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.
Politics & Society
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.
More Politics & Society
August 25, 2020
The first lecture will be given by Lilliana Mason, an associate professor of Government and Politics at the University of Maryland, College Park, on political polarization. It will take place at noon on Thursday, Aug. 27.
August 6, 2020
Despite common perceptions that big cities have more violence, women living in small towns are most at risk of violence from current or former spouses and partners, according to new WSU research.
August 3, 2020
A WSU professor argues in a new book that now is the time to focus on better serving children and teens on the autism spectrum who become entwined in the juvenile justice system.
July 21, 2020
The clamor for affordable housing has risen to the breaking point across the state. A WSU effort is exploring solutions that could involve a reshaping of our vision of housing.
June 24, 2020
Political Science Professor Thomas Preston decided to stay in Romania after his Fulbright-sponsored teaching stint was suspended.
June 24, 2020
Northwest Public Broadcasting in partnership with Innovia Foundation will host StoryCorps for five weeks to record the stories of local residents and preserve them in the Library of Congress.
June 23, 2020
Esteban Herevia, an inclusion coordinator for the WSU College of Medicine, uses pride and faith to help communities, families and individuals recognize their power to create a culture of justice and diversity.
June 19, 2020
President Kirk Schulz and other WSU leaders celebrated the Supreme Court ruling to block plans to dismantle the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy as a victory for students at WSU and across the nation.
June 18, 2020
Racial and ethnic minorities, people born outside the U.S and women with children were three of the groups that experienced the largest declines in the likelihood of full‑time work and work hours, according to the WSU study.
June 16, 2020
A staff member in the College of Medicine, McKenzie is a tireless advocate for the LGBTQ+ community and works with future doctors to be gender, trans and diversity inclusive.
June 16, 2020
WSU Extension is leading a collaborative effort to reveal gaps in broadband availability in underserved areas in hopes of providing more access, affordability and use.
June 12, 2020
Education Professor Jeff Walls thinks K-12 school district officials and policymakers need to play a greater role in addressing many of the wellbeing issues students struggle with.
June 3, 2020
More than half of respondents said they will wait at least three months or longer before traveling and staying at hotels again, and the majority preferred to take scenic road trips or visit beaches and lakesides.
May 14, 2020
WSU Stevens County Extension is working with the Spokane Tribe Telecom Exchange (STTX) to run a crowdsourcing project to determine who has residential internet service in Stevens County and the Spokane Tribe Reservation.
May 7, 2020
While Washington state officers did not support recriminalization, they noted several issues with the implementation of the 2012 law legalizing cannabis, according to a new study by WSU researchers.
May 4, 2020
Before the end of the century, rapid heating could mean 3.5 billion people will be living outside the climate ‘niche’ in which humans have thrived for 6,000 years, according to a new study led in part by a WSU scientist.