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WWU saw several bias incidents this school year. Now the campus hosts a Holocaust Museum event

Western Washington University will host a prestigious annual discussion of antisemitism amid a national spike in hate against Jews and a school year that has seen bigotry against several minority groups on campus. Focus of the event is how the Nazi Party forced schools to teach its racist…

2023-03-29
Delightful, Tender, Lonely, and Strange: An Interview with Zoe Ballering, WWU Alumna and Author of Award-Winning Book, 'There Is Only Us' 2023-03-29
Western Washington University to host the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s annual Meyerhoff Lecture Friday, April 7   2023-03-28
In Memoriam: Ingeborg Paulus 2023-03-27
WWU philosophy professor writes second-shortest article

For months, Western Washington University Philosophy Professor Dennis Whitcomb worked with co-authors Joshua Habgood-Coote and Lani Wilson to develop their latest…

2023-03-23
Campus forums set for College of Humanities and Social Sciences dean finalists 2023-03-22
Western offering new minor in South and Southeast Asian Studies 2023-03-13
What Good Is a College Education?

by Johann N. Neem

In the fall term, I often teach an introductory, general education course called “Going to College in America.” Although grounded in my discipline—history—the assigned readings draw from economics, philosophy, sociology, and other fields. My goal is to allow students,…

2023-02-17
Spy balloon triggers fascination, amazement, and one recurring question: What's going on with China? 2023-02-16
Nikki Haley has to navigate race and gender like few GOP presidential hopefuls

“In the Republican Party primary, the base tends to be more conservative, and we know that those voters tend to have gender and racial stereotypes that paint women candidates, and people of color, as more liberal,” said Catherine Wineinger, an expert on gender and politics at Western Washington…

2023-02-14
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