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News & Features

Now Accepting Applications for 2027 James W. Scott Fellowship

Exterior of the Goltz-Murray Archives Building

Applications due by January 31, 2027.

News

Is the dark getting you down?

A smiling cartoon brain holding a book and sitting near a portable happy light surrounded by books.

Check out a happy light!

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Wilson Library accessible entrance nears completion

Rendering of the new entrance to Wilson Library showing both the new stairs and the new ramp

New ramp will improve accessibility

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What is happening in Bellingham?

Front page of the Bham herald from October 1926; Officers open fire on Booze car

Access local news with your Western ID

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Meet the new CEDAR

Light shining through trees on the Old Main Lawn at golden hour in the summer

CEDAR has a new look and feel.

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Western Libraries’ Charles Asher receives Grants for Artist Projects award

Charles Asher standing in front of a red-hulled fishing boat.

Funds are given to 65 artists living and working across Washington state.

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Events & Exhibits

Hard Boiled

A man holds a baby in one arm and a large gun in the other.
Thu Nov. 12
, | Pickford Film Center

See the next film in the Cinema East series!

Creative Writing Workshop

Partial view of two people, side-by-side, each with two arms and hands typing on computer keyboards
Fridays 12 - 1PM
Kitto Graduate Student Hub

Looking for inspiration? Join us!

Creating art from environmental data

Watercolor that tells the story of watersheds fed by North cascade glaciers that flow out of the puget sound
Mon Nov. 16
| Map Collection, WL 290

Featuring Jill Pelto, art director of the North Cascade Glacier Climate Project

Drawn to Nature: Natural History Books from Special Collections

Color illustration of two individuals drawing nature scenes.
May 21, 2026-June 11, 2027
Special Collections | Wilson 6

New exhibition in Special Collections.

Collections