Events

The Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Summit will provide an opportunity for participants systemwide to establish partnerships to dismantle institutional injustices. The summit will take place tomorrow from 1–3 p.m.

The expo is the nation’s largest consumer sewing show and will take place virtually from Feb. 24–28.

Keane’s testimony will support the need for continued funding of public research universities and a new National Science Foundation postdoctoral fellowship program to assist early-career researchers.

Jackson, the Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of English at Vanderbilt University, joins WSU’s Visiting Writers Series for a virtual reading of his work at 7 p.m. on Monday.

Hospitality Week kicks off March 2 and will feature a lineup of virtual events open to the public, including the Bellhop and celebration of new inductees into the SHBM Hall of Fame.

WSU and Ronald E. McNair Achievement Program graduates will talk about their journeys to becoming faculty members at institutions across the country as part of National TRIO Day Celebration.

The WSU Showcase event will be streamed online by Northwest Public Broadcasting at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, March 24.

Georgia Aquarium ecologist Lisa Hoopes will give the Halver Lecture in Comparative Nutrition, hosted by WSU’s Department of Animal Sciences.

The poster sessions give faculty, staff, and graduate and professional students a forum for presenting their research, scholarship, or creative work to the WSU academic community.

The Showcase for Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities will feature virtual presentations this year.

Presenters for the WSU Tri‑Cities series will provide perspectives and strategies for how communities can proactively change statistics and create pathways for successful rehabilitation.

WSU students in science, technology, engineering, and math fields are invited to a virtual fair from 4–5:15 p.m. hosted by the Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participants and Team Mentoring Program.

The Washington Small Business Development Center is hosting an online symposium to celebrate, educate, inspire, and normalize Black-Owned Business Excellence across the state.

The event, which takes place from 4–5:30 p.m. online, will also provide a glimpse into a new Hanford Histories Book. Both the book and event parallel themes in this year’s WSU Common Reading book, “Born A Crime.”

Students’ applications and judges’ sign‑ups are now open online for the ninth Showcase for Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities which will take place on March 29.

The annual science communication conference is taking place virtually March 24–26. Register at early-bird rates until Jan. 31.