WKU News

Jun 25th, 2024

MI2, in partnership with Louisville-based innovation studio Render, launched a search for pilot ready innovations addressing challenges in the metals industry on June 17.

Jun 25th, 2024

The Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science in Kentucky recently recognized 26 educators from across the Commonwealth for their support of high ability students. The educators were recognized at the program’s May 4 Commencement in Van Meter Hall.

Jun 24th, 2024

Mykah Carden's journey from the Gatton Academy to the Mahurin Honors College is inspiring. As a Goldwater Scholar, her groundbreaking research in karst and hydrology showcases her passion for geology. She aims to inspire and educate as a future professor.

Jun 21st, 2024

Friday, June 21, 2024 – Staff members from The Center for Gifted Studies at Western Kentucky University presented at the thirteenth Wallace Research Symposium on Talent Development.

Jun 20th, 2024

This month’s member spotlight is on Mrs. Breanna Stephens, HR Consultant with B. Stephens HR located out of the WKU Innovation Campus.

Jun 18th, 2024

WKU Libraries is proud to announce that The Commons at Helm Library has been honored with the 2024 ALA/IIDA International Interior Design Association award for Outstanding Historic Renovation Project.

Jun 17th, 2024

Om Patel, Gatton Academy and Breckinridge County High School Class of 2024 graduate, has received the nationally competitive Gates Scholarship.

Jun 14th, 2024

Jun 14th, 2024

On June 7-9, Philosophy major Ethan Huffaker presented a co-authored paper, “Close Reconstruction of Proofs in the Quantificational Logic of Principia Mathematica” at the Bertrand Russell Society’s 51st annual meeting in Amherst, NY.

Jun 13th, 2024

Jun 12th, 2024

Dr. Özkan Özer, an Associate Professor in WKU's Department of Mathematics, was awarded a Fulbright U.S. Research Scholar award to represent Western Kentucky University in France beginning this fall.

Jun 11th, 2024

Jun 10th, 2024

Student from WKU selected for the Tennessee Hospital Association’s Agenda 21 Internship Program. Maya Clinton is one of 14 students participating in a 12-week learning experience for qualified graduate students from minority and underrepresented groups.

Jun 10th, 2024

Summertime means that Gatton Academy students are ready to make the most of the season, engaging in STEM opportunities, study abroad, and other academic pursuits.

Jun 10th, 2024

Two WKU students were awarded the Freeman Award for Study in Asia (Freeman-ASIA), and three additional students were awarded Phi Kappa Phi Study Abroad Grants.

Jun 10th, 2024

Big News here at the Western Kentucky University Innovation Campus. We are excited to expand our relationship with Holley and for the future of this Bowling Green headquartered leader in the automotive space.

Jun 10th, 2024

June 10, 2024 (Bowling Green, KY) -- The Center for Gifted Studies at WKU is hosting 130 campers for the 42nd annual Summer Camp for Academically Talented Middle School Students (SCATS). Camp will run from June 2 to 14.

Jun 10th, 2024

Lilian Branch from Chattanooga, TN, is studying Chinese and Molecular Biotechnology at WKU. This summer, she’s in Taiwan with the Critical Language Scholarship, enhancing her language skills and cultural understanding.

Jun 7th, 2024

The University of Iowa and Western Kentucky University collaborated to build the first-ever digital map and data table for Principia Mathematica—a monumental work in the philosophies of mathematics and logic.

Jun 7th, 2024

Western Kentucky University senior Rhiannon Johnston won the Hearst Journalism Awards Program’s 2024 National Multimedia Championship this week in San Francisco, California.