’re listening to are the not-so-subtle signals of one of the most active fault systems in the world – and then the…
Western students have populated the Bellingham campus and Sehome Arboretum with ghosts – or at least, ghost stories. Students in English Instructor S. Hayley Steele’s Mixed Genre Writing class picked particular spots on campus and created an idea for a ghost that could linger there. “Ghostwalk…
In June 1969, Cleveland's Cuyahoga River, polluted with oil and chemicals from the city's steel mills, caught fire, and the images of city fire crews fighting a river so fouled with pollution that it could actually catch fire set in motion what would become in 1972 the Clean Water Act, federal…
Summer at Western is usually a quiet time, with fewer in-person classes making for nearly empty buildings. That’s one of the reasons why the Biology Department created the new Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP), led by seven faculty in the department. SURP cuts some of the isolation…
JoeHahn, the new director of LGBTQ+ Western, arrived on campus in August, and he recently chatted with Western Today about the new job, goals, and their vision for the office moving forward. WT: Tell us a little bit about yourself! My name is JoeHahn. I use a mononym of my first and last name. I…
Assistant Professor Mary Hunt of the Health and Human Development Department studies several aspects of sexual and reproductive health. But an area of enduring fascination is the complexity of people’s attitudes about abortion. “You probably know someone who has had an abortion — and yet, it’s not…
There were laughs, tears and a standing ovation as a packed crowd gathered to commemorate Indigenous Peoples’ Day Monday night. The event, which brought more than 300 people to Whatcom Community College’s Syre Center, started with a traditional Coast Salish dinner of barbecued salmon, salad and…
WWU also sees gains in Graduate School, Honors College enrollment Recovering from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, Western Washington University’s fall enrollment is showing strong signs of a return to pre-pandemic levels with the largest incoming first-year cohort – 3,225 new students –…