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WSU’s New Engineering Building Wins Masonry Award

PULLMAN, Wash. — The Engineering Teaching and Learning Laboratory facility on the Washington State University campus recently won an Honor Award for Excellence in Masonry Design by the Northwest Chapter of the Masonry Institute. The four-story $27 million facility, which opened this year, has “carefully detailed masonry at both exteriors and interiors. The selection of […]

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Rec Center Revision on Regents’ Agenda

PULLMAN, Wash. — Washington State University’s Board of Regents will meet in Spokane Friday, Nov. 20, at 1:30 p.m. in Room 148 of the Phase I Building at Riverpoint Higher Education Park. Regents will be asked to approve spending $1.3 million for a third court in the upper gymnasium of the proposed Student Recreation Center. […]

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Tolmacheva Named Associate Dean of College of Liberal Arts

PULLMAN, Wash. — Marina Tolmacheva (Tol-ma-CHOH-va), professor of history and director of the Asia Program, has been named associate dean of the Washington State University College of Liberal Arts. Her duties, which she will assume on Dec. 1, will include coordination and oversight of the college’s Extended Degree offerings, curriculum review, summer school programs, enrollment […]

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Plant Viruses Discover How to Overcome Gene Silencing

PULLMAN, Wash. — Given the nature of nature, it should come as no surprise that when viruses attack, plants don’t just sit there and take it. They fight back. James Carrington, WSU professor at the Institute of Biological Chemistry, studies plant-virus interactions from both the virus and the host ends. Recent work in his lab […]

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Retirement Reception Scheduled for Professor William Willard

PULLMAN, Wash. — A retirement reception to honor William Willard, Washington State University professor of Comparative American Cultures, is scheduled for Thursday, Dec. 10, in the Anthropology Museum from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. A program is slated to begin at 3 p.m. Willard came to WSU in 1977 to direct the Native American Studies […]

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UW, WSU Presidents Wager Oysters, Cheese on Apple Cup Game

University of Washington President Richard L. McCormick and Washington State University President Samuel Smith have made a friendly wager on the outcome of Saturday’s (Nov. 21) Apple Cup football game. The UW wagers a bucket of oysters, grown using technology developed at the UW that makes oysters better-tasting year-round. In turn, WSU wagers four tins […]

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Nominations Sought for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Distinguished Service Awards

PULLMAN, Wash. — Jan. 8 is the deadline for nominations for the 1999 Washington State University Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Distinguished Service Awards. As part of the university’s 12th annual celebration honoring King, the WSU committee planning the event will present awards to outstanding undergraduate and graduate students, members of the faculty and staff, […]

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Russell-McCloud Speaks at Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Program

PULLMAN, Wash. — Attorney and motivational speaker Patricia Russell-McCloud will deliver the keynote address Jan. 19 during Washington State University’s annual program celebrating the life of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. She will take part in the university’s traditional campus Unity March of students, faculty, staff and community members. The route of the march […]

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WSU Opera Workshop Plans Nov. 17 Program

PULLMAN, Wash. — Washington State University’s Opera Workshop plans “An Evening of Musical Theatre” Tuesday, Nov. 17, on the Pullman campus. The 8 p.m. program is set for Bryan Hall Auditorium and is open to the public without charge. Julie Anne Wieck, opera workshop director, said the program will include scenes from four shows performed […]

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WSU Celebrates Native American Month with Programs

PULLMAN, Wash. — Several programs are scheduled this week as Washington State University celebrates Native American Month. On Tuesday, Nov. 17, Patricia Murphy Jones will talk during a 4:15 p.m. program at Wilson Hall, Room 13. Jones, a member of the Nez Perce tribe and a Moscow Pullman Daily News editorial board member, will talk […]

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