January 26, 2021
Four of the nation’s leading experts on constitutional democracy will discuss current crises in the U.S. and abroad in a series of free, online events beginning Wednesday, Feb. 16.
Politics & Society
January 25, 2021
In a cross-cultural analysis, WSU researchers found several factors may have played a role in building the mutually beneficial relationship between humans and dogs, including temperature, hunting and surprisingly—gender.
January 14, 2021
The events will span several months and feature authors, songwriters, rappers, visual artists and films. The full list of events can be viewed at the MLK Program website.
December 18, 2020
Why and when students-athletes use social media, rather than how much, has a greater influence on their mental health, according to one of the first wide-scale surveys of social media engagement and well-being in college athletes.
More Politics & Society
December 14, 2020
The more people rely on social media as their main news source the more likely they are to believe misinformation about the pandemic, according to a recent WSU study.
December 1, 2020
States with high rates of high school football participation and strong college conferences, in particular the Southeastern Conference, were among the last to take up regulations on youth concussions, according to a recent study.
November 9, 2020
Join some of America’s top political scientists and scholars as they analyze the results of the 2020 presidential election at noon on Tuesday, Nov. 10.
November 4, 2020
Reports of racial discrimination against Asians and Asian Americans have increased since the COVID‑19 pandemic hit the United States, coinciding with an increase in reported negative health symptoms.
October 22, 2020
A team led by WSU researcher Paul Bolls will test prospective voters’ emotional responses during the final presidential debate on Oct. 22.
October 21, 2020
Student leaders are stepping‑up their creativity on social media to engage students in what some are calling the election of a lifetime.
October 19, 2020
The circumstances brought by COVID‑19 demonstrated why it is essential for universities to support online access to scholarly materials without the barriers often posed by cost and inadequate web accessibility.
October 8, 2020
States may want to consider the proximity of cannabis retailers and cannabis advertising to neighborhoods to prevent underage use of the drug, according to new WSU research.
October 5, 2020
A study found that a brief social belonging intervention boosts the performance and persistence of students who speak English as a second language in STEM disciplines.
September 30, 2020
Organized by the Undocumented Initiatives Program in the Division of Student Affairs, the event was attended by over 40 officials from all WSU campuses. the University of Idaho and the University of Washington.
September 15, 2020
WSU researchers found that private prisons lead to an average increase of 178 new prisoners per million population per year.
September 15, 2020
By sharing the 12,500 photos in the Irwin Nash Images of Migrant Labor Digital Collection, WSU libraries staff hope to shed new light on the history of Washington’s largest minority.
September 14, 2020
More candidates may be shifting primarily to social media to advertise rather than TV, according to a 2018 study of advertising trends.
September 14, 2020
The annual WSU Libraries’ event will be held on Zoom this year. Organized by Social Sciences and Government Information Librarian Lorena O’English, the event celebrates the signing of the Constitution in 1787.
September 9, 2020
WSU students and college students from around the region are invited to tackle the challenge of improving affordable housing in the United States as part of the Hack‑A‑House competition.
August 26, 2020
The social anxiety that other people are having fun without you is more associated with loneliness, low self-esteem and low self-compassion than with age, according to new WSU research.