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SURVEY SHOWS GRADUATE RECRUITMENT UP 26 PERCENT Recruiting on college campuses was strong this spring with companies particularly seeking computer-literate graduates, according to an April survey by the National Association of Colleges and Employers. Manufacturers account for almost 60 percent of the jobs offered to students. Service industry employers offered almost 35 percent of their […]

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FASR Announces Scholarships

PULLMAN, Wash.–Washington State University’s Faculty Association for Scholarship and Research has presented its 21st annual Undergraduate Research Awards. First-place award winners are Amanda Loftis of West Richland and Jennifer Parish of Benton City. Loftis’ work describing how specialized immune system cells function in cattle was guided by veterinary sciences faculty member William Davis. Parish, working […]

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Julie Lutz Named Boeing Distinguished Professor

PULLMAN, Wash. — Washington State University professor of astronomy and mathematics and director of the Program in Astronomy Julie H. Lutz was named Boeing Distinguished Professor of Mathematics and Science Education at the annual College of Sciences Recognition Reception. The announcement was made by Lloyd Osborn, manager of engineering initiatives at the Boeing Company and […]

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Revenge in the Workplace Can Be Good

PULLMAN, Wash.–Is revenge simply emotional and volatile, always an irrational response in civilized society? Not necessarily, declares Tom Tripp, WSU Vancouver business professor. He argues that revenge has its place in the work environment if it effects positive change either for the avenger or for the organization. “Conventional wisdom views revenge only in behavioral terms,” […]

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Book Traces Klondike Gold Rush Trail

PULLMAN, Wash.–In the brutally cold winter of 1897-98, drawn by the glitter of chance and fortune, tens of thousands of gold seekers stampeded north to the gold fields of the Yukon. Their grueling trek from Skagway, Alaska, over the Chilkoot Pass to Lake Bennett has been captured in words and photographs in a new Washington […]

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New Chair to Assume WSU’s Civil Engineering Department

PULLMAN, Wash.–Michael Katona, chief scientist at the Air Force’s environmental quality laboratory in Florida and former professor of civil engineering at the University of Notre Dame, has been named Chair of WSU’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering to begin in August. He succeeds Rafik Itani, who has held the position for eight years and […]

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Detlor-Langan to Head Nursing Education Center

PULLMAN, Wash.–Dorothy M. Detlor-Langan, dean of the School of Nursing at Pacific Lutheran University and a former faculty member of the Intercollegiate Center for Nursing Education headquartered in Spokane, has been named dean of the ICNE effective Aug. 1. Detlor-Langan’s appointment was announced today by Geoffrey Gamble, interim provost at Washington State University. WSU is […]

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Nancy Bell Selected to Attend Bryn Mawr Summer Institute

PULLMAN, Wash.–Nancy Bell, chair of the Department of Finance, Insurance and Real Estate at Washington State University, has been selected as WSU’s nominee for the 1997 Summer Institute for Women in Higher Education at Bryn Mawr (Pa.) College. A member of the WSU faculty since 1993, Bell was elected chair in 1996. Her work on […]

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Two WSU Professors Join National Academy of Sciences

PULLMAN, Wash.–Biochemists Rodney Croteau and Linda Randall of Washington State University have been elected to the National Academy of Sciences, the country’s most influential scientific organization. They were among 60 new members selected today at the 134th annual meeting of the Academy and are the only new members from the Northwest. Election to the Academy […]

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WSU Students Conduct Zero Gravity Experiments on NASA Flights

PULLMAN, Wash.–Four Washington State University physics students returned last week from Houston, Texas, where they participated in a two-week NASA Reduced Gravity Student Flight Opportunities program. The pilot program, which is headquartered at the Johnson Space Center and nearby Ellington Field, provided 24 teams of undergraduate students from institutions around the country the opportunity to […]

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