WSU Pullman

Acclaimed artist Jim Dine donates collection to Museum of Art/WSU

PULLMAN, Wash. – Washington State University’s Museum of Art announced today that it received an unprecedented gift of more than 200 fine art prints from internationally acclaimed artist Jim Dine. The gift—valued at nearly $2 million—creates the largest permanent collection of Dine prints at a university in the world.

1949 ‘Sweet Allis’ joins WSU Organic Farm

By Linda Weiford, WSU News    PULLMAN, Wash. – She resembles a large prehistoric praying mantis, roaring and rattling across a dirt field while gleaming orange against a Palouse blue sky. Once covered in cobwebs and dust, she’s now fully restored and churning away at Washington State University’s Organic Farm.

Edward ‘Ray’ Ladd

KENDRICK, Idaho – Edward ‘Ray’ Ladd, Ph.D., 70 years old, died in his home in Kendrick, Idaho, on May 2l, 2014, surrounded by his family. His request was to have no formal memorial service.

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Friends bid goodbye to well-traveled amputee tortoise

Photos by Henry Moore, Biomedical Communications Unit PULLMAN, Wash. – A tortoise that has lived at Washington State University since its leg was amputated will be leaving for a new home. A group of friends said goodbye to Gamera Tuesday with pumpkin cake and lots of photo ops.

Deck collapse: Swaying people can be worse than a hurricane

By Rebecca E. Phillips, University Communications PULLMAN, Wash. – Sultry summer barbeques on the deck don’t usually include third-degree burns and concussions. But for dozens of people each year, happy gatherings are cut short when the floor below their feet suddenly gives way, resulting in serious injuries and death.