faculty

Four candidates selected in search for vice provost

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 […]

Flutist Yasinitsky in recital

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 […]

Fund to retain faculty, staff

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 […]

WSU Spokane hires nat’l recognized 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 […]

Faculty research exceeds $100 million, 14 percent growth

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 […]

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Collective bargaining law offers new options

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 […]

Faculty/staff fund drive launches this week

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. […]

Atomic-level electronics: believing leads to accomplishing

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 […]