PULLMAN, Wash. — Warren E. Kronstad, considered one of the top cereal breeders in the world, received Washington State University’s Alumni Achievement Award March 27 at the Lewis Alumni Centre. Before he retired in 1998, the Corvallis, Ore., resident spent 35 years at Oregon State University as a distinguished professor in plant breeding and genetics. […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Washington State University President and Mrs. Samuel H. Smith will host a dedication ceremony for WSU’s newest sculpture, “Persona,” on the Holland Library Plaza at 4 p.m. April 7. “Persona” is wind-activated sound sculpture by internationally recognized artist Doug Hollis of San Francisco. The sculpture, located on the Holland Library Plaza, encompasses […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Reducing costs and improving service reliability for power companies is the aim of the Western Power Delivery Automation Conference being presented in Spokane April 4-6 by Washington State University’s College of Engineering and Architecture. The program will focus on issues of automation and the control of power supply substations. Nearly 200 engineers […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — The Washington State University Board of Regents will meet in regular session at 9 a.m. on Friday, March 31, in the Lewis Alumni Centre. Three WSU Honors College undergraduate students will highlight the meeting. English major Tim Coley of Davenport, physics major Rizal Hariadi from Indonesia and broadcast communications major Caroline Howe […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Speakers have been named for Washington State University’s Commencement on May 6. According to WSU President Samuel H. Smith, they are state Attorney General Christine Gregoire, business leader and philanthropist Ken Alhadeff, and research executive and astronaut John Fabian. Alhadeff and Fabian are WSU graduates. Gregoire will speak at the 8 a.m. […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Day-long activities on April 17 will honor Washington State University President Sam Smith and his wife, Pat. He retires this summer after 15 years leading the university. The day opens with a staff/faculty breakfast from 7:30-9 a.m. in the Compton Union Building, Carey Ballroom. From 11 a.m.- 2 p.m., a student-organized recognition […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — The “Kennewick Man in Trial” exhibit from the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture in Seattle will be on display at Washington State University’s Museum of Anthropology April 3-29. Through text, photos, maps and historic illustrations, the exhibit explores the issues surrounding the ancient human remains known as the Kennewick Man […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Bob Smawley, a Pullman native who has spent almost his entire professional career at Washington State University, received the WSU Alumni Achievement Award today at the alumni association’s board of directors luncheon in the Lewis Alumni Centre. He was recognized for “unequalled loyalty, enthusiasm and dedication to WSU and the alumni association,” […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Famed Broadway playwright Neil Simon’s popular comedy “The Good Doctor” will run at Washington State University’s Jones Theatre in Daggy Hall April 6-8 and 13-15. The play is based on the short stories of Russian playwright Anton Chekhov. Directed by WSU theatre faculty member William Shephard, “The Good Doctor” has been described […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — A 19-year-old Washington State University student sustained two broken ankles and a compression fracture of the spine last night when she fell approximately 12 feet from the second floor parking level of Daggy Hall. Injured was Elizabeth Louise Bixler, who resides at 213 Stephenson East. Bixler was examined at Pullman Memorial Hospital […]