WSU Pullman

Rock Doc column: Fat and the year you were born

By E. Kirsten Peters, College of Agricultural, Human & Natural Resource Sciences PULLMAN, Wash. – New Year’s resolutions are being put to the harshest of tests. Gone are the days of early January when all things seemed so easily possible. Now we are in the tougher phase of the year when the will to establish […]

Feb. 3: Survivor, author discusses campus sex assault, recovery

By Beverly Makhani, Office of Undergraduate Education PULLMAN, Wash. – In her latest book, “College Girl: A Memoir,” university professor Laura Gray-Rosendale describes the brutal rape and beating she endured as a Syracuse University junior in 1988 and the massive confusion and challenges she overcame in the months and years since.

Jan. 28: Speaker to make case for restorative study spaces

PULLMAN, Wash.—Karen Diller, associate library director at WSU Vancouver, will present a talk titled “Restorative Library Study Spaces” at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 28, in Terrell Library, Room 103. Based on her dissertation research, the presentation will explore how library study spaces with a view to nature can be helpful in relieving mental fatigue and […]

U.S. News ranks Carson College online programs among top 25

By Sue McMurray, Carson College of Business PULLMAN, Wash. – U.S. News & World Report announced the first ever Best Online Graduate MBA Program rankings naming the Washington State University Carson College of Business among the top 25 in the nation for its online MBA and Executive MBA programs. The Carson College ranked 21st compared […]

Jan. 12-April 3: Famous and ‘found’ photos on display

PULLMAN, Wash. – Two exhibits – of famous images and of recently discovered “street photography” – will be presented in the free, public show, “Through the Lens: An American Century – Corbis & Vivian Maier,” which will run Jan. 12-April 3 at the Washington State University Museum of Art.

Rock Doc: Climate change and population collapse

By E. Kirsten Peters, College of Agricultural, Human & Natural Resource Sciences PULLMAN, Wash. – Climate is always changing. That’s one truth that stands out from the record around the world of natural samples of Earth materials, tree rings, ice layers and so much more. But how much has past climate change influenced human affairs?