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WWU student team designs new heavy-duty saw for cutting complex synthetic materials

Close-up of hands carefully adjusting a small, intricate machine with metallic and plastic components. A thin, dark band is threaded through the device.

Changing Lanes: What drives WWU Racing's Melana Evans

A helmeted race car driver in blue suit makes a peace sign in front of a crowd.

WWU’s Jay McCarty secures prestigious $676,000 CAREER grant from the NSF

Two people work together at a computer, analyzing a 3D molecular structure on screen.

Western’s Greg O’Neil and graduate students invented a bottle adapter that makes researchers safer in the lab

WWU Grad student Kaden Hekker holds a bottle adapter toward the camera

PlasticsToday names WWU a Top 10 school for polymer materials engineering

A hand operates a drill above colorful polymer pieces secured on a workbench.

WWU computer science students partner with the Western's SEA Discovery Center for their senior project

Three people in life vests stand outside the Sea Discovery Center building.

Western Washington University celebrates graduates in six ceremonies Commencement Weekend

Two happy graduates in caps and gowns hold their diplomas in the air and smile.

Snapshots from Scholars Week 2025

Students present at the 2025 Scholars Week poster session

WWU Mathematics senior Maggie Minogue launches podcast to help current, future teachers

Maggie Minogue, a smiling young woman with long dark hair, sits at a table with a nameplate that reads "Maggie Minogue, Math." A classroom background is visible.

Meet the 2025 Presidential Scholars

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