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WWU team designs insert to make windows generate power

 A big win for a team of Western Washington University students.

The group of business, chemistry, industrial design, and electrical engineering students won the $15,000 grand prize at the Environmental Innovation Challenge.

They developed an insert for…

2017-04-20
WWU Team Wins $15,000 Top Prize at Alaska Airlines Innovation Challenge 2017-04-19
Inspiring young minorities to pursue science

Anne D’Aquino and her twin sister, Andrea, started to dream aloud about their ambitions in science as undergraduates at Western Washington University. Several years later, the family is on track to earn two PhDs before the end of the decade. Andrea is pursuing her…

2017-01-04
WWU Student Audrey Cheung Wins Research Award from American Chemical Society 2017-01-04
Western’s Greg O’Neil Publishes New Paper Focused on Greening the Chemical Industry 2016-05-13
Scientists at Four NW Universities Partner to Advance Solar Energy

Scientists from four Pacific Northwest universities will partner to research an emerging technology for improving the efficiency of photovoltaic solar cells, thanks to the support of a $240,000 grant from the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust. The innovative collaboration among the largely…

2016-04-20
Meet Hartnell's new guide to stars

Andrew Lindsey went to the bottom of the ocean to embrace outer space.

Right out of high school he joined the Navy and was assigned to duty on a nuclear submarine. He served on board for three missions, a total of 462 days under the sea.

“Ironically, I joined the submarine force.…

2016-03-17
Chemistry Building opens for fall classes 2015-09-23
Western Washington University to reopen lab after fire

Officials say the Western Washington University chemistry building where a lab caught fire last month is expected to be open in time for the start of class.

The Bellingham Herald reports that the school announced Wednesday that the building should be back open by Sept. 24.

2015-09-14
WWU chemistry building to be open fall quarter after fire

The Western Washington University chemistry building where a lab caught fire is expected to open in time for the start of fall quarter, the school announced Wednesday, Sept. 9.

The accidental fire erupted in a lab on the third floor of the building Aug. 25, with six students and a teacher…

2015-09-14
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