College News Archive

Postcards from Peru: One WWU student's study abroad, as told in pictures

llamas on the side of a grassy hill

Pair of WWU students nominated for the state Student Civic Leadership Awards

Shatha Abbas smiles at the camera

2024 Scholars Week celebration is approaching: Registration begins April 22

Scholars Week underway last year in Carver Gym

Kimberly Lynn named new director of Western's Honors College

Kimberly Lynn smiles at the camera; behind her is a rocky coastline.

WWU's Troy Abel named to the EPA's environmental justice panel

Troy Abel

Research recap: Students working on new research in anthropology and environmental sciences

Jack McBride scans a monkey skull using a 3-d scanner as the image is shown on his laptop

WWU faculty, alums collaborate on new display at the Museum of Northwest Art

Art by Sasha Petrenko

Western Washington University to partner in $30M NSF Center for Braiding Indigenous Knowledges and Science  

Two people, including WWU student Alex Trejo holding a rock to be placed in the sea garden rock wall, doing field work at Fulford Harbor, Salt Spring Island. A seaweed-covered rocky seawall, islands and bodies of water are shown in the photograph.

Water Watchdogs: Inside the Work of WWU’s Institute for Watershed Studies

Two students in a boat on Lake Whatcom

Applications now open to all majors for Sustainability Pathways Fellowships in the Methow Valley

The 2023 cohort of Sustainability Pathways fellows poses for a photo under bright blue skies in the Methow Valley.

Meet Mitchell Gibbs, WWU's visiting Fulbright scholar from Australia

Mitch Gibbs smiles while holding a live sea urchin

Introductions: Dr. Franciso Laso’s Galápagos research focuses on where “productive and protected areas meet”

After one of the farms in Isabela Island was successfully mapped, Laso posed with farmers for a selfie with their crops. Photo: Francisco Laso

WWU’s Robin Kodner Secures $1.9M NSF Grant to Support DEI Initiatives in Scientific Societies

Robin smiles at the camera; behind her is the blurry greenery of a woodland

WWU’s Rebekah Paci-Green Awarded New NSF Grant to Study Sea-Level Resilience in the Face of Climate Change and Natural Disasters 

King Tide hits Puget Sound

WWU faculty receive new grant to research electric-vehicle usage

cartoon-type image of a car with gas pump and electric plug next to it

Meet 2023's Outstanding Graduate Students

Hunter smiles at the camera

13 WWU Students Receive Award in EPA's 2023 Environmental Justice Video Challenge

Screenshot of Environmental Justice Video phase 2 submission from Western, shows people gathered around a table discussing a graph

2023 Outstanding Graduates: College of the Environment

Madison Gard sits on a window ledge, smiling for the camera

WWU grad student (now alumna) Jackelyn Garcia named the 2023 Washington Sea Grant Keystone fellow

Jackelyn Garcia smiles at the camera; behind her is the Old Main lawn on a sunny day

Two new certificate programs from the College of the Environment prepare students for careers in salmon recovery

A bright red sockeye salmon swims in an Alaskan stream

Scholars Week 2023 set to launch May 15!

Students discuss their posters at Scholars Week last year

One Quick Question: The Pebble Mine, salmon, and the future of Bristol Bay

A bright red sockeye salmon swims in an Alaskan stream

CENV faculty have new research published on a variety of important topics

Aerial of Lake Whatcom looking south from over Whatcom Falls Park

Western’s new multidisciplinary Climate Change Minor open to all majors

A flooded bench in Boulevard park

Higher ed has role to play in climate change solutions

Ask a scientist: Are human-derived hormones like estrogen harming fish in Puget Sound?

Add wildfire, climate change to the list of Lake Whatcom worries

Crab DNA study examines possible distinct populations

WWU monitors say Lake Whatcom water quality showing signs of improvement

It's only a matter of time before a tsunami hits the Northwest. Why is it missing from FEMA's risk analysis?

Second Call for 2024-2025 Honors Seminar Proposals 

Applications for WWU's Sustainability Pathways summer program in the Methow Valley now open

A new approach to science rooted in Indigenous tradition

Bellingham has become an urban heat island, climate change could hurt low income parts of the city more

WWU's Salish Sea Atlas wins award at 2023 ESRI Conference

Algae blooms that cause pink snow could accelerate melting as Earth warms

Tribe reviving traditional shellfish resources, management practices

'Watermelon snow' piques curiosities in Utah after abnormally wet winter

Solutions: A professor digs for clams to boost sustainability and the environment

Algae Blooms Increase Snowmelt In The Pacific Northwest By 20%

The College of the Environment's Michael Medler gives presentation in Stockholm

Faculty/Student Group Collaborations Kick Off Scholar's Week Tuesday, May 16

Study: New boating distance rule no cure-all for Southern Residents

Why is some of our snow turning pink?

Zero climate solutions without Gen Z

Pink snow is alive in the Cascade Range and it’s causing climate change

Gulf of Maine sees second-hottest year on record, report shows, ‘getting to the edge of habitability’

Scientists try to keep up with chemical blizzard entering Puget Sound