Faculty Research
| Title | Authored on | Link to edit Content | |
|---|---|---|---|
| WWU researcher trying to find a cure for Huntington's disease before it kills him | After Jeff Carroll got tested to see if he’d die prematurely from a hereditary disease that killed his mother and grandmother, a doctor unfolded the results, checked to see if Carroll still wanted them, then read them aloud. |
2017-05-31 | |
| Tiny New 'Forest Goblins' Discovered, Look Like Yoda | The newly named critters, Tarsius spectrumgurskyae and T. supriatnai, bring the total number of tarsier species on Sulawesi to 11. The animals, found in the island's northeastern forests, were named for conservation biologist … |
2017-05-05 | |
| Another real-life ‘Yoda’ discovered in Indonesia | With the discovery of the new species (Tarsius spectrumgurskyae and Tarsius supriatnai), the number of recognized species from Sulawesi and nearby islands has risen… |
2017-05-04 | |
| WWU researcher assists in discovery of two new tarsier species in Indonesia | 2017-05-03 | ||
| Bristlecone pine analysis improves accuracy of climate reconstructions | "To see strong differences in growth in what we thought was a purely temperature-limited environment is surprising," … |
2017-04-25 | |
| 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 | ||
| Rebecca Bunn contributes to the Journal of Ecology's virtual journal issue on invasive species | 2017-04-03 | ||
| WWU Part of Research Group Awarded New $5 Million Grant to Study the Gulf of Alaska | 2017-03-23 | ||
| WWU’s Melissa Rice, Students Attend NASA Workshop for Mars 2020 Mission | 2017-03-14 |