January 17, 2014
RICHLAND, Wash. – The community is invited to see how a former retail building has been transformed into a state-of-the art nursing education facility at 11 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 23.
Press Releases
January 17, 2014
By Linda Weiford, WSU News
PULLMAN, Wash. – The Chinese Year of the Snake ended in 2013, but judging by all the tail swishing it shaped up to be the Year of the Cat.
January 17, 2014
PULLMAN, Wash. – Washington State University Performing Arts invites area community members to audition for a part in “Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead,” by Tom Stoppard and directed by Benjamin Gonzales. Performances are scheduled for April 4, 5, 11 and 12 at WSU’s Jones Theatre.
January 16, 2014
PULLMAN, Wash. – New this spring, the Washington State University planetarium will offer a series of public presentations that explore the stories and science behind the stars. Tickets cost $10; they are $7 for students if purchased in advance.
More Press Releases
January 16, 2014
PULLMAN, Wash. – Scott E. Carson, Washington State University alumnus and retired Boeing executive, has been appointed to a second term on the WSU Board of Regents. Washington Gov. Jay Inslee Tuesday finalized the appointment, which lasts through Sept. 30, 2019.
January 16, 2014
PULLMAN, Wash. – The Gender Identity/Expression and Sexual Orientation Resource Center (GIESORC) is celebrating 20 years as a valuable resource and advocate for the Washington State University LGBT community.
January 15, 2014
PULLMAN, Wash. – A nationally traveling exhibition of works by artists with developmental disabilities will be presented free to the public Jan. 23-April 5 at the Museum of Art/WSU. Hours are 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Saturday; open until 7 p.m. Thursday.
January 14, 2014
By Rachel Webber, College of Agricultural, Human & Natural Resource Sciences
PROSSER, Wash. – All that cold and nothing to show for it. Despite the bitter chill of early December, a lack of precipitation and bad timing have left the mountains low on snow for the start of 2014.
January 14, 2014
By Tina Hilding, College of Engineering and Architecture
PULLMAN, Wash. – John Schneider has been named associate dean for undergraduate programs and student services for the College of Engineering and Architecture at Washington State University.
January 14, 2014
By Nella Letizia, WSU Libraries
PULLMAN, Wash. – As Washington State University classes resume this week, Erica Nicol has just the remedy for new and returning students who get the heebie-jeebies just opening the doors to campus libraries.
January 14, 2014
PULLMAN, Wash. – The faculty jazz combo Jazz Northwest will present a concert at 8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 24, in Kimbrough Concert Hall at Washington State University, part of the School of Music Faculty Artist Series.
January 14, 2014
PULLMAN, Wash. – A genetically engineered apple that doesn’t brown after it is cut has received media attention recently. Meanwhile, Washington State University’s recently released apple variety, WA 38, also is extremely slow to brown – and it was developed with conventional breeding techniques used for millennia.
January 14, 2014
By Lorraine Nelson, College of Pharmacy
SPOKANE, Wash. – After receiving training from a Washington State University professor and in collaboration with a local physician, pharmacists at eight Albertsons/Sav-on pharmacies in the Spokane area have begun testing for and treating strep throat.
January 14, 2014
PULLMAN, Wash. – Leaders from two prestigious laboratories in the United States are finalists in Washington State University’s search for a new vice president for research.
January 13, 2014
PULLMAN, Wash. – Washington State University and Pullman community members are invited to learn about health insurance options 7-9 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 28, in the CUB junior ballroom.
January 13, 2014
By Linda Weiford, WSU News
PULLMAN, Wash. – Owls, like most creatures, “sometimes just hit the road and go,” said raptor expert Erik Stauber, a retired wildlife veterinary professor from Washington State University. So when he spotted an odd looking bird perched on a bare tree near a Moscow, Idaho, shopping mall, he suspected it was a rare visitor from a faraway land.
January 13, 2014
By Robert Strenge, WSU News
PULLMAN, Wash. – With spring semester classes resuming this week amid reports of increasing influenza activity across the country, health officials at Washington State University are urging returning students to practice good health habits and get a seasonal flu vaccination.
January 10, 2014
SPOKANE, Wash. – An app to reduce the impact of fatigue on police officers and improve safety will be presented at a White House innovation conference Tuesday, Jan. 14, by Bryan Vila, Washington State University Spokane professor of criminal justice and criminology.
January 9, 2014
By Adriana Aumen, College of Arts and Sciences
PULLMAN, Wash. – Recent discoveries in neuroscience are challenging long-held beliefs about conscious decision making or “free will.” Alfred Mele, an expert in action theory, will examine this critical intersection of science and philosophy in two free public events Jan. 23-24, at Washington State University Pullman.
January 9, 2014
By Nella Letizia, WSU Libraries
PULLMAN, Wash. – Kaylin Wells has sketched and doodled as long as she can remember. Her primary subject – horses – galloped surreptitiously across class notes, book margins and scraps of paper at school.