WKU News

Jan 12th, 2023

A unique approach to economic development is happening in Bowling Green, providing talent from all over the world the opportunity to come here to live and work. WKU’s Amy Bingham has more on the CO/CREATE Talent Database.

Jan 12th, 2023

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Jan 12th, 2023

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Jan 12th, 2023

Effective January 1, Med Center Health began management of the WKU Health Services clinic located on the Bowling Green campus of Western Kentucky University.

Jan 11th, 2023

Gatton Academy and Paul G. Blazer High School Senior Hannah Laney was named a Top 300 Scholar in the Regeneron Science Talent Search 2023 Competition.

Jan 11th, 2023

Western Kentucky University’s Resilient Refugee Program, an initiative to serve displaced students in the Bowling Green community, was among the first round of Catalyst Fund awards announced by the National Association of System Heads (NASH).

Jan 9th, 2023

WKU Human Resources welcomes Human Resource Coordinator, Erin Holderman to the team.

Jan 9th, 2023

Two Western Kentucky University photojournalism students placed in the top 10 of the first multimedia competition of the 2022-2023 Hearst Journalism Awards Program.

Jan 6th, 2023

Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science and Greenwood High School senior, Sierra Durkee, has been invited to represent Kentucky at the American Junior Academy of Science after impressing scientists with her research presentation.

Jan 5th, 2023

The very first project for WKU’s newly created Literacy Ambassadors was putting books back into the hands of students whose lives were upended by the December 2021 tornadoes. WKU’s Amy Bingham has the story in this week’s View from the Hill.

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Dec 29th, 2022

For nearly two decades, faculty and students have grown vegetables at the university farm. Now the campus community is benefiting from the fruits of their labor. WKU's Amy Bingham explains in this View from the Hill.

Dec 22nd, 2022

Leave it to a visit from a furry four-legged friend to make a college students’ stress melt away. Since July, WKU’s College of Education and Behavioral Sciences has been home to Chip the therapy dog.

Dec 15th, 2022

WKU’s recently opened Disaster Science Operations Center gives the university a more robust location to operate in emergencies and crisis situations.

Dec 15th, 2022

WKU student Ralphy Gardner of Todd County was named a 2023 Charles B. Rangel International Affairs Graduate Fellow. He is one of 45 fellows selected nationwide and only the third WKU student to earn this honor, the second in two years.

Dec 14th, 2022

Five Western Kentucky University students and two Gatton Academy students ranked in the top tier scorers for research presentations given at the Kentucky Academy of Science’s 2022 Annual Meeting in November.

Dec 14th, 2022

Dec 13th, 2022

Jacob Walterman, Mathematics, has received a $4,000 FUSE grant, “The Transmission Problem of Piezoelectric Layers”, under supervision of Dr. Özer

Dec 9th, 2022

Western Kentucky University recognized fall 2022 graduates in three ceremonies on Friday.