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Through the duration of Phases 2 and 3 of the state’s Safe Start Washington plan, WSU employees who can telework without hampering essential operations should continue to do so.

Swanger, founding director of the WSU Granger Cobb Institute for Senior Living, will join a panel of experts to present “Safeguarding Residents and Caregivers During COVID‑19″ on Wednesday, June 3, at 11 a.m.

Denouncing racial violence and the ugliness of historic, systemic inequality, President Kirk Schulz and the university’s executive leadership pledged greater accountability in confronting racial and social justice failures.

The University Fiscal Health Advisory Committee – tasked by WSU President Kirk Schulz to look at ways to improve the university’s financial wellbeing – has compiled a list of recommendations in its final report issued last month.

Brian McNeill, a professor of education and a founding member of the Chicanx Latinx Faculty Staff Association, said his supportive colleagues and a passion for his work keep him going strong as he enters his 30th year at WSU.

Washington State University’s Eggert Family Organic Farm will host weekly public produce sales every Friday afternoon between 3–6 p.m. beginning June 5 and continuing through October.

Abstracts of research and creative work submitted by faculty, staff and graduate students for the poster sessions have been made available in a searchable format on the Showcase website.

Pat Carter was named the 2019-2020 Outstanding School Director for his work leading the School of Biological Sciences. Carter’s research focuses on evolutionary genetics and physiology and he enjoys supporting the research mission of faculty and graduate students.

The Washington State University College of Education kinesiology faculty has recognized its 2019-2020 outstanding students.

Among other things, WSU will use a phone app to help with critically important contact tracing in the event of positive COVID-19 tests involving students, faculty or staff this fall, WSU President Kirk Schulz announced Friday during the university’s fifth online town hall.

The Africa Center of Excellence for Innovative and Transformative STEM Education is composed of prolific scholars from around the world and is tasked with providing research direction for training the next generation of STEM education across Africa.

Amit Dhingra sees leading Washington State University’s Department of Horticulture as an opportunity to give back. Dhingra, a WSU professor of 14 years, starts his two-year term July 1.

Faculty can request a Kanopy film by filling out a purchase request form for any title they plan to use in class or for educational purposes.

Washington State University has launched CougsWork, a series of free webinars designed to help members of Washington’s workforce accelerate their careers and achieve professional success.

The challenges are slightly more complex, but Bryan Slinker’s academic career is concluding much like it started: working long hours in pursuit of success.

The $2.85 million National Science Foundation grant will be used to develop curriculum and hands‑on projects that use geospatial technologies to improve STEM literacy.