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'Recycled Cinema' event Feb. 6 to benefit scholarships
Event: ²ÝÁñÉçÇø hosts faculty discussions about 1936 Berlin Olympics

Western Washington University’s Western Reads program will host a pair of faculty panel discussions about the societal and historical impact of the 1936 Berlin Olympics, which were designed to showcase Adolf Hitler’s master-race theory.

Experts say Scott Walker’s plan would shut door to UW for low-income students

Gov. Scott Walker’s plan to slash $300 million in funding from the University of Wisconsin and in return for greater autonomy would make it make it harder for low-income and minority students to go to college there, said affiliates of WISCAPE (Wisconsin Center on the Advancement of Post-…

Women in Oceanography: Erika McPhee-Shaw

I seem to have a lot of dreams about crashing waves and tumbling rivers, and my favorite college physics courses were those in electromagnetism, so perhaps it was inevitable that I would end up working in the science of waves and Earth’s water systems. One focus of my research has been the…

Time and Money

It may make sense to move beyond the Carnegie unit, but where should we go? This is the question at the heart of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching’s new report, The Carnegie Unit, on which Inside Higher Ed reported this week.

Scientists produce two bio-fuels from single algae

Washington, Jan 29 (IANS) A common algae commercially grown to make fish food holds promise as a source for both bio-diesel and jet fuel, a study says.

Algae contains fatty acids that can be converted into fatty acid methyl esters, or FAMEs, the molecules in…

Making a difference — Honoring women in male-dominated careers

Melissa Rice is an Assistant Professor of Planetary Science at Western Washington University, where she teaches in the Geology Department and the Physics & Astronomy Department. Her research focuses on the sedimentology, stratigraphy and mineralogy of planetary surfaces; the current aim…

Woodring diversity teach-in highlights educational racism

Miller Hall’s collaborative space was packed shoulder to shoulder with Western Washington University teaching students for a presentation by Dr. Wayne Au on the state of diversity in education in America.
The Wednesday, Jan. 28, presentation by Au, from the University of Washington Bothell…

Researchers produce two biofuels from a single algae

A common algae commercially grown to make fish food holds promise as a source for both biodiesel and jet fuel, according to a new study published in the journal Energy & Fuels.

The researchers, led by Greg O'Neil of Western Washington University and Chris Reddy of Woods Hole…

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