Analysis: no systematic agency bias in Washington State Patrol traffic stops
WSU researchers found no evidence for intentional, agency-level racial bias in an analysis of five years of traffic stops conducted by the Washington State Patrol.
Campus & Community
Schulz’s host holiday open houses Dec. 15, 16
The holiday open house is back for the first time since the COVID‑19 pandemic. President Kirk Schulz and First Lady Noel Schulz are hosting the seasonal gathering at the President’s House on the Pullman campus.
Elizabeth Chilton’s transition to Pullman chancellor effective Jan. 1
Chilton will take on more of the operational leadership responsibilities for the campus which will allow President Kirk Schulz more time to meet with donors and legislators to advocate for WSU.
WSU and PNNL host joint seminar series to foster research collaboration
The Discuss, Discourse, Disseminate with Data joint seminar series will kick off at noon on Wednesday, Dec. 1 via Microsoft Teams.
Presentation explores data disasters
WSU Libraries’ new science librarian Emily Cukier will give a presentation titled “Data Disasters: Lessons from Notorious Mistakes in Spreadsheet History,” at 1:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 3, in Spark 212.
Science & Technology
NSF grant tackles Arctic data problem
A $1.25 million National Science Foundation grant will spur development of a platform to help researchers better manage data about the vast and poorly understood Arctic.
WSU joins Northwest Quantum Nexus
The regional coalition of organizations are developing hardware and software for quantum computing devices, evaluating new quantum-enabled materials, and creating curriculum for students.
National Science Foundation grant will develop better data compression for scientists
WSU scientists are working on a computing framework to help better manage the large-scale data challenges that are used in everything from climate change and cosmology research to disease treatments.
Students demonstrate moon dust-cleaning project at NASA event
The team built and demonstrated a prototype to clean lunar dust from spacesuits—and will have a chance to show it to NASA at the Breakthrough, Innovative and Game-changing Idea Challenge.