PULLMAN, Wash. — Robert E. Ackerman, a Washington State University professor of anthropology and archeology, received an Alaska Anthropological Association Career Achievement Award at the group’s annual meeting in recently. The award recognizes Ackerman’s contributions to Alaskan archeology and support of the AAA. Tracing the prehistoric entry of man from Asia into the Western Hemisphere […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — A memorial service is planned Wednesday, April 21, for James B. Crow, retired director of Washington State University’s Beasley Performing Arts Coliseum, who died Friday at his Pullman home. The 1 p.m. service will be held at Simpson United Methodist Church in Pullman. Crow joined WSU in 1963 as an assistant director […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Peter Chilson, assistant professor of English at Washington State University, has received the Associated Writing Programs’ book award for nonfiction. The award recognizes Chilson’s new book, “Riding the Demon: On the Road in West Africa,” which explores West African road culture through his experiences living with bush taxi drivers in Niger. Chilson […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — John Sutherland has been appointed publications manager for the Washington State University Office of University Publications and Printing/WSU Press. He will take over from Managing Editor Jan Gantz, who is resigning. Sutherland brings 18 years of experience in university publications development and production. He has worked as publications coordinator at the OUPP […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Washington State University marketing students have collected nearly 1,200 pounds of non-perishable food items. The food drive was part of a special internship class that gives marketing students hands-on experience in the community. The semester-long project, dubbed “The Total Experience,” culminated April 14 on the Glenn Terrell Mall in the heart of […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Washington State University students are taking the lead role in efforts to change the alcohol culture on campus. They are working with the university, local police and the community as they make plans for end-of-school-year activities at WSU. In the spring of 1998 a street party, involving the abuse of alcohol, turned […]
SEATTLE, Wash. — This week marks the 30th anniversary of a federally-funded program to help limited resource youth and families with children improve the quality of their daily diets by teaching them the essentials of nutrition education. Administered by Washington State University, the Extension Family and Nutrition Education Program serves 3,000 low-income families per year. […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Two Washington State University science majors won Barry M. Goldwater Scholarships for the 1999-2000 school year. Biochemistry major Stephanie Gantt and biochemistry/biophysics major Catherine Ratliff won two of the 304 Goldwater Scholarships awarded nationwide this spring to college sophomores and juniors. A junior in the WSU Honors College, Gantt is a 1996 […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Research on ultrafast changes in materials and on the interaction of light and small bits of matter has earned two Washington State University physics faculty members “Early Career Awards” from the National Science Foundation. The awards were given nationally to 400 junior faculty in the sciences and engineering to recognize their commitment […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Professor Robert C. Speth of the Washington State University College of Veterinary Medicine will be honored as the 1999 Faculty Library Award recipient April 14 as part of National Library Week festivities. The award, established in 1980, is given to a departmental faculty member who has shown exceptional support to WSU libraries. […]