SPOKANE, Wash. – Washington State University Spokane Chancellor Lisa Brown and the late Elson S. Floyd, former WSU president, have been named the fifth recipients of Leadership Spokane’s annual King Cole award.
By Alyssa Patrick, Office of Research PULLMAN, Wash. – Wound healing, smart textiles, biodegradable hydraulic fluid and estimation of apple crops with a smartphone are some of the innovations that are closer to reaching the market thanks to the Commercialization Gap Fund (CGF) at Washington State University.
By Maegan Murray, WSU Tri-Cities RICHLAND, Wash. – H. Keith Moo-Young, chancellor of Washington State University Tri-Cities, has been named a 2016 fellow of the National Academy of Inventors.
PULLMAN, Wash. – Washington State University professor Katrina L. Mealey has been elected a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors – a prestigious group of scientists that includes 27 Nobel laureates.
By Erik Gomez, Voiland College of Engineering & Architecture intern PULLMAN, Wash. – Diane Cook, a Washington State University researcher who created one of the first, fully instrumented, smart home test sites and has equipped 100 smart apartments with sensor networks in 10 countries, has been named a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors.
RICHLAND, Wash. – As part of a new Women of Distinction program, Washington State University Tri-Cities is accepting nominations through Dec. 15 of exceptional women from the university and Tri-Cities community.
PULLMAN, Wash. – Washington State University’s Tidal Leadership certificate program has won the 2016 Online Learning Consortium’s Outstanding Online Program award. Criteria include access, learning, effectiveness, cost effectiveness and student and faculty satisfaction.
By C. Brandon Chapman, College of Education PULLMAN, Wash. – Alumnus and former faculty member Gene Sharratt recently received the annual Advocate for Education Award from the Washington State University College of Education for promotion of good educational practice or policy at the state, regional or national level.
By Steve Nakata, Administrative Services PULLMAN, Wash. – The deadline is Nov. 26 to make nominations for Washington State University’s Martin Luther King, Jr., Distinguished Service Award.