Academic

PULLMAN, Wash. – Recipients of faculty seed grants are expected to be announced May 15 for initiatives supporting student success and research grand challenges at Washington State University.

By Maegan Murray

RICHLAND, Wash. – Lorenzo Luzi was 4 years old when he moved with his parents to the United States from Italy in search of better opportunities. But it wasn’t until he came to Washington State University Tri-Cities as a transfer student that he found his true calling in electrical engineering where his hard work would earn him the designation of valedictorian.

By Tina Hilding, Voiland College of Engineering & Architecture

PULLMAN, Wash. – For much of the semester, Leah Engelhardt and Jingxian (Doris) Xie’s fellow architecture graduate students and professors had doubts about their project.

By Tina Hilding, Voiland College of Engineering & Architecture

PULLMAN, Wash. – As Dina Radjabalipour fought a losing battle with cancer last year, the Washington State University architecture graduate student wanted to design a better treatment center.

By Maegan Murray, WSU Tri-Cities

RICHLAND, Wash. – Students got to dig deep in a Washington State University Tri-Cities class recently, exploring archaeology while uncovering authentic materials provided by local Native Americans.

PULLMAN, Wash. – Award-winning teaching scholar John Cohen will present two free seminars about engaging students on Thursday, April 28, in Animal Disease Biotechnology Facility 1002.

MOSCOW, Idaho – Faculty, staff and students are invited to a free symposium about improving student engagement and success via active learning at 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Monday, April 25. Three Washington State University professors will make presentations at the gathering, which will be at the University of Idaho Commons. Breakfast and lunch are included.

PULLMAN, Wash. – Five peer consultants in the Writing Center at Washington State University have been honored by their major departments in the College of Arts and Sciences with “outstanding senior” awards, and a sixth has received the Ruth Slonim Poetry Prize.

By Adrian Aumen, College of Arts & Sciences

PULLMAN, Wash. – To help Washington K-12 schools comply with new requirements for teaching American Indian history and culture, Washington State University is offering an online summer course closely aligned with the state-created curriculum.

PULLMAN, Wash. – Washington State University will begin offering a bachelor of science degree in construction engineering in fall 2016, bolstering its efforts to meet high demand in the heavy construction industry.