WWU Stories

Features, research highlights and stories about our people

WWU’s Jeanine Amacher named a Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar

A smiling woman in a laboratory surrounded by pipettes and scientific equipment.

Explore a world of maps this Geography Awareness Week

This map shows the age of buildings in Bellingham from 1880 to 2022, using publicly accessible GIS data from the City of Bellingham.

Cultivating Community: How 2025 Woodring grad Silvia Avila Ramos uses advocacy and education to aid migrant farmers in Skagit County

A person wearing a colorful embroidered blouse stands in front of a house.

Professor Gigi Berardi’s ‘Bianca’s Cure’ is an anthem to women in science

The cover of the book "Bianca's Cure" on a patterned gray background

Peer mentors create safe space to talk and learn about money

Four students pose in front of the fountain in Red Square

WWU students present research at annual Washington Science Teachers Association conference

A group of seven smiling individuals poses together at a professional conference.

WWU College of Business and Economics’ new business analytics concentration prepares students to transform data into decisions

Two people look at a piece of paper covered with graphs and charts

WWU staffers bring home seven CASE District VIII Awards

In this screenshot of Destiny 2, a man stands overlooking a vast city.

WWU engineering team patents new surgical device

Sura Al-Qudah holding a guide stick and a small device in a bright, modern office setting.

Philosophy, Critical Thinking and Beer: WWU's Neal Tognazzini

Two men working together in a brewery, one operating equipment while the other assists.

Crab Crackin’: WWU student researching how river otters might act as a natural mitigator to the invasive European green crab

Two people in waders discussing near a river, with trees and cloudy skies in the background.

Halloween on Campus: 2025

Samirah Field dressed as Arachne wearing a spider mask and blue sleeves.