PULLMAN, Wash. — Longtime Washington State University education professor Tom Ruff remembers Gene Sharratt as a student with unlimited potential. “He was bright and had maturity beyond his years,” Ruff said. Serving in Vietnam in the late ’60s as an infantry platoon sergeant and paratrooper with the 173rd Airborne tends to age one quickly. After […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Washington State University will award its highest honor to Microsoft co-founder and WSU alumnus Paul Allen at this year’s commencement in Beasley Coliseum on May 8. Allen will receive the Regents’ Distinguished Alumnus Award. The award is presented to WSU alumni who have made significant contributions to society and, through their accomplishments, […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Botanical experts from around the world will meet this weekend, May 2-3, at Washington State University. Illustrating the international collaboration upon which contemporary science thrives, the participants will develop preview presentations for the angiosperm, or flowering plant, symposia of the 1999 International Botanical Congress. The two-day workshop, hosted by WSU botany professors […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Washington State University biochemistry and premedicine student Jared Wyrick recently received a Pfizer Inc., Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship to support his research on the resistance of bacteria to antibiotics. Wyrick was one of 60 students across the nation to receive one of the $5,000 awards from Pfizer, Inc., a global pharmaceutical company. […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Radiologists and referral medicine veterinarians at the Washington State University College of Veterinary Medicine have begun an Iodine 131 (I-131) radiation therapy program for cats diagnosed with overactive thyroid glands. WSU’s Veterinary Teaching Hospital is one of only three facilities in the Pacific Northwest approved for the use of I-131 for treating […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — The Washington State University Museum of Art, in cooperation with WSU Spokane, will present a sampling of work by this year’s MFA candidates from the WSU Department of Fine Arts in an exhibit that opens next week in Spokane. “The Fine Arts Graduate Thesis Exhibition” will be on display May 11-27 in […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Cecilia Martinez, a Washington State University student from Yakima, was honored last month during WSU’s 20th annual Cabriel Cárdenas Banquet. A WSU junior political science major, Martinez was one of two students receiving scholarships honoring the event’s namesake. She also was named Chicana del Año by WSU’s M.E.Ch.A. The daughter of Ana […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Washington State University’s construction management program has chartered a student chapter of Sigma Lambda Chi. The international honor society for construction acknowledges student leaders in the top 20 percent of their classes. Sigma Lambda Chi chapters may be established at schools with major construction programs. It has a 50-year history with more […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Cecilia Martinez, a Washington State University student from Yakima, was honored last month during WSU’s 20th annual Cabriel Cárdenas Banquet. A WSU junior political science major, Martinez was one of two students receiving scholarships honoring the event’s namesake. She also was named Chicana del Año by WSU’s M.E.Ch.A. The daughter of Ana […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — At least 34 Washington State University computers have been taken out of service because of a destructive virus. The so-called Chernobyl Virus, set to activate on April 26, scrambled hard drive data and rendered computers temporarily useless. As a result of the virus infection, WSU has closed a student computer laboratory at […]