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UW-Bothell becomes first university in Wash. to create School of STEM

A recent survey showed that an estimated 30,000 STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) jobs in Washington will go unfilled in the next five years due to a lack of qualified candidates.
The University of Washington Bothell campus is helping to fix that.

2013-03-28
Retired WWU professor, a global warming skeptic, meets with Wash. senators

A new Republican-dominated majority in the state Senate dedicated a rare block of time Tuesday to hear the views of a global warming skeptic who argued that federal scientists have been manipulating climate data to inflate temperatures.

2013-03-27
WWU's 'Neuroscience on Tap' continues April 1 at Club Glow in downtown Bellingham 2013-03-22
Historic California Quake Released Surprising Energy

The rugged hills where Cary Grant sought his fortune in the 1939 film "Gunga Din" were also the scene of one of California's biggest earthquakes.
The Alabama Hills stood in for the Himalayas in "Gunga Din." Their massive boulders pop out of a long, narrow…

2013-03-21
Students design bench for Boston waterway 2013-03-15
Bothell student among finalists in Boston Waterfront Design Contest

Western Washington University sophomore Blake Morton of Bothell and a team of five other Industrial Design majors at Western are among 20 finalists out of 170 entries from around the world still competing in Boston’s Street Seats Design Challenge.

2013-03-15
2011 WWU grad killed in lion attack at Calif. animal sanctuary

A 24-year-old Western Washington University graduate who volunteered at Project Survival's Cat Haven in the foothills east of Fresno, Calif., was killed Wednesday when she was attacked by a 4-year-old male African lion in its enclosure.

A co-worker tried in vain to draw the lion away…

2013-03-07
WWU, local schools partner to improve instruction

Western Washington University will be expanding its collaboration with the Bellingham, Concrete and Sedro-Woolley school districts to improve math and science teaching at local elementary schools.
According to a news release, teachers and principals from Sedro-Woolley’s Evergreen…

2013-03-05
WWU chemist hopes to turn algae into biofuel

Ask consumers about the idea of switching from fossil fuel to biodiesel and two questions are likely to come up: Will biodiesel production hurt the environment? How much will the cost at the pump pinch their wallets?

Scientists are trying to produce biofuels that will answer both…

2013-02-25
Snowder collects dirt from far-flung locales 2013-02-22
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