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Gigi Berardi to keynote Sustainable Connections’ annual “Farm to Table Trade Meeting”

Huxley College of the Environment

Huxley's Gigi Berardi will be the keynote speaker at Sustainable Connections’ annual “Farm to Table Trade Meeting” on Feb.

MCL's Joan Hoffman publishes new article

Modern and Classical Languages, Modern and Classical Languages Department

Joan M. Hoffman (MCL: Spanish) has published the following article:

"'Una señorita de Figueras' with a 'temple verdaderamente varonil': Ángel Guerra and the Tortured Marketing of Víctor Català." Espacios de encuentro e identidad: Actas del XXXV Congreso Internacional de ALDEEU (Spanish Professionals in America) [Selected Proceedings], 2019, pp. 241-55.

WWU's Andrea Gogröf edits special volume of 'Pacific Coast Philology'

Andrea Gogröf, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Department of Liberal Studies, Global Humanities and Religions

While on a quarter-long professional leave Winter 2019, Andrea Gogröf of Western's Department of Global Humanities and Religions edited a special volume of Pacific Coast Philology entitled Ways of Seeing: Visuality, Visibility and Vision.

Huxley's Nick Zaferatos wins state APA award

Environmental Studies, Huxley College of the Environment, Nicholas Zaferatos

WWU’s Professor of Environmental Studies Nicholas Zaferatos was honored as the recipient of the Washington Chapter of the American Planning Associations’ 2019 Myer R. Wolfe Award for professional achievement for his contributions to the advancement of the planning profession.

Dance's Penny Hutchinson to Perform 'Canonic Studies in ¾ time' Oct. 10-13 at UW

College of Fine and Performing Arts, Theatre and Dance Department

Penny Hutchinson, Dance Associate Professor, has been rehearsing with Chamber Dance Co. from UW this summer and fall, on a Mark Morris choreography, “Canonic Studies in ¾ time” and recommends this wonderful concert coming up on Oct 10-13.

Chamber Dance Company Concert, Falling

Oct. 10 at 7:30 p.m. to Oct. 13 at 2 p.m.

Psychology's Jeff Carroll co-authors new paper

College of Humanities and Social Sciences, faculty research, Jeff Carroll, Psychology Department

Scientists using an experimental treatment have slowed the progression of scrapie, a degenerative central nervous disease caused by prions, in laboratory mice and greatly extended the rodents' lives, according to a new report in JCI Insight. The scientists used antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs), synthetic compounds that inhibit the formation of specific proteins.

Regina Barber DeGraaff selected for filmmaking fellowship

College of Science and Engineering, Regina Barber DeGraaff

STEM Inclusion and Outreach Specialist Regina Barber DeGraaff is among 17 fellows selected from over 650 applicants for a fellowship to attend the Jackson Wild Media Lab, a rigorous filmmaking workshop in Grand Teton National Park.

MCL's Joan Hoffman publishes new article in the Hispanic Journal

College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Joan Hoffman, Modern and Classical Languages Department

Joan Hoffman, MCL (Spanish), has published an article: “On Tragedy and Triumph: Further Comparisons of Yerma and Burning Bright.” Hispanic Journal, vol. 40, no. 1, Spring 2019, pp. 101-12.

WWU’s Rich Brown Earns Prestigious Kennedy Center American College Theatre Award

College of Fine and Performing Arts, Rich Brown, Theatre and Dance Department

Western Washington University Professor of Theatre Arts Rich Brown has received the Distinguished Leadership Award for the Region 7 Devising Initiative from the Kennedy Center’s National Awards Committee.

Rich Brown Brown is the devising coordinator for the region as well as the national devising coordinator. He has been teaching acting and devising at Western for 13 years.

Journalism's Brian J. Bowe, Derek Moscato win AEJMC's Doug Newsom Award for best paper

Brian J. Bowe, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Derek Moscato, Journalism Department

WWU Associate Professor of Journalism Brian J. Bowe and Assistant Professor of Journalism Derek Moscato's paper, “An Appeal to Shared Values: Faith, Advocacy, and Persuasion in the Council on American-Islamic Relations’ Public Relations,” co-written by Mariam Alkazemi of Virginia Commonwealth University and submitted to the Association for Education in Journalism & Mass Communication's PR division, has won the Doug Newsom Award.