YAKIMA, Wash. – In a project that began with the rural journalism initiative at The Edward R. Murrow College of Communication, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation has awarded a $100,000 grant to help expand Northwest Public Radio’s (NWPR) news coverage in central Washington.
PULLMAN, Wash. – The Edward R. Murrow College of Communication at Washington State University is launching an online M.A. degree in strategic communication with classes to begin in January 2014.
PULLMAN, Wash. – Six original Andy Warhol prints recently were given to the Washington State University Museum of Art from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. They are the largest Warhol prints in the museum’s permanent collection (up to 40 x 40 inches) and depict both mundane and recognizable pop culture references.
PULLMAN, Wash. – Patrons of Washington State University Libraries soon will use a single search box to find journals, books and digitized collections. Users will see other improvements, too, including access to some 9 million titles and 26 million resources from 36 other higher education institutions.
PULLMAN, Wash. – The deadline for nominations for Washington State University’s annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Distinguished Service Awards is Friday, Nov. 22.
By Alyssa Patrick, College of Engineering and Architecture
SPOKANE, Wash. – Crime prevention theories suggest that when a burglar decides to rob a house, he or she chooses a home that gives passers-by a poor view of entry points such as doors, windows and garages.
PULLMAN, Wash. – Washington poet laureate Kathleen Flenniken’s life and work have taken twists and turns since she earned her degree in civil engineering at Washington State University in 1983.
SPOKANE, Wash. – Students in the nutrition/exercise physiology program at Washington State University in Spokane are beginning their annual health and fitness clinic and need 30 volunteers to be their clients.
By Rachel Webber, College of Agricultural, Human and Natural Resource Sciences
PROSSER, Wash. – Although the calendar said September, the stormy weather at the end of last month looked more like November or December.
PULLMAN, Wash. – Rich Koenig of Washington State University is one of 14 soil scientists named 2013 fellows of the Soil Science Society of America (SSSA). Only 0.3 percent of the society’s active and emeritus members are selected for the fellowship.
SPOKANE, Wash. – WSU Spokane students from each of the health disciplines on campus are offering their expertise at free wellness fairs for teachers at 10 schools in the Spokane Public Schools district.
PULLMAN, Wash. – Washington State University’s new visitor center is now open, creating a new front door to the University. WSU leaders, faculty, staff, alumni, friends and members of the surrounding community gathered this morning to formally dedicate the new 4,224-square-foot building. WSU President Elson S. Floyd heralded the new facility as a great partnership between the City of Pullman and the WSU campus.
PULLMAN, Wash.—A nationally prominent sociologist and expert in crime studies will discuss poverty, crime and social structures of American cities and neighborhoods in a free, public presentation on Thursday, Oct. 17, at Washington State University in Pullman.