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Former President of Ireland Mary Robinson speaking at the Intermountain Sustainability Summit at Weber State University on Friday, March 17. (Signpost Archives)

Weber State’s steps toward a green future

J. Michael Bailey October 13, 2017

Though scientific studies and immense catalogs of data have been collected to support claims acknowledging climate change as a real and pressing danger to our environment, the validity of climate change...

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Hurricanes mark a change in global climate

J. Michael Bailey September 22, 2017

For the very first time in recorded history, three category four and higher hurricanes have battered U.S. cities and coastlines in a single season. Hurricane Harvey dropped 50 inches of rain on residents...

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Linguists seek to revitalize dying languages

J. Michael Bailey September 15, 2017

The Weber State University linguistics department will host a lecture series focused on identifying, revitalizing and documenting languages at risk of extinction. The general series, called Language Matters,...

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Weber State professor makes astronomical impact

J. Michael Bailey September 8, 2017

Weber State Physics professor and astronomy enthusiast Dr. Stacy Palen has been busy lately with a TEDx appearance, a speech at Astrocon 2017 and a featured spot in a astronomy documentary. Dr....

Stacy Palen is the director of the WSU Ott Planetarium. Photo credit: Zachary Williams

Eclipse across America: The astronomical event of the decade

J. Michael Bailey August 18, 2017

The eclipse, which was branded by NASA as the "Eclipse Across America," was the first of its kind since 1918 and something we will not see the likes of for decades to come. Passing over the U.S. on Aug....

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