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| Katie Vulić’s medieval lit classes utilize original manuscripts | |||
| ²ÝÁñÉçÇø students use math to pick top college coaches | Who is the best coach in Division-I college sports? If you polled the population of the United States, you'd no doubt hear names like Pat Summit, Bear Bryant and Mike Krzyzewski a few times, but there would be a wide variety of answers. Two teams from Western Washington University… |
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| How international is Western? A quick look at education abroad | |||
| Amos to discuss research on earthquakes, groundwater use May 16 on campus | |||
| How to Evaluate Academic Research | Recently, the value of academic research, especially in the humanities and social sciences, has been questioned. The current majority party in the House of Representatives has proposed cutting science funding for social science research and eliminating all funding for the National Endowment for… |
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| Student research award winners announced | |||
| Pulling Water Out of the Ground May Lead to Quakes on the San Andreas Fault | Earthquakes happen every day as the world’s tectonic plates slip, slide, crash and spread. Most are small or happen far away from people. And though scientists have named the faults where most of this action happens, people rarely pay attention unless a major earthquake occurs. One fault,… |
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| Water extraction for human use boosts California quakes | A new study suggests that the heavy use of ground water for pumping and irrigation is causing mountains to lift and valleys to subside. The scientists say this depletion of the water is increasing seismic activity along the San Andreas fault. |
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| Increase in earthquakes may be tied to groundwater pumping | For years, scientists have wondered what are the forces that keep pushing up California's mighty Sierra Nevada and central coast ranges, causing an increase in the number of earthquakes in parts of Central California. On Wednesday, a group of scientists offered a new intriguing… |
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| Study says irrigation can stress San Andreas Fault | Excessive groundwater pumping for irrigation in California’s agricultural belt can stress the San Andreas Fault, potentially increasing the risk of future small earthquakes, a new study suggests. |