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Using Technology to Find Hidden Graves

One morning in July 2005, Amy Mundorff rode into the Bosnian countryside, tagging along with a team from the International Commission on Missing Persons. The roads wound past forests, farmland and villages. The group stopped near a field in a hilly area on the outskirts of a village to meet an…

2015-11-03
Border traffic update: September traffic down 27 percent

In September, 982,249 passengers crossed southbound into Whatcom County, according to data from Western Washington University’s Border Policy Research Institute. That’s a 27.38 percent decrease from September 2014, when 1,352,286 people crossed southbound into Whatcom County.
So far,…

2015-10-30
WWU Professor Jay Teachman to Discuss ‘Lives of Veterans after Military Service’ On Nov. 9 2015-10-28
Kitto to explain how to submit funding proposals to the NSF Oct. 26 2015-10-22
What’s happening in Whatcom County for Oct. 19

The International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE) and Western Washington University’s Compass 2 Campus Program will host “An Evening of Light” from 6:30-7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 20, at the Western Performing Arts Center.

The free event open to everyone features Melissa Rice, a…

2015-10-20
New summer stipends honor president Flora, support marine biology students 2015-10-19
Breathing Like Michael Jordan Is The Best Way To Catch Your Breath

Exercise form is important for increasing your gains and protecting yourself from injury. But when’s the last time you thought about the way you hold yourself between sets? In a recent study, scientists from Western Washington University set out to find out what works best when you’…

2015-10-16
How Do You Solve a Problem Like an Earworm?

If you are one of the 92 percent of the population who regularly experience earworms—snippets of music that pop uninvited into your head and won't go away—you might wish there was a way to make them stop. Earworms are a generally benign form of rumination, the repetitive, intrusive thoughts…

2015-10-15
Writing More Effective Proposals: Next workshop is Oct. 19 2015-10-14
Moyer has paper published in microbiology journal 2015-10-14
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