Physics and Astronomy Department

Title		Authored on
The life cycle of stars	Dust to dust: the life cycle of stars will be the topic of discussion at the next meeting of the Coast chapter of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada on Feb. 13. Guest speaker is Dr. Kristen Larson, associate professor at Western Washington University. Her presentation starts at 7:30…	2015-02-06
Bussell, Seda get nearly $1M for research		2014-12-30
Murphy, Leger get $420K grant for research		2014-12-30
�� research teams awarded $1.4M in NSF grants		2014-09-19
Ice cream social will honor retired Bellingham public health nurse Anne Brown	When she was a child, Anne Brown’s family members treated themselves to ice cream every year on the date they landed in New York City in 1939 to escape the Nazi terror in their native Germany. Decades later, Brown and her own family still gather for ice cream every…	2014-09-03
Fighting the stereotype: female students start Women in Physics club	A group of physics majors at Western recently formed a club oriented toward a longtime minority in their field: women. The Women in Physics Club has objectives to combat stereotypes that have prevented women from entering heavily math-based fields such as physics, astronomy, engineering…	2014-07-11
�� planetarium gets 3-D upgrade	People who want to see the depths of the universe can get a glimpse at Western Washington University's recently upgraded planetarium. The planetarium, on the third floor of Haggard Hall, has been outfitted with a new digital projection system that can project 3-D, high-resolution…	2014-04-09
Names announced for winter undergrad research awards		2014-03-24
Snowder collects dirt from far-flung locales		2013-02-22
Look to the sky Wednesday nights with the Astronomy Department!		2013-02-20

The life cycle of stars

Dust to dust: the life cycle of stars will be the topic of discussion at the next meeting of the Coast chapter of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada on Feb. 13.

Guest speaker is Dr. Kristen Larson, associate professor at Western Washington University. Her presentation starts at 7:30…

2015-02-06

Bussell, Seda get nearly $1M for research

2014-12-30

Murphy, Leger get $420K grant for research

2014-12-30

�� research teams awarded $1.4M in NSF grants

2014-09-19

Ice cream social will honor retired Bellingham public health nurse Anne Brown

When she was a child, Anne Brown’s family members treated themselves to ice cream every year on the date they landed in New York City in 1939 to escape the Nazi terror in their native Germany.

Decades later, Brown and her own family still gather for ice cream every…

2014-09-03

Fighting the stereotype: female students start Women in Physics club

A group of physics majors at Western recently formed a club oriented toward a longtime minority in their field: women.
The Women in Physics Club has objectives to combat stereotypes that have prevented women from entering heavily math-based fields such as physics, astronomy, engineering…

2014-07-11

�� planetarium gets 3-D upgrade

People who want to see the depths of the universe can get a glimpse at Western Washington University's recently upgraded planetarium.

The planetarium, on the third floor of Haggard Hall, has been outfitted with a new digital projection system that can project 3-D, high-resolution…

2014-04-09

Names announced for winter undergrad research awards

2014-03-24

Snowder collects dirt from far-flung locales

2013-02-22

Look to the sky Wednesday nights with the Astronomy Department!

2013-02-20

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