WKU News

May 25th, 2011

May 17th, 2011

WKU graduate Chris Colonna received a Princeton-in-Asia Fellowship and will spend a year teaching English at Mae Fah Luang University in Chiang Rai, Thailand.

May 17th, 2011

On Saturday, Chris Colonna graduated from WKU as the Ogden Foundation Scholar, the highest academic honor at WKU.

May 11th, 2011

May 2nd, 2011

Three students from The Carol Martin Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science in Kentucky at WKU have been selected for the National Security Language Initiative for Youth (NSLI-Y) scholarship for the summer.

Apr 13th, 2011

Three WKU students have been recognized by the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Program.

Apr 12th, 2011

Alcohol awareness charity, Drinkaware supports findings of British Medical Journal that drinking too much alcohol can have a range of detrimental effects on people's health.

Apr 12th, 2011

Teen drivers are involved in fatal crashes at four times the rate of adults. This study identifies that seventy-five percent of these crashes were due a critical teen driver error, with three common errors accounting for nearly half of all serious crashes

Apr 8th, 2011

The American Public Health Association (APHA) serves as the organizer of National Public Health Week and develops a national campaign to educate the public, policy makers and practitioners about issues related to the theme. This year's theme, Safety is N

Apr 8th, 2011

And though that sounds like cause for celebration, here's the more depressing side of those statistics: Teen pregnancy rates here are as much as nine times higher than in other developed countries, according to the latest CDC Vital Signs report.

Apr 6th, 2011

A simulated car game driving experience teaches students about the consequences of distracted driving. Michael Perel, former National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Human Factors Division chief, was so impressed with the display that he introduced

Apr 6th, 2011

USDA research indicates that the pathogen-monitoring procedures used in the United States today are adequate for evaluating the safety of imported beef trim.

Apr 4th, 2011

Allie Surina, Will Meredith and J.P. Stovall, all students in the WKU Honors College and the Chinese Flagship Program, will travel to China for 7-10 weeks of intensive language instruction.

Mar 30th, 2011

If you want to increase your chances of losing weight, reduce your stress level and get adequate sleep. A new Kaiser Permanente study found that people trying to lose at least 10 pounds were more likely to reach that goal if they had lower stress levels a

Mar 30th, 2011

A new study by Rochester Institute of Technology is one of the first to analyze how new-media technology, including the Internet and smartphones, are changing college students' eating habits and their relationship to food. Findings indicate that individu

Mar 29th, 2011

WKU graduate Dunja Zdero of Louisville began her placement as an English teaching assistant (ETA) in Brazil at the end of February.

Mar 24th, 2011

Vanderbilt researchers are studying heavy users of marijuana to help understand what exercise does for the brain, contributing to a field of research that uses exercise as a modality for prevention and treatment.

Mar 24th, 2011

TOKYO, Mar. 24, 2011 (Reuters) - Workers battled to staunch radiation leaks at a Japanese nuclear plant on Thursday, almost two weeks after it was disabled by an earthquake and tsunami, but some experts saw signs the crisis was being brought under control

Mar 21st, 2011

The Kentucky Political Science Association (KPSA) celebrated its 50th Anniversary with an annual two day conference at Western Kentucky University March 4-5. Political Science faculty, undergraduate and graduate students from across the state and region

Mar 18th, 2011

ScienceDaily (Mar. 17, 2011) - Researchers working in a research project within the Academy of Finland's Research Programme on Substance Use and Addictions have been developing a targeted drug that could aid in smoking reduction therapy. The new drug slo