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Jonte’ C. Taylor and Beronda L. Montgomery to keynote WWU’s 6th Annual Irwin Slesnick STEM Symposium April 26 2019-03-07
WWU students, faculty to make trip to Mt. Everest to study climate change

A team of Western Washington University students, researchers, and faculty are making the trip to Mount Everest this spring, in an effort to study the global effect of climate change.

The group will be exploring both Everest and the neighboring peak, Lhotse, in an expedition that will…

2019-03-01
To the Roof of the World: WWU Faculty, Students Headed to Mount Everest this Spring to Study Climate Change 2019-02-27
Southern Resident orca hunting behavior studied for clues to survival

Scientists have learned a lot about how Southern Resident Orcas catch fish at the surface during the day, but what happens at night or deep down in Puget Sound has remained a mystery.

"We wanted to know how they catch fish underwater. They go on these deep dives to find salmon that are…

2019-02-20
Biology's Merrill Peterson to discuss his new book, 'Pacific Northwest Insects,' Feb. 21 2019-01-28
WWU’s Eric DeChaine Receives $225k NPS Grant to Research Plants Across the North Pacific 2019-01-11
Traffic noise stresses out frogs, but some have adapted

“In the United States, traffic noise can be heard nearly everywhere,” said Jennifer Tennessen, first author of the paper who was a graduate student at Penn State at the time of the research and is currently a research associate at Western Washington University.…

2018-11-21
Grad Student Explores Sea Star Wasting Disease 2018-11-14
Scholar's Corner: Megan Russell 2018-11-01
WWU Graduate Student Spends Summer Researching Abalone Restoration Effort 2018-09-24
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