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The Salish Sea: An imperiled wonder of the Northwest

The Salish Sea stretches almost 400 miles from the southern end of Puget Sound near Olympia, to the northern boundary of the Strait of Georgia in British Columbia. It's easy to take for granted, and a new study suggests we do so at our peril.

WWU's Richard Simon named a finalist for the PEN/Bellwether Prize for Socially Engaged Fiction
For Western’s Jeanine Amacher, ‘Good Things Come in Threes’
Rick Larsen visits Western's Mars Lab
Smallpox and urban nature in 1860s San Francisco

Features the research of Associate Professor of Jennifer Seltz via the Organization of American Historians.

Research Recap for April 30
Research Recap for April 23
Fairhaven's Babafemi Akinrinade discusses new book on mass atrocities and international law in Africa
WWU economists look ahead to Whatcom's post-pandemic economy. Here's what they see

As we head into uncharted waters of possibly fewer pandemic restrictions and a huge financial stimulus package, Whatcom County’s economy could see some good and not-so-good scenarios in 2021.

Local economists Hart Hodges and James McCafferty hit on a wide range of topics during their…

WWU student rediscovers regionally extinct bumblebee on Western’s campus
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