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Check out our 2009 Highlights!

The College of Sciences and Technology is excited to offer the second edition of our annual newsletter, Highlights.  We hope you will enjoy being connected to us in this way
and invite you to check out some of the latest "happenings" in our college by clicking on the graphic to the right.

Please don't hesitate to contact us with your thoughts or ideas, we would be more than
happy to hear from you!


Neuroscience on Tap
Bring Your Own Brain (BYOB)
Stress & Your Brain
@ Bob’s Burger & Brew
202 E. Holly St.
Monday, Nov. 2nd 7:00 – 8:30 pm
Join the neighborhood round-table discussion hosted by Dr. Mike
Mana from Western’s Psychology Department.
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Regular monthly meetings will occur the first Monday of each month.
Each month, one faculty member will lead the discussion of a specific
topic. There’s sure to be something for everyone!!!!


Public Planetarium Shows

Two Small
Glaass
Pieces
of
Planetarium
Oct 22 & Nov 22 & Dec 22 all three showings start at 6:30 PM - no late admissions
Open to the Public - $3 per student & $5 per non-student
Call 360.650.6146 for tickets
The International Year of Astronomy!
2009 marks the 400th anniversary of the first astronomical observations of the sky with a telescope. To celebrate, WWU Planetarium presents a look at astronomical technology, from the first views of Saturn's Rings recorded by Galileo, to the deep space revelations of the Hubble Space Telescope.
For directions and more information visit the planetarium website:
planetarium.wwu.edu
WesternWashington University


Seminars/Workshops


Biology Seminars

Nov. 18 “Planktonic interactions in a changing ocean: Biological responses of the global haptophyte Emiliania huxleyi to elevated pCO2 and their potential effects on ocean food web dynamics”, M. Brady Olson, Instructor and Marine Scientist, WWU Biology Dept. and Shannon Point Marine Center, Anacortes, WA

Dec. 2  “TBA”, by Maureen Ryan, Graduate Student, Population Biology Graduate Group, University of California at Davis, Davis, CA

Geology Seminars

Friday, November 20th at 12:00 Juliet Crider: When, where, why, how to apply for graduate school in geology ES 100

Friday, December 4th at 12:00 Scott Babcock: Proposal Peer Review ES 100

Physics and Astronomy Seminars

Select a Department

Bond Hall, Room 437 / 360.650.6400 office / 360.650.2335 fax