environmental health

Updates on the University’s testing plans for the Spring 2021 semester as well as information on a new grading option were among the topics discussed during the final COVID‑19 town hall of the year.

Students traveling for Thanksgiving break are urged to get tested in advance and to remain home until the start of spring semester.

This year’s all‑virtual Safety, Health and Security Fair kicks off on Monday and will feature a series of flash talks hosted by Washington State University experts from across the system.

The university is cooperating with health authorities statewide to facilitate contact tracing to help identify members of the WSU community who were in close contact with a confirmed case of COVID‑19.

This is the latest step in an ongoing WSU effort to protect the health and safety of students, faculty, staff and visitors following the outbreak of COVID‑19.

Completing the return‑to‑work checklist is done in conjunction with units and departments creating plans and procedures around topics like sanitation and physical distancing.

The campus-produced supplies of Cougar Clean are intended to provide essential employees with ready access to hand sanitizer, reserving WSU’s remaining commercial-grade inventory for medical use by Cougar Health Services.

PULLMAN, Wash. – Whether or not we work or live near a waterway, our everyday actions affect water quality. Resources for preventing stormwater and water pollution are available from Washington State University Environmental Health and Safety.

PULLMAN — Ernesta Ballard, senior vice-president for corporate affairs at Weyerhaeuser, will speak on “Defining Sustainability and Its Connection to the Entire Human Endeavor” at WSU. The lecture is scheduled at 3 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 1, in the CUB auditorium

Ballard was elected to her position at Weyerhaeuser in October, 2004. In this role, she leads public affairs, the Weyerhaeuser Company Foundation, and Environmental Health and Safety for the company.

The event is the inaugural event for WSU’s Institute for Sustainable Design. The institute seeks to merge ongoing work in Architecture, Construction Management, and Civil and Environmental Engineering with the research expertise of … » More …