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When this longtime WWU staffer retired in 2022, she made sure to leave a legacy for future students 2024-02-28
Meet Max Stone, Western's new student trustee 2023-06-26
WWU philosophy professor writes second-shortest article

For months, Western Washington University Philosophy Professor Dennis Whitcomb worked with co-authors Joshua Habgood-Coote and Lani Wilson to develop their latest…

2023-03-23
Ryan Wasserman's Book on Time-Travel Paradoxes Released by Oxford University Press 2020-11-02
Ryan Wasserman's Book on Time-Travel Paradoxes Released by Oxford University Press 2020-11-02
Meet the 2018-19 Outstanding Graduates from CHSS/Humanities 2019-07-24
What 'Avengers: Endgame' tells us about mysteries of time travel

In the climactic battle at Avengers headquarters in 2023, Thanos' blue-hued daughter Nebula confronts - and eventually kills - an earlier version of herself who had traveled forward in time, from 2014. But if she kills that version of herself, then that version…

2019-05-17
In Defense of Taking Things for Granted

To live well, you have to let much of life recede into the background.

Ever since he retired from a desk job 15 years ago, my father has transformed himself into a world traveler and unabashed seeker of new experiences. He has eaten hand-pulled noodles in Guangzhou, gone scuba diving…
2018-08-27
Western Alumni Professor Kristopher McDaniel Wins APA's 2018 Sanders Book Prize

The APA is pleased to announce that Professor Kristopher McDaniel (Syracuse University and former Western Washington University Student) has been awarded the 2018 Sanders Book Prize for his book, The Fragmentation of Being (Oxford University Press). 

McDaniel…

2018-07-06
In Memoriam: Richard Purtill 2016-12-08
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