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WSU professor becomes ambassador for oboes

  PULLMAN, Wash. – A Washington State University music professor is using oboes to capture hearts and minds in Southeast Asia.   Keri McCarthy has received a WSU grant to bring the woodwind instruments to Burma, where they are virtually nonexistent.   “The oboe has never been adopted in Burma,” said McCarthy, a renowned oboist […]

Former ambassador, journalist share views on Middle East

SEATTLE –  Former U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker and veteran Middle East journalist Lawrence Pintak will offer their collective insights into the challenges facing our nation in that critical region of the world in Seattle next week as part of presentation sponsored by the Seattle City Club, WSU and the Trade Development Alliance of […]

Address by former Pakistan ambassador

Wendy Chamberlin     Former Ambassador to Pakistan and President of the Middle East Institute, Wendy Chamberlin, will give a public address on foreign policy within the Islamic world at 3:30 p.m., Monday, Feb. 11, in the Smith Center for Undergraduate Education (CUE) Room 202. Her speech is titled “Pakistan After Bhutto: Perils and Prospects.” […]