WWU Stories

Features, research highlights and stories about our people

The Ross Travel Grant has been funding WWU graduate student travel for more than three decades

WWU graduate alumnus Gunnar Guddal with foliage in the background

WWU’s Laurie Trautman visits Poland on border study exchange

Group photo of students and faculty at WSB University in Krakow, posing for a picture.

WWU Mathematics senior Cayden Lukken publishes statistics research, a ‘rare’ feat for undergraduate students

A young man in a black t-shirt stands proudly in front of a research poster about the Gamma Distribution.

One Quick Question: How vital to our culture is ballet?

A photo of a man with a mustache in front of an Oscars step and repeat

WWU DECA students shine at state competition, receive national honor

The WWU DECA team poses for a photo making the DECA Diamond sign with their hands

Charting the flood: WWU ocean researchers investigate the extent and impact of Skagit River flooding

Four people stand on a boat

WWU’s Tim Kowalczyk receives ACS-PRF grant to study a more efficient way to separate carbon dioxide from exhaust

A person with long hair wearing a light blue shirt, standing indoors.

The Planet makes waves in national competition

Calm water background with tall grass and a bold logo and text for "The Planet" anthology.

Western staffer takes sabbatical in Aotearoa New Zealand

Jacob Joens-Poulton stands next to a van with mountains in th background

No Bones About It: Libraries displays new skeleton model for student research use

Faculty and students pose with the new skeleton model for research use in the library.

Two WWU faculty members co-author chapter in new linguistics textbook

Aerial view of Red square, with the circular fountain turned off

WWU’s Thanh Lê secures $544k NSF grant to study how to improve student collaboration in physics learning

Person with long black hair wearing a black jacket, standing near a blue body of water.