Mold is a fickle fungus that WCU has battled with. Hunter Library had a mold growth issue, and many infected books were thrown away. The CAT studios were cleaned for mold on March 15 after two years. Dehumidifiers are in many school buildings, to prevent mold growth. I wanted to know more about the science […]
WCU vs. mold … and the mold is winning
March 9, 2023 by
Mold is a problem at Western Carolina University. After our story about it in the Hunter Library that took 10 months to clean, we are finding some more buildings with similar issues that have been growing mold for longer than two years. The TV and recording studios are on the first level of the Center […]
Mold outbreak in Hunter Library finally under control
February 17, 2023 by
Version of story originally published in print for the Western Carolinian. Mold is not an unusual thing and as WCU Faculties manager, Joe Walker says it is a naturally occurring process. For the Hunter Library it was a ten-month clean-up project and over 15.000 bound journals tossed in the big dumpster at the back of […]
Bird collisions happening around WCU campus
November 27, 2022 by
Version of the story was originally published in the Western Carolinian. Dead birds are found throughout campus but who or what is to blame? WCU’s newest and most transparent building, Apodaca, has been linked to the death of close to 60 documented birds this fall. Bird collisions and how many The American Bird Conservancy has […]
‘Cooking’ up the future of biotechnology
May 10, 2022 by
Apadaca’s 353 chemistry lab is home to lots of research equipment, chemical substances along with hardworking students and faculty. Dr. Channa De Silva, chemistry professor, is the faculty advisor for one section of lab. The focus is on nanotechnology. What is nanotechnology? As De Silva explains, nanotechnology is not new but today its applications can bring […]
What’s brewing on WCU’s campus?
May 6, 2022 by
Western Carolina students are crafting happy hour into the hoppy semester with the evaluation and experimentation of homebrewing in class. Sean O’Connell, microbiology professor and mentor at WCU for 21 years, is teaching students the process of crafting their own beers, ales, malts, and more. Students were put to the test by crafting their own […]
