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3.17.10
Campus news

Scott Miles, assistant professor of Planning and Environmental Policy at Western Washington University’s Huxley College of the Environment and director of Huxley’s Resilience Institute, and Rebekah Green, associate director of the Resilience Institute, traveled to Haiti in late February to conduct impact assessments with the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute.

Miles and Green will report on their findings in Bellingham’s City Council chambers at 7 p.m. today, March 17, as part of an event looking at disaster risk reduction in Haiti and Whatcom County.

3.17.10
In the spotlight

Presentations on Chilean aquaculture, the Columbia River Treaty and comparing Indian and Chinese economies will highlight the spring lecture series from the Center for International Studies at Western Washington University.

The center sponsors lectures and presentations by visiting and resident scholars during the academic year. All presentations are free and open to the public and are at noon on the following Tuesdays in College Hall Room 131 on the WWU campus:

3.16.10
Faculty publication

Troy D. Abel (Environmental Studies) presented a poster titled "Skewed riskscapes and environmental injustice from St. Louis to Seattle" at the Environmental Protection Agency's conference "Strengthening Environmental Justice and Decision Making: A Symposium on the Science of Disproportionate Environmental Health Impacts" on March 17 in Washington, D.C.

3.1.10
In the spotlight

Western Washington University’s Department of Art will host a guest lecture by artist Vesna Pavlovic titled “On Photography’s Expanded Field” at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, March 3, in Communications Facility Room 105 on the WWU campus.

The event is free and open to the public.

Referencing George Baker’s essay from 2005, “Photography’s Expanded Field,” Pavlovic will discuss her work as a contemporary photographer who constantly questions the medium’s language.

2.26.10
Photos
2.25.10
Faculty publication

Joseph E. Trimble (Psychology, WCE) presented an invited address titled "Bear Spends Time in Our Dreams Now: Magical Thinking, Ritual, and Spiritual Considerations in Counseling Theory and Practice" at the 27th Annual Teachers College - Columbia University Winter Roundtable on Cultural Psychology and Education, in February in New York City.

2.11.10
Campus news

George Ojemann, M.D., a professor emeritus with the Department of Neurological Surgery at the University of Washington School of Medicine, will be on the Western Washington University campus Tuesday, Feb. 16, to give a lecture titled "Relationship Between Human Cortical Physiology & fMRI During Language & Memory."

Ojemann's research focuses on the neurobiology of human cognition, particularly cortical organization for language and memory, which he investigates in the context of awake neurosurgery under local anesthesia.

2.11.10
Faculty publication

Sean Eisen Murphy (Liberal Studies) gave a two-hour seminar on "Ancient Jewish Law and Medieval Christian Identity, c.1100-c.1250" Feb. 4 to the research fellows at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Nantes, France, with the additional participation of researchers from the Maison des Sciences de l'Homme Ange Guepin in Nantes.

2.10.10
In the spotlight

Western Washington University’s Dennis Whitcomb will present “Wisdom in Mind and Action,” the third installment this academic year in WWU’s Turning Points faculty lecture series, at 5:15 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 10, in Communications Facility Room 110 on the WWU campus.

The event is free and open to the public.

2.9.10
Faculty publication

LeAnne Robinson (Special Education) presented “Response to Intervention and Written Expression: A Framework for Instructional Decision Making” at the Hawaiian International Conference on Education from Jan. 7 to 10 in Honolulu.

2.9.10
Faculty publication

Diane Penland (Teacher Education Outreach Programs, Everett) presented “Working with NetGeners” at the Hawaii International Conference on Education from Jan. 7 to 10 in Honolulu.

2.9.10
Faculty publication

Lyubov Larouche (Teacher Education Outreach Programs, Seattle) presented “Russian Philosophical Thought and Interdisciplinary Inquiry” and “Multiculturalism is Passe: Transculture as an Emerging Model for Cultural Development” at the Annual Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities from Jan. 13 to 17 in Honolulu.

2.9.10
Faculty publication

Judith Deiro (Human Services) presented "Families, Schools, & Communities: Developing Capable Young People" with four students at the National Organization for Human Services Conference "People in Contexts: Families, Schools, Communities, and Cultures" from Oct. 22 to 24 in Portland, Ore.

2.9.10
Feature

Ralph Vernacchia, director of the Center for Performance Excellence at Western Washington University and a professor in the Department of Physical Education, Health and Recreation, will speak about the legacy of the Olympic Games at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 9, in Arntzen Hall Room 100 on the WWU campus.

2.4.10
In the spotlight

Western Washington University Associate Professor of Biology Anu Singh-Cundy will present “In Defense of Scientific Eating: A Tale of Two Grandmas” from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 17, at the Bellingham City Council chambers, second floor, Bellingham City Hall, 210 Lottie St.

2.4.10
In the media
events | presentations
I gave a talk on health care "reform" today at Western Washington University in Bellingham, Washington to an audience of students, faculty, and community members. The topic of private vs.
1.29.10
Campus news

Ralph Vernacchia, director of Western Washington University's Center for Performance Excellence, will speak on “Vancouver 2010 and Beyond: the Future of the Olympic Games” at the WWU Retirement Association luncheon at 11:30 a.m. Friday, Feb. 5, at Northwood Hall, 3240 Northwest Ave. Tickets are $13 for members and $16 for non-members. Call (360) 650-9724 for reservations.

1.29.10
In the media
CBE | events | presentations
Stan McNaughton, CEO of the PEMCO alliance of companies, will speak from 3 to 4 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 5 in Western Washington University's Parks Hall 146 The lecture, which is free and open to the public, is part of the Ethics and Social Responsibility Speaker Series hosted by the College of Business and Economics. Prior to working at PEMCO, McNaughton served for six years as the corporate treasurer for The Herald newspaper in Everett and as a certified public accountant at Price Waterhouse for five years.
1.22.10
In the spotlight

Geoff Middaugh, former 1st Deputy Director of Bureau of Land Management National Landscape Conservation and independent contractor for the United States Agency for International Development, will speak at 3 p.m. Friday, Jan. 22, in Communications Facility Room 125 at Western Washington University.

The event is free, open to the public and is part of the WWU Huxley College of the Environment Speaker Series.