Artwork by a famous surrealist painter has landed in the fine arts center. Two Salvador Dali prints have been given to the department of modern languages by an anonymous donor. The prints were donated in memory of Carol Brown, former department head of modern languages from 1965-1989, Potter College Dean David Lee said.

What do Western’s forensics team and the hit TV show “C.S.I.” have in common? Absolutely nothing, said Judy Woodring, director of the forensics team. But Woodring still finds herself explaining the differences between the fictional show and Western’s champion team.

Time is essential when severe weather happens. Tornados move an average of 30 miles per hour, giving people little time to seek shelter. Now Western is helping alert people across the state faster with a new weather network. The Mesoscale Network, or Mesonet, will be a string of nearly 100 automatic climate-monitoring stations scattered evenly across Kentucky, which will send its data back to Western for students and others to use, said state climatologist Stuart Foster, director of the Kentucky Climate Center at Western.

Like mosquitoes to a bug zapper, psychology students from across the country are being lured to Western this summer thanks to a research seminar. Western’s psychology department will hold an eight-week program called Research Experiences for Undergraduates beginning in June.