The Critical Junctures Institute, a collaborative venture between Western Washington University and PeaceHealth/St. Joseph Hospital, is putting on a research seminar from 9 to 11 a.m. Monday, March 22, featuring Laura Mae Baldwin from the University of Washington Department of Family Medicine.

Western Washington University Associate Professor of Biology Anu Singh-Cundy will present “In Defense of Scientific Eating: A Tale of Two Grandmas” tonight at 7 p.m. at Bellingham City Hall's council chambers.

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.

The folks in Extended Education and Summer Programs at Western Washington University plan to hold a couple of information sessions in the next several weeks to aid those interested in the Weekend Master's in Business Administration program and the Project Management Professional Course.

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David Curley, chair of the Liberal Studies Department at Western Washington University, will give a lecture titled “About Afghanistan—or, Can We Learn Anything Useful from History?” at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 3, in the Bellingham City Council Chambers in downtown Bellingham.

Eric Kean, a viola professor at Western Washington University, and pianist David Brooks, a recent soloist with the Whatcom Symphony Orchestra and a former WWU music student, team up to pay tribute to viola virtuoso William Primrose in an event titled "The Virtuosic Violist" at 8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 29, in the Rotunda Room of the Whatcom Museum.

Featured works include the dazzling La Campanella, by Paganini-Primrose, and Sarasateana, a Suite of Spanish Dances.

Aaron Katz, a health policy expert and faculty member in the University of Washington’s Department of Global Health, will deliver the winter quarter Global Health and Social Justice lecture at Western Washington University.

The lecture, which is titled “Health Care Reform (or what passes for that in Congress),” will take place from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 3, at St. Luke’s Community Health Education Center Room C. The center is located at 3333 Squalicum Parkway in Bellingham.

Two dates remain in the fourth season of NOEL, a Celtic and classical ensemble that travels the area playing holiday favorites.

Janet Finlay, director of the Behavioral Neuroscience Program at Western Washington University, will take audience questions on mental health and genetics at the monthly Neuroscience on Tap gathering at Bob's Burgers & Brew in downtown Bellingham.

Finlay, an associate professor of psychology at WWU, says these regular gatherings are a great way for community members to get answers to common problems from faculty members. In addition to the host, a number of faculty members typically attend these informal meetings, she says.

Western Washington University’s Department of Theatre Arts will present “Monologue Project, 4th ed.” in conjunction with students from Fairhaven Middle School at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday-Saturday, Dec. 3-5, at the Firehouse Performing Arts Center at 1314 Harris Ave. in Fairhaven.

Many Americans, it would appear, seem conflicted about work and leisure. Charles Sylvester, a professor in the Physical Education, Health and Recreation Department at Western Washington University, is curious about why. He’ll discuss the topic of work and leisure – including a few ways Americans might harmonize the two – at a public lecture from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 17, in the Bellingham City Hall Chambers in downtown Bellingham.

There are many reasons for American’s ambivalence toward work and leisure, Sylvester says.