A four-day sustainability forum is scheduled for Oct. 24-27 at WSU Pullman. The forum will include exhibits and sessions on sustainability, environmental consciousness, consensus building and change management, as well as panel discussions on sustaining food systems and environmental education. For more information and a schedule of events, go to http://sustainability.wsu.edu.
A third major proposal by the university’s Committee on Academic Structure (CAS) calls for the creation of a school of environment and a multidisciplined environmental research center. The proposal, which could affect 18 departments across the state, will be up for public discussion at 4 p.m. Monday, Oct. 17. The CAS, formed in 2004 by […]
A weeklong symposium at WSU Spokane will examine the relationship between health and the built environment. The symposium, hosted by the Interdisciplinary Design Institute, will be held Oct. 17-20. Events include workshops for healthcare and design professionals, faculty and students, as well as a student design competition involving both design and nursing students, and a […]
The call of a top research university is to remain at the forefront of technological change and innovation. To answer this call, the WSU Conner Museum is shifting with the times — expanding its taxidermy specimens to include collections of tissue and their stable isotope signatures.Two years ago, after the museum added the University of […]
Brian K. Lamb, Boeing Distinguished Professor of Environmental Engineering, has a new title to call his own: Regents Professor. A long line of awards paved his road towards Regents Professor, including the Outstanding Research Award, College of Engineering and Architecture (2002); Outstanding Graduate Adviser Award, WSU Association of Graduate Students (1999-2000); and the Leon Luck […]
What if technology and the economy were designed to sustain rather than degrade the natural environment? Imagine a world where waste is eliminated because all waste products are recycled. Does this sound like a pipe dream? Not if you believe in the concept of sustainability, which is reshaping state institutions from WSU to Olympia. Gov. […]
Brent Peyton and Rajesh Sani, researchers in the Center for Multiphase Environmental Research, received a 4-year, $1.2 million grant for a project to characterize indigenous microorganisms in the metal-contaminated sediments of Lake Coeur d’Alene and to analyze their role in the transport of metals through the environment. The work, sponsored by the National Science Foundation’s […]
WSU President V. Lane Rawlins and Michael J. Tate, interim vice president for equity and diversity, will hold a dialogue on campus environment, equity and diversity issues from noon to 1 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 14 in Cascade Room 127 of the Compton Union Building.The forum will provide an opportunity for members of the campus community […]
A weeklong symposium at Washington State University Spokane hosted by the Interdisciplinary Design Institute will examine models for thinking about the relationship between health and the built environment. To be held Oct. 4-8, the week’s events offer workshops for healthcare and design professionals, faculty and students. Joanne M. Westphal, a licensed practicing physician and landscape […]
Scientist and author David Suzuki, who is described as a conscience on the global environment, will deliver the annual Lane Family Lecture in Environmental Science at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 13, in Todd Auditorium. Suzuki’s presentation, “Ecology vs. Economy: Setting the Real Bottom Line,” is free to the public. A reception will follow. The winner […]