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WWU Huxley College students’ prototype converts wave energy into electricity 2012-04-19
Western’s Huxley College Speaker Series to Host Eric Grossman April 20 2012-04-17
Western's Scott Miles Wins National Award from the Western States Seismic Policy Council 2012-04-10
Our ancestors may have harnessed and used fire much earlier than we thought

The ability to harness and control fire was a crucial turning point in our human evolution; perhaps the crucial turning point in determining the type of humans we are today.

We are unique among animals in that humans eat a diet rich in both cooked and “nonthermally processed” food. Our…

2012-04-04
Spring commencement set for June 9, faculty asked to participate 2012-04-03
Ingersoll Rand Foundation donates $25,000 to WWU energy program 2012-04-02
Lecture: Carbon nanotubes are popular, but are they toxic for the environment? 2012-03-29
Western's Huxley College Speaker Series to Host Toxicologist Aaron Edgington March 30 2012-03-27
WWU Scientist Receives Grant to Analyze Snowmobile-Related Pollutants on Mount Baker 2012-03-20
Cool 2011 summer helped Lake Whatcom water quality a bit

Scientific measurements of the biochemistry of Lake Whatcom showed some improvement in 2011, but that is probably the result of a cool summer, not human efforts to control polluting runoff.
So says Robin Matthews, the lead scientist on the annual lake water monitoring effort commissioned…

2012-03-14
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