Students support small town with museum dreams
As part of WSU’s Rural Community Design Initiative, students are working with the LaCrosse community on ideas for an Ice Age Floods and Heritage museum at the site of an old gas station.
Politics & Society
Sharing American political and judicial expertise overseas
Recipient of a Fulbright Senior Specialist award for a three-week visit to Slovakia, WSU’s Cornell Clayton held a series of lectures for graduate and undergraduate students focusing on contemporary American politics.
Committee works to eliminate hazing at WSU
The committee creates regular opportunities for representatives across the WSU system who work with student groups, departments, and organizations to share hazing prevention strategies and learn from one another.
Aggregating data on AAPI groups can be ‘a form of erasure’
Asian American, Native Hawaiian, Micronesian, and Pacific Islander groups — alongside a growing number of data scientists — are concerned about the practice of collecting their many identities under one demographic category.
Gov. Inslee signs capital, operating budgets
In addition to funding a significant portion of WSU’s compensation request for 2023–25, the operating budget includes millions for new degree programs, scholarships and university-affiliated centers across the state.
Globalization Conference returns this fall
Opportunities to present are now open for the College of Education’s 17th annual Globalization, Diversity, and Education Conference, to be held Sept. 14–16 at Northern Quest Casino and Resort.
Historian joins Humanities Washington Board
Ryan Booth, a faculty member in the Department of History, has been appointed to the Humanities Washington Board of Trustees by Gov. Jay Inslee. This is the second time Booth has been tapped to serve on the group’s board.
Gender gap found in research grant award amounts, re‑applications
Women researchers received substantially less funding in grant awards than men — an average of about $342,000 compared to men’s $659,000, according to a large meta-analysis of studies on the topic.
New degree programs, capital projects funded in latest state budgets
Washington State University secured significant state support for vital degree programs and campus improvement projects across the system as part of budget agreements approved by the Legislature over the weekend.
Gossip influences who gets ahead in different cultures
Gossip influences if people receive advantages whether they work in an office in the United States or in India — or even in a remote village in Africa, a WSU study found.
