By Sylvia Kantor, College of Agricultural, Human & Natural Resource Sciences PULLMAN, Wash. – The release of a new winter wheat variety named “Jasper” honors the legacy of the wheat breeding program at WSU started by William Jasper Spillman in 1894. The first variety developed by the university was released in 1905. Jasper marks the […]
PULLMAN, Wash. – Strain on neck muscles increases 3-5 times when using tablet computers compared to sitting with the head in a neutral position, according to recent research by Anita Vasavada at Washington State University. The lowest demand on the neck was when the tablet was in a high propped position.
By Ethan Nash, Voiland College of Engineering & Architecture intern PULLMAN, Wash. – Fanglin Che, Yan Li and Rebecca Baylon, graduate students in the Voiland School of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering, have received the North American Catalysis Society’s Richard J. Kokes Award.
By Sabrina Zearott, College of Arts & Sciences PULLMAN, Wash. – Environmental writers Robert Michael Pyle and Allison Cobb will be featured in three nature-themed events – all free to the public – March 30-April 2 to conclude the 2014-15 Washington State University Visiting Writer Series.
By Steve Nakata, Administrative Services PULLMAN, Wash. – American writer, poet and educator Kathleen Flenniken will deliver the keynote address during Washington State University’s Annual Women’s Recognition and Symposium 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Tuesday, March 24, in the CUB ballroom. The event also will recognize exemplary women.
By Gail Siegel, WSU Performing Arts PULLMAN, Wash. – Lobotomies and electroshock treatments are weaponized in Dale Wasserman’s play, “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” which will run at Washington State University’s Jones Theatre April 3, 4, 10 and 11. Performances are at 7:30 p.m. nightly with 2 p.m. matinees April 4 and 11.
PULLMAN, Wash. – The Washington State University jazz studies program was recognized for excellence at the 2015 Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival held recently at the University of Idaho in Moscow.
PULLMAN, Wash. – Students driving west for spring break are cautioned by the state transportation department that the left turn onto highway 26 in Colfax, Wash., will be closed during daylight hours. Drivers can detour north a block and turn left there instead.
PULLMAN, Wash. – Florida. Ferguson. Pasco. Wisconsin. Oklahoma. The list of places in the United States where issues of racism and discrimination are hitting the streets and the headlines is long and growing.
PULLMAN, Wash. – Adam Crouch and Kyle Geiger have been elected president and vice president of the Associated Students of Washington State University (ASWSU) for the 2015-16 academic year. And a measure to renovate the old Bookie for student use was approved.