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This phenomenon in Bellingham Bay is still a mystery to researchers. They want your help

Lucy Greeley is going to spend her summer researching the glowing bioluminescence in Bellingham Bay, and you can too.

Bellingham’s Community Boating Center has teamed up with Western Washington University on a new citizen science initiative: Visitors who join the nonprofit’s…

2022-06-14
Four WWU juniors win the 2022 Global Innovation Awards for their Outstanding Kitchen Appliances 2022-06-13
Meet the 2022 Presidential Scholars 2022-06-03
The tarsier is one weird primate, and yes, we're related

The tarsier is a small species of primate found living in the forests of Southeast Asia. There are 16 species of tarsiers, and they occupy the dense forests of Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei and the Philippines. And about those weird features that have gotten them those nicknames: Maybe it's the…

2022-06-03
Western’s Poulsbo cyber range gets new funding for equipment upgrades and support 2022-05-25
Pink snow algae research grows for Western Washington University

We’ve all seen snow turn from white to gray and black, maybe a ruddy brown color when it has been sitting next to a busy road or sidewalk. We’ve seen snow take different shapes and appearances depending on temperatures and ice crystal shapes.

But have you ever seen pink snow? Sometimes…

2022-05-11
Research Recap: Linguistics article, biology research and a student panel at an interdisciplinary humanities conference 2022-05-03
WWU’s Caitlin Bannister is Western’s first Behavioral Neuroscience student to receive a coveted Goldwater Scholarship 2022-04-27
Brad Johnson Named WWU’s New Provost and Executive Vice President   2022-04-26
Olympic Peninsula glaciers expected to disappear in the next 50 years

Devoting your life to something that is disappearing can be tough.

Portland State University professor Andrew Fountain has been researching the dwindling glaciers of the American West since the 1980s. He said for years, he studied their retreat dispassionately — as an interesting…

2022-04-25
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