off-campus events
Award-winning youth and adult author and teacher Jewell Parker Rhodes will discuss her powerful novels, "Towers Falling" and "Ninth Ward," at two free presentations in Bellingham.
Rhodes will speak at Bellingham Public Library on April 19 from 6:30…
Temple Grandin held two speaking engagements in Bellingham Tuesday, including an informal question-and-answer session with hundreds of audience members at Western on "How Families and Schools Can Support Individuals with Autism."
Grandin, an animal scientist,…
Rebekah Paci-Green, an earthquake-damage expert at Western Washington University, says emergency-response experts in the U.S. have worried most about two scenarios.
One was a major hurricane hitting New Orleans. Check that one off the list, although it could happen again.
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Masters of Japanese Cinema continues tonight at 6:30 at the Pickford Film Center with Utamaro and his Five Women, Mizoguchi Kenji’s portrait of the famous ukiyo-e painter Kitagawa Utamaro and the social world around him in 18th century Edo (Tokyo).
Co-sponsored by…
A panel of tech experts including Microsoft’s Julie Larson-Green (’86) will be the keynote speakers at the 18th Annual Western Washington University Leadership Forum on Friday, May 29 at the Marriott Waterfront Ballroom in downtown Seattle.
Doors will open for the luncheon…
Kevin Leonard, professor of History at Western Washington University, will give a talk titled “Pledging Allegiance, the Ku Klux Klan, and Religious Freedom in Bellingham in the 1920s” from 7 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, May 19 in the Bellingham City Council Chambers, 210 Lottie St., in…
Western Washington University’s Small Business Development Center (SBDC) and the Bellingham Chapter of SCORE are co-sponsoring a number of events May 6-8 to celebrate National Small Business Week.
All events are free and open to the public.
On Wednesday, May 6 there will…
Faculty from WWU’s Behavioral Neuroscience Program and Biology and Psychology departments will gather for a neighborhood round-table discussion, “Neuroscience on Tap: Bring Your Own Brain (BYOB),” from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Monday, April 6th, at Club Glow, 202 E. Holly St. in downtown…
Western Washington University on the Peninsulas will offer “Marijuana Laws and Its Impact on Employers” in its Western Lecture Series at 6 p.m. on Thursday, April 2 in room 105 on the Olympic College Poulsbo campus.
The public is invited to attend the free educational lecture…
Western Washington University on the Peninsulas will offer a series of free educational lectures this spring in its Western Lecture Series, covering topics on marijuana laws, end-of-life care, evolution and climate change.
Each lecture is open to the public and will be held at Olympic…