Western’s senior Planning Studio class, offered as part of the Urban Planning and Sustainable Development Program (UPSD) in the Huxley College of the Environment, has earned the 2020 Excellence in Planning award for its project last school year on the redevelopment of downtown Ferndale.  

The award was granted by the Planning Association of Washington (PAW) and the Washington Chapter of the American Planning Association (APA). 

Western Washington University's Academy for Lifelong Learning (ALL) has unveiled its spring 2021 schedule of online programming; classes begin in March and run through June. A Zoom FAQ section is available on the

Western’s faculty and students are engaged in exciting research across a variety of fields. Periodically, Western Today will share short summaries of the latest developments in grants and research at Western Washington University.

Western Washington University Associate Professor of Geology Melissa Rice is going to be working nights for the next three months.

Martian nights.

Rice, who is a science team member of NASA’s Mars 2020 rover mission that lands on the Red Planet on Thursday, Feb. 18, said she is prepping for “90 days of jet lag” once the rover sets down.