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WWU Faculty Release Skagit County Refinery Economic Impact Study 2015-05-11
Western’s Seth Rittenhouse Helps Create New Molecule 2015-04-23
Erika McPhee-Shaw to Speak on Pacific Coast Ecosystems on April 9 at Western 2015-04-06
Western Professor Leads Research Team to Develop Potential Jet Fuel Made From Algae 2015-01-29
Coal isn't getting enough respect, study says

The economic benefits of expanding Washington's coal ports are being underestimated, a Western Washington University professor's report said.

However, the study did not provide specific estimates on costs and economic benefits. Instead, the study…

2013-06-18
'Sort of' alive: Researchers probe how kids think about robots

One way young kids learn to organize the world is by dividing it into living and non-living things. But now that robots vacuum our floors and smart phones talk back to us, do children think of technology as alive? A team of Washington researchers is exploring how kids interact with robots, and…

2013-06-18
Fairhaven's Dana Jack to speak at Village Books this Sunday 2013-02-21
Western's Rebekah Green Receives Grant to Study Tsunami's Impact on Coastline Debris

Approximately 6,700 miles away from Misawa, Japan, one of the Port of Misawa's 65-foot long docks is battering the Washington coast.

Rebekah Green, associate director of the Resilience Institute at Western's Huxley College of the Environment, and two of her students are trying…

2013-02-21
How to instill false memories

Studies have shown that it's easy to make people falsely recall small details about events, but as the fake memories grow in complexity and specificity, implantation grows progressively harder, though not impossible. After three interviews, researchers at Western Washington University…

2013-02-19
Biology’s Marion Brodhagen to Discuss “Tainted Food: The Story of Aflatoxin” Tonight at City Hall 2013-02-19
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