Biology

Mar 18th, 2021

WKU’s Department of Physics & Astronomy will host the 2021 Western Kentucky Physics Olympics as a virtual competition over two Saturday mornings, March 20 and March 27.

Mar 8th, 2021

Matt Parker, known as the Stand-up Mathematician, will present the WKU School of Engineering and Applied Sciences’ spring 2021 Bell Lecture Series on Thursday (March 11).

Feb 16th, 2021

The 40th Annual Mathematics Symposium at Western Kentucky University will be held virtually from 8:15 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday (Feb. 20).

Feb 3rd, 2021

WKU is a 2021 Kentucky Academy of Science (KAS) Enhanced Affiliate and faculty, staff and students may join KAS for free.

Jan 20th, 2021

The 40th Annual Mathematics Symposium at Western Kentucky University will be held virtually from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Feb. 20.

Dec 9th, 2020

In a paper published this month, WKU biology professor Steve Huskey and two colleagues take a bite out of the hypothesis that a large fish species in the Amazon developed specialized scales for protection from piranha bites.

Dec 8th, 2020

It’s game on for researchers in WKU’s Department of Mathematics who have created an artificial intelligence (AI) system for video game genre classification.

Dec 4th, 2020

An article on research conducted at WKU and a photo of a chameleon by University Photographer Clinton Lewis are featured on the cover of the November 2020 issue of the Journal of Experimental Biology.

Dec 2nd, 2020

Dr. Ozkan Ozer, Assistant Professor of Mathematics at WKU, presented a one-hour seminar talk Tuesday to an international organization led by Spanish, French, Chilean and Mexican mathematicians.

Oct 22nd, 2020

WKU civil engineering major Andrew Iglehart has a rock solid research project – concrete. He presented "Low Carbon Content Concrete: A Roman Empire Approach to Concrete" during the inaugural International Conference on Low Carbon Cement and Concrete.