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Kathleen Kitto is acting vice provost and dean of the WWU Graduate School 2012-02-13
Islander grad races to success

Bryant Idzik, a 2008 Mercer Island High School graduate, was selected captain of the renowned Western Washington University Formula SAE Team for the 2011-2012 season. WWU’s Formula SAE Team researches the performance and efficiency of formula-racing vehicles. They are in the midst of designing,…

2012-02-09
The brain's coping ability is subject of 'Neuroscience on Tap' Feb. 6 2012-02-03
Beneath the city of Bellingham lie the memories of coal mines

For more than 30 years, the men and horses of the Bellingham Coal Mines toiled beneath the city, using dynamite and muscle power to carve a labyrinth of passageways through a thick coal seam. Over their heads was a ceiling of crumbly slate rock, held up— if all went well— by log timbers and…

2012-01-26
Students Help Haitians Build Homes From Plastic Waste

Engineering students from Western Washington University in Bellingham, Wash. are working on a recycling project to help earthquake victims in Haiti rebuild homes from plastic waste, according to recent news reports.

Nikki Larson, an associate professor of…

2012-01-26
WWU students working to help Haitians use plastic trash to make new homes

Nikki Larson and six of her Western Washington University students are working on an unusual recycling project they hope will result in helping Haiti residents get new homes while cleaning up their country.
Larson, an associate professor of engineering technology, and her students are…

2012-01-24
Liotech: World’s Largest Lithium Battery Plant Opens in Russia

The world’s largest lithium-ion battery plant, a joint venture between the Chinese lithium battery manufacturer Thunder Sky Group and Russian state run agency RUSNANO, was recently opened in Novosibirsk, Russia. The facility, referred to as Liotech, is expected to produce up to 500,000 lithium…

2012-01-19
Industrial Design students open eyes, nab awards 2012-01-06
WWU Industrial Design Students Capture Multiple Awards 2012-01-05
Fall commencement 2011 2011-12-15
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