Four candidates have been selected from a field of applicants for the vice provost of research position. Finalists include: • Neil C. Olson, associate dean for research at North Carolina State University. Olson earned his bachelor’s degree in veterinary medicine and doctor of veterinary medicine degree from University of Minnesota, and his Ph.D. in physiology […]
The Washington State University School of Music and Theatre Arts will present a faculty recital featuring flute instructor Ann Marie Yasinitsky, 8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 22, in Bryan Hall Theatre. Yasinitsky will be assisted by violinist Meredith Arksey, violist Erich Lear, cellist Eugene Zenzen and pianist Sheila Zilar. The program will include Mozart#s Quartet in […]
Despite tight budgets and a state funding shortfall, the President’s Cabinet and Budget Council has approved a measure to internally fund a $2 million salary pool that will be used to address a small number of critical retention and recruitment cases. “High quality programs can only be maintained if the university employs high quality faculty […]
New faculty joining Washington State University Spokane this fall bring nationally and internationally recognized expertise in a number of fields to expand the campus#s academic and research programs. Bassem Bejjani, MD, joins WSU Spokane#s Health Research and Education Center and the WSU basic medical sciences program as a research professor. He has also been named […]
Washington State University conducted research valued at more than $100 million over the last year on a myriad of projects. This represents a 14 percent increase over the last fiscal year. “We are proud of this achievement,” said James N. Petersen, interim vice provost for research. “Our faculty have been very successful in acquiring funding […]
Gov. Gary Locke recently signed a bill that gives collective bargaining rights to state employees from more than 2,700 job classes — including faculty from four-year universities. Before signing the bill into law, however, Locke vetoed a portion that would have required a university to eliminate its faculty senate before participating in collective bargaining. When […]
Washington State University’s motto, “World Class. Face to Face.” vividly illustrates the nature of the work that faculty and staff do every day to make the university an outstanding place for WSU students. In addition, many faculty and staff choose to contribute financially to areas they feel are critical to the success of the university. […]
Kerry Hipps and his students are atomic-level electricians. They take detailed pictures of molecules, then measure electron flow at the submolecular level. They are looking “to see how electrons move through different parts of single molecules.” These researchers are exploiting the fact that material properties change significantly at the molecular level, such that new and […]