3+ week, 3+ day ago   (596+ words) Last year, Chemistry Professor Greg O’Neil and his team of WWU grad students, Kaden Hekker and Adam Jones, invented a bottle adapter that makes handling hazardous chemicals safer in the lab. The team just published a hard-earned paper on the…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (521+ words) Joseph Williams has been hired as the new director of Cybersecurity Programs at Western Washington University. Williams is the past Seattle director of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, a divisional CTO for Microsoft, the Global Partner in…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (126+ words) WWU News Western Washington University will test its Western Alert emergency communications system at 10:50 a.m. on Thursday, April 30. The systems functionality of the Western Alert system that will be tested will include emails, Alertus desktop notifications, WWU home page and emergency…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (208+ words) An interactive teach-in on “Are We in An Abusive Relationship with Corporate A.I. Products?” will take place on Monday, April 27, in Miller Hall 152 from 4-5 p.m. All WWU faculty, staff and students are welcome. Speakers in the April 27 event include…...

4+ mon, 4+ week ago   (544+ words) by Allie Van Parys WWU’s Makespace is a working lab where students can use equipment and tools to bring creative ideas to life. It is located in Ross Engineering Building room 251, but half of the students who use the Makerspace…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago   (231+ words) On April 15, SMATE will host a Secondary Science BAE Open House for interested students (register using this link). A few local practicing teachers and a recent Masters in Teaching graduate from WWU will be in attendance. Come for free pizza…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago   (507+ words) Mathematics senior Cayden Lukken, mathematics and data science alum Mayla Ward and Professor of Mathematics Kimihiro Noguchi have published their research on mathematical statistics. Undergraduate research is a rare achievement in mathematics, Noguchi said. “The hurdle for doing research in…...

6+ mon, 1+ day ago   (275+ words) Western Washington University’s College of Business and Economics (CBE) is turning 50 this year. To celebrate five decades of educating future business leaders and engaged community members, the college has several events in the works, starting with a free community event…...

6+ mon, 1+ day ago   (591+ words) WWU Professor of Chemistry and Energy Studies Tim Kowalczyk was awarded a three-year, $70,000 grant from the American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund to investigate a more efficient method of carbon dioxide adsorption in industrial processes. Kowalczyk seeks to answer how…...