PULLMAN, Wash. — The Washington State University Press will host a public reception Tuesday, April 7, for three WSU faculty members whose books have been published by the Press this spring. Honored at the 4-5:30 p.m. reception in Room 212 of the Compton Union Building will be Paul Hirt, history, editor of “Terra Pacifica: People […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Internationally recognized architect Phil Hawes has planned a public talk Monday, April 6, on the Washington State University campus. His presentation, “Organic Architecture and Construction,” is set for 7-9 p.m. in Room 102 of Carpenter Hall. Hawes, architect of Biosphere 2 in Oracle, Ariz., will spend next week on the Pullman campus […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Two thousand aspen, ponderosa pines and mock orange trees will be planted along the Bill Chipman Palouse Trail during Plant the Path Day, Saturday, April 11. The public is invited to don their work clothes and gloves and join members of the Center for Environmental Education to plant the trees along the […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Representatives of Native American tribes throughout the region will attend an environmental education conference at Washington State University April 9-10 to discuss environmental issues with WSU faculty and students. The conference will focus on integrating the cultural, social, political and historical dimensions of environmental and watershed management as they relate to policy […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — “Grey Flannel Suits and Other Worn Out Clothes” is the title of the presentation by John W. “Jack” Creighton Jr., former president and CEO of Weyerhaeuser Company, when he presents the spring DeYoung Executive-in-Residence lecture at the Washington State University College of Business and Economics. The speech is set for 4:30 p.m. […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — The extraordinary person who has been a key force behind the Bill Chipman Palouse Trail linking Pullman with Moscow, Idaho, was recognized recently as Washington State University’ s Woman of the Year. Nancy Mack, a conference manager with Conferences and Institutes, was honored during the March 26 Women’ s Recognition Luncheon for […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Ronald Borchardt, chair of pharmaceutical chemistry at the University of Kansas, will be the Burroughs Wellcome Visiting Professor in the College of Pharmacy at Washington State University next week. He will deliver a public lecture, “Pharmaceutical Sciences in the 21st Century: Important Scientific and Educational Issues,” on Friday, April 10, at noon […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — It’s sleeker, lighter, longer and has 10 years of engineering spin on it. The Gneiss (pronounced “nice”) is this year’s concrete canoe entry for Washington State University’s 20-member civil engineering student team, and represents the metamorphic rock with the same composition as granite. “We began with the name ‘Taken for Granite,’ but […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — The engineering faculty and students have pulled out all the stops to showcase their new four-story building Friday, April 3, from 10:15 a.m. to 3 p.m. Butch the Cougar, wearing pocket protector and hard hat, will hand out mousepads to the first 100 visitors, and mechanical pencils and refreshments will be offered […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Tucson artist Sandra Smith, whose photo exhibit, “Portraits of Clay: Potters of Mata Ortiz,” is currently on display in the Washington State University Museum of Anthropology, will discuss her work Friday, April 3, at 4 p.m. when she will do a “walk-through” at the museum. Smith, whose daughter Shawn is a WSU […]