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PNNL to help develop STEM teaching program

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland will help with a National Science Foundation-funded project to develop programs in Washington state to prepare the next generation of science, technology, engineering and math teachers.

The foundation provided $3 million in grants to…

2016-09-27
WWU Gets $1.8 Million NSF Grant to Research STEM Teacher Prep in Washington 2016-09-20
Proxima b’s star could be blasting away the planet’s atmosphere

Proxima b, just revealed as the nearest exoplanet to Earth, is probably battered by incredible bursts of energy from its star every few months. That could be bad news for the prospects of finding life on our neighbouring world. Stars, including our sun, produce flares when their magnetic fields…

2016-08-29
How to enhance your self-confidence

Job interview? Sales pitch? Big date? How you see the situation can affect how it goes. Psychologists know that when you change how you perceive a challenging situation, how you present it to yourself, your performance can improve.

2016-07-14
Reasearchers collect seal scat to study decline of fish

Researchers are collecting seal scat across Puget Sound in an effort to learn why salmon and steelhead are at historically low returns. The work is part of the Salish Marine Survival Project. It will supplement a variety of other research, including acoustic tags placed in fish, as well as a…

2016-07-13
More people are making the move to Whatcom County

People are moving to Whatcom County again, amid a booming Northwest real estate market and an uptick in the national economy.

Whatcom County had an estimated population of 212,540 in April, according to data released last week by the Washington State Office of Financial Management. That’s…

2016-07-12
Reporting on Islam

With Islam threaded through beats from foreign affairs to crime to education, journalists are stepping up efforts to provide nuanced coverage of Muslims and their religion.

2016-07-07
Study abroad group from Western blogging from Mongolia this summer 2016-07-05
Gene-Drive Modified Organisms Are Not Ready to Be Released Into Environment

The emerging science of gene drives has the potential to address environmental and public health challenges, but gene-drive modified organisms are not ready to be released into the environment and require more research in laboratories and highly controlled field trials, says a new report from…

2016-06-09
Combining STEM learning with tribal ecological knowledge

With a grant from NSF’s Education and Human Resources Directorate, tribal college students living on the Salish Sea coast in Washington State are researching their local ocean ecosystem, combining the Lummi Nation’s traditional ecological knowledge with STEM learning and skills.
Since 2014…

2016-06-09
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