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Fraser Institute: Does the Investment Canada Act Do More Harm Than Good? New Study Coming Wednesday, May 13

On Wednesday, May 13, the Fraser Institute will release a new study spotlighting the economic impact of the Investment Canada Act, which screens foreign acquisitions of Canadian companies.

The study, An Economic Assessment of the Investment Act, specifically examines the effects of the…

Southbound border traffic drops 12.2 percent in the first quarter of 2015

Southbound border traffic into Whatcom County slowed significantly in the first three months of 2015.

During the first quarter slightly more than 3 million passengers went south across the five Whatcom County border crossings, down 12.2 percent compared to the same…

Baby starfish offer a glimmer of hope for recovery

Emerging from a recent dive 40 feet below the surface of the Puget Sound, biologist Ben Miner wasn't surprised by what he found: The troubling disease that wiped out millions of starfish up and down the West Coast had spread to this site along the rocky cliffs of Lopez Island.

Starfish babies offer glimmer of hope amid mass die-off

In scattered sites along the Pacific Coast, researchers and others have reported seeing hundreds of juvenile sea stars, buoying hopes for a potential comeback from sea star wasting disease that has caused millions of purple, red and orange sea stars to curl up, grow lesions, lose limbs and…

Faculty to share research on writing and learning May 19
Cantwell visits Institute for Energy Studies, SMATE
Smart Solar Window team to be honored May 6
Psychology of Looters: What is Happening in Baltimore?

Why do people loot and riot? What is happening in Baltimore, MD, following the death of Freddie Gray? Michael talks to Dr. David Sattler, Professor and Disaster Expert in Preparedness for and Psychological Responses to Hurricanes, Earthquakes, and Tsunamis.

U.S. takes reigns of Arctic Council amid geopolitical tension, rapid warming

The United States formally took the reins of the governing body for the Arctic region on Friday at a meeting above the Arctic Circle, in Iqaluit, Canada.

Secretary of State John Kerry, who is attending the Arctic Council ministerial meeting, says the U.S. will use the two-year…

Provost to give out faculty awards May 7
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