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Scientists Look for Causes of Baffling Die-Off of Sea Stars

Ben Miner picks his way over slick cobble on the shore of Bellingham Bay, in northwestern Washington. He has brought me to his study site here to show me something that has become increasingly rare on the west coast of North America: a healthy community of sea stars.

He stops now and…

2014-07-17
California Expected to Set Water Restrictions

In an attempt to help curb the impact of a three-year drought, California is likely to soon issue a first-time mandatory water restriction.

The California State Water Resources Control Board is expected to pass the emergency measure Tuesday, as reservoirs across…

2014-07-16
Shannon Point Marine Center gets new director

Shannon Point Marine Center’s new director has officially joined the team of researchers tucked away on a 78-acre forested campus with a 3,000-foot stretch of undisturbed shoreline.
The Western Washington University facility in Anacortes drew director Erika McPhee-Shaw from her former post…

2014-07-15
Fighting the stereotype: female students start Women in Physics club

A group of physics majors at Western recently formed a club oriented toward a longtime minority in their field: women.
The Women in Physics Club has objectives to combat stereotypes that have prevented women from entering heavily math-based fields such as physics, astronomy, engineering…

2014-07-11
From Window magazine: 'Oceans in Peril' 2014-06-30
Carroll receives HDSA Researcher of the Year award 2014-06-25
Whatcom County colleges educating much-needed cybersecurity specialists

The urgent and massive need for computer security professionals has caught the government, industry and education sectors quite unprepared. Corporations such as Target are suddenly finding that large-scale compromise of their information systems is not just an embarrassment, but a significant…

2014-06-24
2014 commencement: Anne and Andrea d’Aquino 2014-06-23
Photos: Nearly 2,000 graduate June 14 2014-06-16
Bellingham twins find their calling - in chemistry - at WWU

When Anne d'Aquino stepped into her first college chemistry class as a sophomore at Western Washington University, she didn't know she'd be changing her life and that of her twin sister.

"Neither of us thought we would even end up taking a…

2014-06-16
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