Spring semester classes at Washington State University begin today (Jan. 12). Next Monday (Jan. 19) will be a university holiday in memory of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. For information regarding related WSU and community events, see https://www.wsu.edu/MLK/events.html
Mathematician Gilbert Strang of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology will deliver the 23rd annual Theodore G. Ostrom Lecture at Washington State University. His lecture, “Fun with Congress, Fun with Pascal,” is slated for 7:30 p.m. Wednesday (Jan. 14) in the Samuel H. Smith Center for Undergraduate Education, Room 202. Strang served as president of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics during 1999 and 2000 and is chair of the U.S. National Committee on Mathematics for 2003-2004. For more information, see https://wsunews.wsu.edu/detail.asp?StoryID=4288
The opening reception for the Washington State University Museum of Art exhibit “3 Degrees of Cool,” will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday (Jan.15) at the WSU Museum of Art. The exhibit, which runs through Feb. 29, is a wide-ranging grouping of 88 contemporary works of art dated 1948-2002 by 23 internationally acclaimed artists. The majority of the artwork in “3 Degrees of Cool” comes from the collection of Virginia and Bagley Wright of Seattle and includes several recent acquisitions, notably, David Hammons’ “High Degree of Cat,” Damien Hirst’s “Beautiful Christmas Morning Constellation” and Andy Warhol’s “Diamond Dust Shoes.” For further details, click on https://www.wsunews.wsu.edu/detail.asp?StoryID=4269
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Two Washington State University experts in food safety and aquaculture say that claims about the dangers from toxins in farm-raised salmon are being exaggerated. Gleyn Bledsoe, associate professor of biological systems engineering, says that while the study comparing toxin levels in wild and farmed salmon identifies contaminants, it doesn’t address associated real risks. Bledsoe said the report shows that farmed salmon remain safe to eat and that contaminants are well below limits established by the World Health Organization, FDA, EPA and European Union. Associate professor and food scientist Barbara Rasco points out that cultured salmon have to meet strict standards for various contaminants and that the study confirms that farmed salmon are well within the FDA and other standards – standards to which wild-caught salmon are not held. Bledsoe is available at 509.335.8167 or 206.612.6980 or gleyn@wsu.edu; Rasco can be reached at 509.335.1858 or rasco@wsu.edu .
