In the Media

Wednesday, July 14, 2010 - Issaquah Press

At 8:20 a.m. on a typical Saturday, many teenagers are sleeping.

Not 17-year-old Daniel Olleman, of Bellevue. At that early hour June 19, the Interlake High School junior was hard at work refurbishing the Lake Sammamish State Park’s baseball field for his Eagle Scout project.

Wednesday, July 14, 2010 - Issaquah Press

Liberty High School officials announced hiring Donna Hood as the school’s new vice principal in a community e-mail July 9.

Wednesday, July 14, 2010 - Sammamish Review

While touring the Italian art scene in Siena in summer 2009, Wesleigh Richardson noticed a seemingly insignificant detail in the 14th century “Madonna Enthroned with Saints” painting by Italian-born Duccio di Buoninsegna — Arabic writing.

Tuesday, July 13, 2010 - The Bellingham Herald

Western Washington University, which has long been involved in environmental education and sustainability, now has a plan on how it can help address climate change and be an even better steward of the environment.

The university's Board of Trustees recently approved a Climate Action Plan, which commits WWU to meeting goals related to greenhouse emissions and sustainability and provides guidelines on how to meet the goals.

Tuesday, July 13, 2010 - The Bellingham Herald

At 10:24 a.m. Monday, July 12, in the foothills northeast of Deming, the heavy-duty helicopter gently lowered a sandstone slab onto a flatbed truck on loan from Western Washington University.

A safe distance away in the foothills drizzle, several members of WWU's geology department watched as their prize fossil - a top-grade track of an extinct giant bird - finally reached safety.

Tuesday, July 13, 2010 - The New York Times

The inattentiveness of those engrossed with MP3 players, cell phones and other similar devices.

Tuesday, July 13, 2010 - The Bellingham Herald

Traffic will be limited to one lane on Bill McDonald Parkway as crews begin work on a new traffic signal at 25th Street.

The work will take place from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday, July 13, through Friday, July 16. During subsequent weeks, work will take place during the same hours Monday through Friday, according to Bellingham Public Works. The work is expected to take eight weeks to complete.

Monday, July 12, 2010 - Ottowa Citizen

An obscure language in Siberia has similarities to languages in North America, which might reshape history, writes Randy Boswell.

A new book by leading linguists has bolstered a controversial theory that the language of Canada's Dene Nation is rooted in an ancient Asian tongue spoken today by only a few hundred people in Western Siberia.

Monday, July 12, 2010 - KGMI 790-AM

A new book is presenting more evidence that a Bering Strait land bridge once connected North America with Asia.

The book includes an article by Western Washington University linguistics professor Edward Vajda on his work with the isolated Ket people of Central Siberia.

Monday, July 12, 2010 - The Bellingham Herald

Spaces are still available in several of Western Washington University's youth Odyssey of Science & Arts programs being offered this month.

The courses, which are designed for students entering grades 4 through 9, are each a week long, with four hours of instruction each day. Students can choose to attend courses on two topics to create a full day of camp.