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Stories in this issue

Linked through Language

Linguistics Professor Edward Vajda finds clues to ancient North American migrations in a tiny Siberian village

Bringing Them Home

Anthropology alum Bill Belcher helps lead the militaty's massive effort to find and identify thousands of POW/MIAs

More than words

Graduate students at Western's Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic help children and adults overcome communication problems

Lovers of the Light

Western Biology professor's website shows the stunning diversity of moths in the PNW

Voice with Passion

Famed soprano Heidi Grant Murphy blends the notes of performance, teaching and family

Building Beautiful Music

Millions of gorgeous guitars get their start in Steve McMinn's mill in the Cascade foothills

Picture-Perfect Medicine

Industrial designer Jeremiah Welch ('08) helped build a telepharmacy system that could reduce costs and improve safety

DIY Elegance

Event planner-alum's own hand-crafted nuptials appear in Martha Stewart Weddings magazine

The Wild Side of Orientation

Physics' Ken Rines studies the growth of the biggest galaxies in the universe

Biologist's research warns of the growing global impacts of extinction

Chemistry research highlights sustainability

Grant funds Woodring collaboration with Skagit County school

Adversity strengthens new Western hoops coach