Western Engineering News Today

The Faculty of Engineering at Western has launched its first women-only option for the Advanced Machine Shop Training course.  Created to provide hands-on, technical training, the course offers a women-only section in response to feedback from Women

A new study shows oxygenation levels in the placenta, formed during the last three months of fetal development, are an important predictor of cortical growth (development of the outermost layer of the brain or cerebral cortex) and is likely a predictor of childhood cognition and behavior.

Study: Placental oxygen levels affect fetal brain development, potentially impacting childhood cognition. MRI shows strong connection.

Lincoln County commissioners will meet at 9 a.m. Monday in the commissioners’ room in the North Platte courthouse, with their road-plan hearing set for 10 a.m.

(Shenandoah) -- After considerable discussion, Shenandoahs City Council is chipping in on funding for renovating the Wabash Trace Nature Trail.

Joe Hewgley, Lincoln Countys District 1 commissioner since 1985, was chosen to follow Jerry Woodruff as 2024 County Board chairman. District 3 Commissioner Micaela Wuehler will be vice chairwoman.

Donald J. Arens, age 98, of Yankton, South Dakota, passed away on Friday, January 12, 2024, at Sister James Care Center at Yankton.

A small group of Western Engineering students traveled to Bolivia this year to provide a local community with critical access to schools, farmland and urban amenities. How did they do it? They built a bridge.Members of Western Engineers in Action (WE

Rakhee Patel’s journey to Western Engineering began with a few pieces of coloured plastic.

(Shenandoah) -- Progress is reported on the renaissance of venerable Shenandoah building.