WWU Stories

Features, research highlights and stories about our people

WWU business students participate in national procurement case competition

Four students in business attire pose for photo

WWU Associate Professor Ryan Kelly to exhibit work at CWU this month

A person in a red "PINK LADY" shirt holds a colorful bird mask in a workshop setting.

Alum Breezy Johnson wins her first Olympic gold medal

A skier celebrates, holding American flags and wearing a gold medal on a snowy slope.

WWU alumna Amelia Cook receives Enterprising Woman of the Year award

Amelia Cook

Delegation from National University of Mongolia visits Western

Three people examine marine life in a lab, surrounded by tanks of colorful organisms.

WWU Chemistry senior claims research award at annual Murdock Conference

Two men at an event, one holding a turquoise ribbon, smiling and standing on a stage.

‘Always be building something’: Fairhaven alumnus Ryan “Henry” Ward shares his journey to artistic success

Henry stands by a Sassy mural holding a dropcloth with spray paint in the foreground

WWU Environmental Studies grad student models potential habitat for highly endangered local butterfly

An island marble butterfly rests on a pepperweed

Environmental Club Showcase to highlight collaboration and community through student involvement

A group of students stand in front of a rock landscape

WWU’s Eric DeChaine, biology students establish two GLORIA sites in the Olympic Mountain Range

Three hikers on a mountain slope, with a backdrop of distant peaks and a blue sky.

One Quick Question: When reading economic news, can you trust the numbers?

Illustration of a person with a thought bubble filled with words and numbers from economics headlines.

Tariffs, trains and PB&J: Associate Professor of Economics Jason Query’s Fulbright year in Japan

Jason Query takes a selfie in front of Nagoya Castle