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A person in a black kayak with a red helmet and life vest paddles through a river, splashing water as they navigate the current. A person in a black kayak with a red helmet and life vest paddles through a river, splashing water as they navigate the current.

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Water Works

How Western students helped build a whitewater park, launched a festival, and made the case for the value of river recreation For years, the...

October 6, 2026
A group of river rescuers in safety gear stand on rocky riverbank, with one person gesturing toward the water as they prepare for a rescue drill.

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Dispatch from the Yampa Canyon

For generations, people have come to the Yampa looking for something. On a weeklong journey through Dinosaur National Monument, Western students discovered what the...

October 5, 2026
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The Good Life, Applied

Students in Western’s philosophy program have spent years asking the big questions. A new master’s degree will ask them to do something with the...

September 29, 2026
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University Updates Fall ‘26

Western Names Pavel Cenkl as New Provost Western named Dr. Pavel Cenkl Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs in May. Cenkl brings more...

September 24, 2026
Dr. Suzanne Taylor and student Zeth Palmer work together to figure out the placement of a telescope to take the picture they want of the night sky at the Gunnison Valley Observatory. Dr. Suzanne Taylor and student Zeth Palmer work together to figure out the placement of a telescope to take the picture they want of the night sky at the Gunnison Valley Observatory.

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Charting New Worlds

Dr. Suzanne Taylor’s quest to find new worlds in the final frontier. There might be as many as 400 billion stars in our galaxy....

November 20, 2024
A group of people stand in a verdant green field at the beginning of summer A group of people stand in a verdant green field at the beginning of summer

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Rooting for the Planet

Wynn Martens grew up connected to the land. On her ​family’s​ Monument Divide ranch northeast of Colorado Springs, miles of shortgrass prairie rolled out...

October 11, 2024
Students use torches to light kerosene soaked cotton balls during the lighting of the W Homecoming tradition. Students use torches to light kerosene soaked cotton balls during the lighting of the W Homecoming tradition.

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Keepers of the Flame

The Western Mountain Rescue Team carries on a Homecoming tradition For years, on the Friday night of Western’s Homecoming weekend, the Western Mountain Rescue...

October 11, 2024
A student takes the blood pressure of a community member as part of Western's Wellness Elevated program. A student takes the blood pressure of a community member as part of Western's Wellness Elevated program.

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Training ‘Unicorns’

Western plans program focused on rural nursing On a nondescript Tuesday in the med-surg unit at Gunnison Valley Hospital (GVH), things are pretty quiet....

April 9, 2024
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