College News Archive

One Quick Question with Environmental Studies' Michael Medler

Firefighter battles wildfire, battling flames with a hose. Smoke billows behind him. He's wearing protective gear.

WWU's Joshua Porter wins award from the MVCC

Joshua Porter receives the Red-Tailed Hawk Award for his work mentoring the next generation of climate leaders. A photo of the group is shown on screen.

WWU students win first place in regional Environmental Challenge competition

Five smiling individuals, three men and two women, stand together. Two hold an award. They wear conference badges. The setting appears to be a hallway.

Environmental Science students start a WWU chapter of the Society for Ecological Restoration

Two people plant a sapling in a wooded area. One kneels, using a hand saw, while the other watches. Autumn leaves cover the ground.

Emma Worgum: Representation Matters

Female golfer in black top & skirt, white visor & shoes, swings club on green course. Trees blur in background.

Methow Valley Fellowship provides pathways to sustainability, personal growth and lifelong friendships

A woman in a blue shirt and black pants walks along a gravel path, carrying a butterfly net over her shoulder. A mountain range is in the background.

WWU’s Sustainability Pathways receives $205,000 grant, partners with Washington Climate Corps Network

A cohort of students stands arm in arm for a photo.

Two WWU alums spend their summer researching whales at remote Alaskan lighthouse

Two students smile for the camera; behind them is the ocean and a few small islands.

WWU’s Rebecca Bunn works with multinational team to better understand why plants transfer carbon to fungi in their roots

A red mushroom grows on the forest floor

Methow Valley Fellowship Creates Pathways to Sustainable Futures

A group of people on a large rock in the forest

Meet the 2024 Outstanding Graduate Students

A young woman wearing a traditional Chilkat hat and red shawl smiles in a field of daisies.

Meet the 2024 Presidential Scholars

A student in a library wearing a pink jumpsuit.

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

Sam poses at Macchu Picchu

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

What saved climate act? Good sense and a Science Guy

Celebrate Geography Awareness Week on Nov. 20 with pair of fun campus events

WWU's Greg Green to give presentation of his wildlife photography on Nov. 21 downtown

Honors College requesting seminar proposals for AY '25-'26

Where do WA’s candidates for governor stand on climate change?

EPA tightened refinery regs. Why did emissions rise?

What is pink snow? Researchers work to answer your pink snow questions

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