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A Place at the Table

a bottle of beer and a shot of whiskey sit next to an empty chair at a crowded bar with a sign that says Reserved for Sue Kidd Thank You for Everything.

Pierce County’s passionate restaurant reviewer Sue Kidd remembered

River Views

artistic rendering of the meandering curves of the Duwamish River across five panels

John Feodorov’s new work for the Seattle Convention Center is a story of the Duwamish River

Joining the ‘Major Leagues of Voice’

Richard Hodges sits at a grand piano, singing along with an unseen choir and pointing upward to indicate a high note.

Music's Richard L. Hodges will take the stage in Seattle Opera's 'X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X'

Leading with 'radical love'

William Jackson, wearing a light-colored suit jacked and looking relaxed, smiles while surrounded by students after his talk

State principal of the year William Jackson on justice-centered education

The Roehl Way

Tom Roehl smiles while wearing a t-shirt emblazoned with his smiling face and the words 'be comfortable being uncomfortable.'

Tom Roehl has spent 25 years encouraging students to stretch beyond boundaries

Aperture of Empathy

a hippopotamus under the water surrounded by a school of fish

Does looking into the eyes of an animal make us more likely to act to save its endangered habitat?

Enlisting drones to study the world’s most remote glaciers

A student crouches down to adjust a piece of equipment on a drone parked on a snow bank on top of a mountain. Two other people are nearby with equipment and watch him work.

Alia Khan collects ice from the world's highest places

Plastic Trash Upcycler

Ryan Hackler, wearing a blue lab coat and protective goggles, holds up and examines a test tube half-full of clear liquid.

Alum Ryan Hackler’s company turns plastic into petrochemical alternatives. His startup is getting funding from the Department of Energy.

In Her Father’s Memory

a man smiles, wearing a cowboy hat, white T, jeans and boots, sitting on a rock next to a stream.

Julann Spromberg learned to love nature on her family farm, and learned to be a scientist at Western

Eye on the Water

Two students on a boat in the middle of Lake Whatcom, one holds a tube preparing to take a water sample.

The Institute for Watershed Studies provides long-term water quality data for Lake Whatcom.

Immersive Future of Language

Caskey Russell

Virtual reality can help revitalize Indigenous languages, says Fairhaven Dean Caskey Russell

'She Was Beautiful, Loyal and Tough'

Amirah Casey, in her cheer uniform, sits next to a gigantic trophy

Marine Sciences graduate Amirah Casey’s impressive list of accomplishments includes embracing her late mother's story as part of her own.

A Viking Comes Full Circle

Jim Sterk, wearing a suit and tie, stands smiling in front of the entrance at Carver

Jim Sterk returns to Western to lead Viking Athletics

Jane Wong's 'furious, joyful memoir'

Jane Wong holds a bouquet of flowers.

The New York Times, Publisher's Weekly and Kirkus Reviews love 'Meet Me Tonight in Atlantic City.'

Keys, Phone, Lifesaver

a small, white plastic case for naloxone, designed with curves and small enough to fit in a pocket or hang on a keychain

How do you bring an overdose-stopping drug to the masses? Make it sleek, stylish and small enough to carry on a keychain.

A brighter financial future

Paul Merriman smiles

Alum Paul Merriman shares a lifetime of financial knowledge with WWU students and the community