WWU Stories

Features, research highlights and stories about our people

WWU alumnus leaves the University a legacy of sustainability in the Methow 

Lee Whittaker points to an area on a map that is laid out on a table.

One Quick Question: Why are there suddenly so many spiders?

Close-up of a spider web adorned with glistening dew drops.

WWU’s Rebekah Paci-Green leads massive new report on school safety affecting 330 million children worldwide 

A bright pink painted building in Nepal.

One Quick Question: It’s Banned Books Week. What’s your favorite banned book?

Banned Books Week slogan "Censorship is so 1984"

Shooting their Shot: WWU Summer Test Kitchen develops first screenplay, 'Hotshots'

A group of actors surround two people at the head of the table.

One Quick Question: Salmon are jumping in Whatcom Creek. What kind are they, and what are they doing?

A salmon jumping in a creek

From Classroom to Community: Recent Fairhaven grad explores public health in the Dominican Republic

Seiwerath discussing public health work at a table with two other people

One Quick Question: What are the origins of the term ‘jawboning?’

Two men on a talk show soundstage smiling at the camera.

One Quick Question: Fat Bear Week is over (congrats to ‘Chunk’!), but does its impact live on?

A large bear stands in a river

WWU’s Institute for Watershed Studies deepens research of Northwest lakes

Two people carry a canoe into a lake, while a third person stands on the end of a dock in the background.

Meet WWU’s new student trustee, Ashlynn Tibbot

Ashlynn smiles at the camera in this official portrait.

One Quick Question: Ivy got banned: what’s the gripe with this grippy greenery?

A small group of people stand by the Commissary building with piles of ivy around them