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Rich environments can reduce cravings, WWU professor finds

A stimulating environment may be the key to rehabilitation for drug and food addicts, according to a study by a Western Washington University professor.
Jeff Grimm, a behavioral neuroscience professor at Western, published a paper about the behavior of craving in rats in January, co-…

2013-02-12
WWU linguistics professor delves into J.R.R. Tolkien's languages 2013-02-08
Historian Lissa Wadewitz to talk of 'Salmon, Boundaries, and Bandits' of the Salish Sea Jan. 31 2013-01-31
The Pie Poet

Jim meets The Pie Poet of Seattle. See how pie and poerty are the perfect combination. pieschool.tumblr.com/

2013-01-30
WWU's 'Neuroscience on Tap' continues Feb. 4 at Glow Nightclub downtown 2013-01-28
WWU professor Kathryn Trueblood wins fiction award

Western Washington University Associate Professor of English Kathryn Trueblood won the 2013 Bellevue Literary Review Goldenberg Prize for Fiction for her story "The No-Tell Hotel," according to a press release.

The contest was judged by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jane Smiley…

2013-01-28
Alfers has article published in Journal of Teaching and Education 2013-01-25
Trueblood wins literary award for short story 'The No-Tell Hotel' 2013-01-23
Coal Train: The people and process behind Bellingham's coal port decision

“The long and winding road . . . that leads to your door.” Paul McCartney’s road could scarcely be longer and more twisted than the process that rolls forth next week as public comment closes (for the moment) on the controversial proposal to build a giant coal-export terminal north of Bellingham…

2013-01-23
WWU freshman nearly loses arm after hit-and-run

An 18-year-old Western Washington University freshman who nearly lost her arm in a hit-and-run was still recovering but in good spirits at a Seattle hospital Monday, Jan. 21.

The teen's family is offering a $1,000 reward for information leading to the identity of the driver whose car…

2013-01-22
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