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Trying to Stay Ahead of Mother Nature with Antibiotics

PULLMAN, Wash.–The “bugs and drugs” tennis match has no clear winner yet. Almost every time Mother Nature serves up a new bacteria, her serve is returned by a new antibiotic. Antibiotics have done well. But Mother Nature’s not-so-secret weapon – evolution – is providing her with more and more aces. “I have a lot of […]

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WSU President on Western Governors Agenda

PULLMAN, Wash.–A meeting of the National Advisory Board of Western Governors University is scheduled this weekend in Denver, Colo., with Washington State University President Samuel Smith as a key participant. The meeting is being held in conjunction with the Denver Summit of the G-8 Conference attended by leaders of the major industrial nations. The G-8 […]

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Nakata Named Interim Director of Multicultural Student Services

PULLMAN, Wash.–Steve Nakata has been named interim director of the Washington State University Office of Multicultural Services. Nakata is currently the office’s associate director of Multicultural Student Recruitment and Community Relations. On Aug. 1, he will succeed director Lee Jones, who is leaving WSU to become a Florida State University College of Education associate dean. […]

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Lorig Housing Project on Hold

PULLMAN, Wash.–Housing market conditions in the Pullman area have placed a proposed public-private apartment development on Washington State University’s Hilltop Stables site on hold. Developer Lorig Associates of Seattle and the university have agreed to suspend planning on the project, according to Sallie Giffen, WSU vice president for business affairs. Original plans had called for […]

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WSU President Smith To Chair NCAA Executive Committee

PULLMAN, Wash. — Washington State University President Samuel H. Smith, already recognized as one of the most influential people in college athletics, has been elected the chair of the first National Collegiate Athletic Association Executive Committee. The Executive Committee consists of 20 members, including 12 Division I presidents, two presidents from the Division II and […]

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State Personnel Board Approved WSU Police Pay Plan

PULLMAN, Wash.–The state Personnel Resources Board has approved a proposal submitted by Washington State University to increase the salary schedule of its uniformed police officers. The board’s action increases starting salaries for new police officers from $2,179 to $2,634 a month and will boost the pay of others throughout the ranks to a top salary […]

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WSU Student Links Cause for Parkinsonian-Like Horse Disease

PULLMAN, Wash.–A Washington State University veterinary student’s research with yellow star thistle suggests the exotic weed that is advancing into Washington is the cause of a fatal disease in horses with symptoms similar to Parkinson’s disease in humans. Commonly known as “chewing disease,” equine nigropallidal encephalomalacia causes symptoms that include fatigue, a lowered head and […]

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IT Director Candidate Interviews at WSU

PULLMAN, Wash.–Mary Doyle, assistant provost of the College of Letters and Science at the University of California, Santa Barbara, is the first candidate scheduled for interviews at Washington State University for the position of director of Information Technology. Open public sessions with Doyle are set for Friday, June 13, at 10:10 a.m. in Lighty Room […]

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WSU Reroutes Traffic for Road Construction

PULLMAN, Wash.–Motorists should be advised of traffic detours and some delays in commuting time due to road construction at a major intersection in the center of Washington State University campus, according to Jay Becker, utilities manager. Detours will be in place Wednesday morning on Stadium Way to reroute traffic away from the intersection at Grimes […]

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Services Scheduled for Dennis J. Morrison

PULLMAN, Wash.–Dennis J. “Denny” Morrison, 78, who helped shape education in Washington for more than four decades, died Saturday of complications related to cancer in a Moscow, Idaho, nursing home. Morrison was assistant to the president at Washington State University and served more than 20 years on the Pullman School Board and 9 years on […]

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