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WWU Receives $970,000 NSF Grant for Solar-Energy Research

WWU to Hold Sept. 13 Information Session for Everett Weekend MBA Program

WWU Offers Four Courses for Writers and Editors; All are Open to the Public

WWU Receives Donation to Establish Pete Zuanich Endowed Scholarship

WWU's Academy for Lifelong Learning Announces Fall Program Preview Event

SBDC, WCC, to Co-Host ThinkBiz 2010- Small Business Conference Sept. 9, 10

WWU Hosts Program for Youth from Cheongju, South Korea

SECU, State Farm and Others Support Promise Scholarships for Students at WWU

WWU Announces New Western Arts Preparatory Academy for Kids This Fall

Forbes Magazine Ranks WWU Among Best College Buys

WWU'S Academy for Lifelong Learning Announces Fall Preview

Bill Wright loves this game

How Bill Wright ('60) and a streak of birdie putts made golf history.

Green demolition man

Dave Bennink ('94) is bringing sustainable practices to the building demolition industry. Destruction can create thousands of jobs while saving precious resources, he says.

Olympic dreams

Professor Ralph Vernacchia studies the minds of top athletes.

Kids get a glimpse of college

Hundreds of fifth-graders paired up with WWU student mentors to visit classrooms and laboratories on campus Oct. 27 in Western's first Compass 2 Campus event, a program to get more kids thinking early about college with the help of mentors and role models to show them the importance of higher education.

Brain Science

WWU's Behavioral Neuroscience program puts students on the cutting edge of brain research.

Teaching the value of a dollar

Teachers are hungry for ways to arm their students with some economic savvy, and WWU's Center for Economic Education shows them how.

Book Learning

WWU Human Services students weave together the life stories of adopted youngsters.

Featured galleries

Kids get a glimpse of college

Student Lens: A bear's-eye view

Stories in this issue

Bill Wright loves this game

... but he had to fight to play it

Brain Science

WWU faculty and students explore the depths of the mind

Green demolition man

Saving the planet, one building at a time

Olympic dreams

Class notes: Where's that thesis?

Alum finishes his degree – finally – after creating a chance for others

Class notes: Leading rabbi got her start at Fairhaven College

Class notes: An Olympic career

Ron Judd prepares to chronicle his sixth Olympic Games

WWU scientists' new goo cleans up

Why Western? The answer could score $2,000

Supporting the next generation of science and math teachers

Western’s new provost is Catherine Riordan

Students help a Guatemalan village tackle water pollution

WWU students help design new Kitsap ferry

Did you see that clown?

If not, hang up

Teaching the value of a dollar

WWU, a leader in Economics Education, helps teachers prevent the next financial meltdown

WWU students get a boost and a ‘Thanks!’ from Shuksan Middle School

Kid lit top picks

Nancy Johnson, children’s literature expert and WWU English professor, can’t get enough good kids’ books.

Cow Powered

VRI wins a grant to run buses on biomethane

A bear’s-eye view

View a gallery of photos from Ian Gill's bear observations in Alaska.

Message from the President

‘Community Conversations’ engage us in transformation

WWU online communities keep us connected