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Celebration of life for President Jerry Flora is Memorial Day, May 26
Alumni Association to honor alums today
Plants invade arboretum: Interns needed to map the intruders

Invasive plant species have been a problem in the Sehome Arboretum for several years and a summer student internship is being proposed to survey and map the invasive plant population.

In the Sehome Arboretum invasive plants including English Holly, Ivy and Vinca take over several native…

Woods Hole researcher to discuss extreme home energy efficiency May 15
Scientists narrow in on Sea Star Wasting Syndrome devastating the West Coast

Scientists are making some headway in figuring out what is killing millions of sea stars in the waters off the Pacific coast, from British Columbia to Mexico.

While a definitive answer eludes them, researchers suggest a pathogen — either bacterial or viral — is responsible for the death…

Author Bill Dietrich to read from his latest Ethan Gage novel

In "The Three Emperors," the seventh installment of the Ethan Gage series, author Bill Dietrich presents a new adventure, as Gage has survived the naval battle of Trafalgar and must make his way from Venice to Vienna to Prague to find his ultimate goal: his family.

Western leads largest-ever Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference
Weimer to discuss safety of U.S. pipelines Thursday at ²ÝÁñÉçÇø

The executive director of the Pipeline Safety Trust will discuss the safety of the Keystone XL pipeline and other U.S. pipelines on Thursday, May 8, at Western Washington University.

The free 4 p.m. talk, which is part of the Huxley College of the Environment speaker series, will be in…

Death of the Stars

The Seattle Aquarium sits on Pier 59, above the cold, dark waters of Puget Sound. As children run inside its wood-beamed atrium, Lesanna Lahner peers into the largest display tank. A few salmon swim idly past barren rocks. "This used to be full of sea stars," says Lahner, the aquarium…

Scientists narrow in on syndrome killing off starfish along Pacific coast

Scientists are making some headway in figuring out what is killing millions of sea stars in the waters off the Pacific coast, from British Columbia to Mexico.
While a definitive answer eludes them, researchers suggest a pathogen -- either bacterial or viral -- is responsible for the death…

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