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WWU Journalism faculty, students awarded grant to work in Tunisia next fall 2018-10-29
Western's Carol Guess and Elizabeth Colen Collaborate on New Collection of Short Stories 2018-10-26
How 600,000 pounds of dead fish affected Alaskan trees

At the start of the spawning season in July, it is common to see up to several thousand sockeye swarming the mouth of the creek, their ruby-red bodies jostling in water less than 2 inches deep.

“At some point they just go for it,” Quinn says. “They are basically swimming over what’s…

2018-10-25
Liberal Studies' Jonathan Miran appointed editor of the journal 'Northeast African Studies' 2018-10-10
Jeff Grimm's lab publishes paper in Scientific Reports 2018-10-03
WWU's Jackie Caplan-Auerbach to discuss Hawaii's Kilauea eruption in pair of talks Oct. 4 and 9 2018-10-03
Sikuliaq researchers find odd, abundant animal-plant plankton in Gulf of Alaska

The ability to conduct this procedure on a ship such as Sikuliaq, to isolate these cells and preserve them quickly after they have come out of the ocean, allows researchers such as Western Washington University’s Suzanne Strom to make some pretty radical observations…

2018-10-01
A psychologist who studies memory explains why the gaps in Christine Blasey Ford's story are totally normal

Brett Kavanaugh, the Supreme Court nominee, has been accused of sexual assault. The alleged assault occurred at a party when Kavanaugh was in high school. The victim, Dr. Blasey Ford, told no one when it happened. How reliable is memory after 35 years?

Memory is a critical aspect of this…

2018-09-28
WWU’s Jeff Carroll Secures New Research Funding Stream from the CHDI Foundation 2018-09-27
History's Jennifer Seltz has article published the Journal of Women's History 2018-09-24
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