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On campus David Brancaccio chats with WWU X PRIZE Team members Ben Romeijn-Stout, faculty member Eric Leonhardt, Adrian Eissinger, Kyle Foley and Jon Bremer on the WWU campus Wednesday, Aug. 11. Photo by Brett Flora | University Communications intern   David Brancaccio visits WWU for PBS documentary featuring VRI, Bellingham David Brancaccio, a longtime national business journalist and host and senior editor of NOW on PBS, visited Western’s Vehicle Research Institute Wednesday to videotape a feature on Western’s Vehicle Research Institute (VRI) team that completed a dramatic run all the way to the last days of competition in the finals of the Progressive Automotive X Prize. Read this entire entry In the spotlight Local libraries to offer Whatcom residents 'One Card' program Local libraries are banding together to allow residents who have a library card at any Bellingham Public Library facility or any of the Whatcom County Library System branch libraries to borrow library materials from local academic libraries, including Bellingham Technical College, Northwest Indian College, Whatcom Community College and Western Washington University. Go to this item In the media Top Weird Science Stories of 2010 Popular Mechanics Study shows decline in border traffic The Northern Light Small business center hosts ThinkBiz 2010 conference The Northern Light Local Libraries Banding Together For Easier Borrowing KGMI AM-790 Police Begin "Drive Hammered, Get Nailed" Campaign KGMI AM-790 30 WWU athletes receive achievement awards The Bellingham Herald More stories Athletics news For more, visit the WWU Department of Athletics. WWU Athletics success at all-time high   With back-to-back top 10 national all-sports ratings, the two highest in school history, the Western Washington University athletics program is at an all-time high. Giving those accomplishments even more credence are the achievements of Viking student-athletes in the classroom. Read this story

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