PULLMAN, Wash.—Linguist Carl Jubran, president of the Institut Americain Universitaire in Aix en Provence, France, will present “Understanding How the ‘Language of Power’ Shapes Identities” at 4 p.m. Nov. 10 in Butch’s Den at the Washington State University Compton Union Building (CUB, L-60).
By Will Ferguson, College of Arts & Sciences PULLMAN, Wash. – New research finds that economically disadvantaged immigrant neighborhoods of non-English speaking Latinos are more likely to be exposed to cancer-causing air toxics than comparable communities of any other racial group in the United States.
PULLMAN, Wash. – The deadline is Friday, Nov. 20, to submit nominations for Washington State University’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Distinguished Service Awards.
PULLMAN, Wash. – Better understanding the wildfires confronting the West in historical and global perspective will be the focus of a free, public lecture at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 20, in the CUB ballroom at Washington State University.
By Terren Roloff, WSU Spokane SPOKANE, Wash. – A distinguished physician researcher has been named director of a new program at Washington State University Health Sciences Spokane to improve community health in underserved populations and geographic regions.
By Gail Siegel, WSU Performing Arts PULLMAN, Wash. – Fusing the rock outfit of drums-bass-guitar with the traditional sounds of Malawi’s marimba, thumb piano and percussion, Peter Mawanga and the Amaravi Movement will bring a modern African sound to Jones Theatre at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 29, at Washington State University.
By Adriana Aumen, College of Arts & Sciences PULLMAN, Wash. – The implications of Chinese economic investments in the U.S. and parts of Africa will be discussed by international business experts and former U.S. Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin at 4 p.m. Monday, Oct. 5, in CUE 203 at Washington State University.
RICHLAND, Wash. – Washington State University Tri-Cities will host a free, public panel discussion to raise awareness about human trafficking noon-1 p.m. Friday, Oct. 2, in the West Atrium on campus.
By Gail Siegel, WSU Performing Arts PULLMAN, Wash. – One woman’s fight to see her family freed from poverty will be presented by Living Voices in “La Causa,” by Rachel Atkins, at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 14, in Daggy Hall’s Jones Theatre at Washington State University.
By Emma Epperly, Undergraduate Education intern PULLMAN, Wash. – Personal experience of growing up in the Jim Crow South, the civil rights movement and integration will be presented by Jeff Guillory, director of Washington State University’s Office of Diversity Education, at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 22, in Todd 130.