WWU Stories

Features, research highlights and stories about our people

Western’s women's rugby team victorious in national 7's championship

A group of female rugby players are celebrating their victory. They are hoisting one of their teammates up on their shoulders while others surround her, holding the trophy. The players are all wearing white and blue uniforms. They are standing on a field that is surrounded by stands. A camera operator is filming the celebration.

It's Scholars Week, which means a return of the popular faculty/student collaboration presentations

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WWU students educate Port Orchard middle schoolers on data privacy and online security

follow these basic rules to protect yourself online

Western students take top honors at Chinese Proficiency Competition

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In Memoriam: Joanne DeMark

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Industrial Design program's annual ReMade project debuts May 17 at Ideal in downtown Bellingham

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Journalism's Derek Moscato pens new book, 'Environmental Strategic Communication: Advocacy, Persuasion and Public Relations'

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WWU alumna Traci Rogstad returns to campus as its new AVP for Facilities Development & Operations

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Geology’s Asmaa Boujibar gets new $300,000 NASA grant to research the building blocks of planet Mercury

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Western team competes at Model UN in New York City

In the United Nations General Assembly Hall, a woman stands at a podium, speaking into a microphone. She is wearing a suit and has short brown hair. There is an emblem on the wall behind her. The hall is filled with people, mostly young people, who are sitting in rows of chairs. They are listening to the woman speak. On either side of the woman there are two large screens which show a close up of her face.

WWU grad student researching the debilitating impact of single-sided deafness

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Crunching Numbers: WWU undergrad Mayla Ward publishes new research on mathematical statistics

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