WSU Vancouver will open its doors to the community for the Third Annual Research Showcase from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 20. The event, which is free and open to the public, will take place in Student Services Building room 129.
The Showcase is an opportunity to view and discuss the exciting and creative research conducted by faculty and students at WSU Vancouver. The event highlights excellence in faculty, graduate and undergraduate research in all disciplines on the WSU Vancouver campus.
WSU Vancouver students, faculty, staff, alumni and the wider community are invited to engage with the researchers. Students and faculty will display their research in the form of posters, multimedia installations and other exhibits and topics including research on sex differences in pain, debugging computer code, media presentations of war and student photography and prints.
The Showcase will include two keynote presentations focusing on global change in a local context. Clare Wilkinson-Weber, assistant professor of Anthropology, will present, “The lines, the wigs, and the wardrobes: studying the production of costume and look in Indian and American cinema.” Brian Tissot, associate professor of Environmental Science, will present “Global status of fishing and fishery management: lessons for the Pacific NW.” The presentations will start at 4 p.m. in Student Services Building room 110.
For more information, visit http://www.vancouver.wsu.edu/research/, or contact the WSU Vancouver Office of Research and Graduate Education at (360) 546-9726.
WSU Vancouver is located at 14204 N.E. Salmon Creek Ave., east of the 134th Street exit from either I-5 or I-205. Parking rules are enforced Monday through Friday, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Parking is available in the blue lot for $2.00 or at parking meters.
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