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Crab Crackin’: WWU student researching how river otters might act as a natural mitigator to the invasive European green crab

Two people in waders discussing near a river, with trees and cloudy skies in the background.

WWU Mathematics senior Nolan Mickenham takes second in international statistics competition

Nolan Mickenham, a person wearing a light blue track and field shirt, stands with a medal around their neck against a branded backdrop.

The next deadly climate disaster could wipe out glacier-chasing cruise ships

One Quick Question: Race Back to the Moon

the moon, photo by Sean Curtis Patrick

Western's College of Science and Engineering launches the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and its first engineering graduate program

A person works on a circuit board surrounded by electronics on a lab table.

One Quick Question: Why are there suddenly so many spiders?

Close-up of a spider web adorned with glistening dew drops.

AI in Education: Dreams, Nightmares, Realities: An Interactive, Interdisciplinary, Teach-in

A blue and yellow background with text reading: AI in Education: Dreams, Nightmares, Realities: An interactive, interdisciplinary teach-in for WWU faculty, staff and students

Bellingham scientist part of team that found clue to possible life on Mars

Research sites to monitor Olympic Mountain plants

WWU’s Melissa Rice helping uncover the possibility of life on Mars

Mars rover on rocky, reddish terrain. The rover's camera is pointed forward. A hazy sky is visible.