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Along the Pacific coast, the U.S.’ fledgling seaweed industry seeks profit in biofuels, greener cattle forage and, just maybe, a place at the American dinner table.
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  • Research Notes
During the summer of 2024, the Lane Center sponsored 21 undergraduate research assistants who worked full-time on projects related to the American West's land, water, politics, culture, art, and natural resources.
  • Research Notes
In a research project for the Bill Lane Center for the American West, Grace Carroll and Kyleigh McPeek interviewed dozens of sources including scholars, journalists, and relatives of victims to find out how true crime media impacts the crimes they…

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  • Journalism Fellows
  • Rural West
  • Topics of the West
On NPR's Morning Edition, our 2023 Western Media Fellow Brandon Kapelow reports on a community-based suicide prevention program in the remote Alaskan city of Hooper Bay.
  • Out West student blog
What can you do with just a few hours in Yosemite? Kylie Creighton isn't sure; a whole summer wasn't enough for her.
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