University Affairs
February 21, 2020
Forty‑seven WSU faculty members were granted tenure this year while dozens more across the system received promotions, according to the Office of the Provost.
News and information for faculty, staff, and the WSU Community
University Affairs
February 21, 2020
Latinx feminist mental health activist Dior Vargas will bring a message of hope and encouragement to what she calls the ‘invisible’ populations during her first‑ever trip to the Palouse region.
February 20, 2020
Certificate programs are helping Pam Martin prepare for her goal of using her nurse practitioner education to help ease suffering around the world.
February 19, 2020
Early calendars were on the right track when it came to charting Earth’s orbit around the sun, but when Rome resolved to create a more reliable version, it was the famed mathematicians and astronomers of Greece who delivered the ancient fix.
Upcoming events
January 14 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
February 22 8:30 am - 11:30 am
February 26 3:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Campus and Community
February 21, 2020
Entries will be accepted through March 29. Visit the library guide website to register and for more information. Participants can register individually or as a group. Entry rules are simple: Submissions must be made from edible materials and somehow relate to a book.
February 21, 2020
Presented annually since 2013, the Law Award recognizes outstanding teaching by faculty on all campuses who teach courses in the University Common Requirements curriculum.
February 20, 2020
A news report uses Chancellor Dave Cillay’s promotion to illustrate the growing importance universities are putting on online education.
February 20, 2020
Award-winning poet Jericho Brown will visit Pullman on Feb. 27 as a guest of the WSU Visiting Writer Series. Brown is an associate professor and director of the Creative Writing Program at Emory University in Atlanta.
Science & Technology
February 18, 2020
Their work could address a major safety issue with lithium metal batteries – an innovation that could make high-energy batteries more viable for next-generation energy storage.
February 17, 2020
To help create more corridors for wildlife movement, a team led by a WSU graduate student has developed a way to map not only the vegetation but also the types of legal authority governing the landscape.
February 12, 2020
Butterfly enthusiasts can help monarch conservation efforts by reporting migratory butterfly sightings in California during the Western Monarch Mystery Challenge from Feb. 14–April 22.
February 10, 2020
WSU researchers in Tanzania can now determine if a dog was vaccinated for the rabies virus with a cellphone camera image.
Food & Agriculture
February 12, 2020
WSU will celebrate the grand opening of its new Honey Bee & Pollinator Research, Extension, and Education Facility on March 6 with a ribbon cutting and tours of the facility.
February 7, 2020
The goal of the $12.8 million project is to reveal genes and valuable traits of the popular fruits that could help growers develop new and tastier varieties.
January 31, 2020
Despite the perception that wild birds in farm fields can cause food-borne illness, a WSU study has found little evidence linking birds to E. coli, Salmonella and Campylobacter outbreaks.
January 29, 2020
Tiny, symbiotic fungi play an outsized role in helping plants survive stresses like drought and extreme temperatures, which could help feed a planet experiencing climate change, report WSU scientists.
Health & Medicine
February 21, 2020
The Empire Health Foundation is supporting WSU Health Sciences in its ongoing efforts to increase the number of Natives in health education and health care practice.
February 5, 2020
Increasing access to primary care doctors by just one doctor per 10,000 people results in lower mortality for all causes of death in Washington, according to the report by researchers at the Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine.
February 4, 2020
The number of people who use marijuana daily is on the rise. This upward trend also holds up in women who are pregnant or breastfeeding, despite evidence that using marijuana could harm their babies.
February 3, 2020
A patient who needs language services has to navigate through one to four web pages in English to find information on such services at most hospitals in Washington, according to a new study by WSU College of Nursing researchers.
Announcements
February 21, 2020
Dr. Ray Dixon, Professor, Fellow of the Royal Society, Co-Director, JIC-CAS Centre of Excellence for Plant and Microbial Science, John Innes Centre, Norwich, UK, will be presenting the seminar entitled “Hierarchical regulation of nitrogen fixation in bacteria that associate with plants” on Monday, February 24, Biotechnology Life Sciences 402, 2:30 – 3:30 p.m.
February 21, 2020
Join the Office of Research on Monday, February 24, at 10 a.m. for a presentation by Scott Beal of the Consortium Research and Fellowship program.
February 21, 2020
The Office of Outreach and Education is hiring Social Justice Peer Educators for Fall 2020 at the WSU Pullman campus. Applications will be open Feb. 19 – April 1 and can be accessed at this link.
February 21, 2020
Do you need help with yard work, heavy lifting or moving? Rent-a-Rower is back this spring! The rowers will be available on March 7 and 8. This is a great opportunity to get a jump on spring cleaning!