Following are links to several recent media articles regarding WSU faculty and staff, as well as items of general interest in higher education news. To see a full article, just click on the corresponding live URL link.
- Seattle Times — Washington State’s new president has university changing course. Washington Voices: Editorial views from across the state, http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2003872508_guestedits07.html
- Seattle Times — Sophisticated Cougs: WSU’s efforts to recruit and keep more minority students have grown in sophistication and success, http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/editorialsopinion/2003872511_cougsed07.html
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer — WSU, enviros teeing off over water rights; an editorial by WSU professor Chuck Pezeshki, http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/330399_golfcourse06.html?source=rss
- KVEW-TV — WSU President Impressed With Growth Elson Floyd Says Bigger Things To Come, http://www.kvewtv.com/news/?sect_rank=1§ion_id=1&story_id=3238
- Chronicle of Higher Education — Little changes in spending on earmarks for research, http://chronicle.com/daily/2007/09/2007090604n.htm?=attn
- Moscow Daily News — (SUBSCRIPTION REQUIRED) Bernardo Gallegos harassment lawsuit settled; WSU pays doctoral candidate and her attorney $162,500 in 2005 sexual harassment case, http://www.dnews.com/story/local/22537
- ABC News — Americans Sacrifice Sleep for Leisure Activities: Longer Work Hours Mean Sleep Deprivation for Many. Features comments by Gregory Belenky, director of the Sleep and Performance Research Center, WSU Spokane, http://www.abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=3541340&page=1
- Scientific American — Bio-alarm clocks set for perfect wake-up, comments from Gregory Belenky, http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?alias=bio-alarm-clocks-set-for&chanId=sa003&modsrc=reuters
- Lewiston Tribune (requires subscription) — Water-use issues on course are of particular concern, http://www.lmtribune.com/archived-story/Northwest/358374/
- Olympian — WSU’s new leader to boost its strengths, http://www.theolympian.com/opinion/story/203272.html
- Telegraph (UK) — Life on Mars? Scientists found life on Mars back in the 70s, see http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/08/23/scimars123.xml;
- Fox News — Claim of Martian Life Called ‘Bogus,’ http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,294325,00.html
- Chronicle of Higher Education — ACT scores — again — show students unprepared for college, http://chronicle.com/daily/2007/08/2007081503n.htm?=attn
