By Linda Weiford, WSU News PULLMAN, Wash. – Twenty-two years ago this month, residents of Milwaukee started falling ill with nausea, diarrhea and abdominal cramps. At first, a highly contagious intestinal virus was blamed. But as symptoms struck tens of thousands of people – closing schools and businesses and nearly bringing the city to a […]
PULLMAN, Wash. – African women’s education and social activism will be discussed by former Miss Universe from Botswana, Mpule Kwelagobe, at 4 p.m. Wednesday, March 4, in the CUB ballroom at Washington State University.
By Madison Rosenbaum, WSU Tri-Cities student intern RICHLAND, Wash. – Amie McKenna exchanged the neighborhood cat for a savanna lioness and the horse pastured down the road for an African zebra – and then shared the adventure via her blog posts.
SEATTLE – Washington State University will join four other state global health groups in a partnership to improve the lives of people living in the area of Arusha, Tanzania, in eastern Africa.
PULLMAN, Wash. – “A center for all of east Africa,” is how Jerman Rose describes the Nelson Mandela African Institute of Science and Technology (NM-AIST) in Arusha, Tanzania. It is central for expanding research and education in Africa as well as attracting Washington State University students to study and learn.
By Charlie Powell, WSU College of Veterinary Medicine PULLMAN, Wash. – At seven weeks of age, he’s already 8 feet tall. Misawa (me-SAW-wah), the newest baby giraffe at Seattle’s Woodland Park Zoo, received his name Thursday from the results of a poll taken among Washington State University veterinary students.
SEATTLE – A seminar title “New to Export” will be presented by the Washington Small Business Development Center and International Trade Alliance March 16-18 in Seattle. The seminar is designed for small- and medium-sized businesses that want to generate or expand sales in international markets. The program will provide the primary information and resources needed […]
PULLMAN – The role of Africa in 20th-century Christianity is the focus of two upcoming lectures presented by the Department of History at Washington State University. Joel E. Tishken, associate professor of history and African studies at Columbus State University, Columbus, Ga, will present “Prophets, Pastors and Priests: The History of African Christianity” on Sept. […]
(Photo: WSU students with Malawi children.) Young people often pursue medicine for humanitarian reasons. But recent WSU graduate Travis Meyer, newly accepted to medical school might delay his medical training in order to help others.Meyer is one of four May 2006 graduates who developed a plan to establish a nonprofit corporation to build a treadle-pump […]