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WWU’s Cameron T.  Whitley Awarded New NSF Grant to Partner with Zoos, Aquariums, and Renowned Wildlife Photographer Tim Flach 2023-10-23
Boston researchers have compiled what may be the country’s first city-commissioned database of enslaved people

Jared Ross Hardesty, an associate history professor at Western Washington University who’s written about slavery in Boston, said the records can help decipher details of enslaved people’s everyday lives, and tell of the prevalence of…

2023-10-13
A new approach to science rooted in Indigenous tradition

MEGHNA CHAKRABARTI: If you walk along the beach on the Pacific Northwest coast, you might not notice some very special things. They're called clam gardens, and they've been sitting along the shore for thousands of years.

MARCO HATCH: Clam gardens are these really special intertidal…

2023-10-10
Upcoming Internal Grant Application Deadlines for Faculty    2023-10-02
Earthquake research center preps for ‘The Big One’

Major earthquakes in the Pacific Northwest are fairly uncommon, yet a significant threat looms: “The Big One” is an anticipated earthquake of magnitude 8 or higher.

And it could happen any day.

This projected earthquake — which would occur along the Cascadia Subduction Zone…

2023-09-25
Better approaches to being an ally at work

Some three-quarters of workers say they’ve felt excluded at work, according to new global EY …

2023-09-20
Earthquake research center to prep PNW for impending disaster

Major earthquakes in the Pacific Northwest are fairly uncommon, yet a significant threat looms: “The Big One” is an anticipated earthquake of magnitude 8 or higher.  

And it could happen any day.  

This projected earthquake — which would occur along the Cascadia Subduction Zone…

2023-09-15
Western Washington University partnering in new $15M NSF-funded earthquake research center 2023-09-08
WWU faculty receive new grant to research electric-vehicle usage 2023-09-06
Algae blooms that cause pink snow could accelerate melting as Earth warms

“There never used to be any funding for this kind of work,” says Robin Kodner, a biologist at Western Washington University who’s at the forefront of a new push to understand what folks in the Pacific Northwest call “watermelon snow” — if…

2023-07-24
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