VANCOUVER, Wash. — Washington State University Vancouver has been awarded a grant worth more than $346,000 by the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction. Working with Educational Service District 112 and six school districts, WSU Vancouver faculty members David Slavit and Tamara Nelson will use the grant to focus on professional development for science and […]
A research team led by a biologist and a mathematical biologist from Washington State University is using special statistical methods to study how traits of biological organisms change. Associate professors Patrick Carter, an evolutionary physiologist, and Richard Gomulkiewicz, a mathematical geneticist, won a $2.1 million, four-year grant from the National Science Foundation to fund their […]
A clarion call was issued last year to researchers nationwide: help solve today’s most threatening global health problems. Now, Washington State University researchers are among those applying to take on the challenge. The process began when Bill Gates announced a $200 million grant to the National Institutes of Health, which will help establish and administer […]
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, has awarded $9.9 million to a team of Washington State University researchers seeking ways to protect the safety of the nation’s food and water supply. The long-standing interdisciplinary group will conduct research and develop products to rapidly identify, prevent […]
The Washington State University Museum of Art has received a $50,000 grant from the Allen Foundation for the Arts in support of a performance/installation exhibition “Still Live” in the fall of 2004, according to museum and Washington State University Foundation officials. The Allen Foundation for the Arts, founded in 1988 in Seattle and administered through […]
The U.S. Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration has approved an $18 million, five-year extension to a grant for Washington State University’s Institute for Shock Physics. The initial $10 million grant, awarded in 1997, established the institute as a part of the DOE’s strategic investment in selected scientific disciplines important to science-based stockpile stewardship. According […]
A $2.2 million grant from the Annenberg Foundation and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting will allow WSU Vancouver professor Candice Goucher to join with Portland State University professor Linda Walton as co-lead scholars for the production of a multimedia series designed to help teachers learn more about world history. They will structure the series, “Bridging […]
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PULLMAN, Wash. — A group of Washington State University researchers, led by Dr. Rafik Y. Itani, director of the WSU-Washington State Transportation Center and professor of civil and environmental engineering, will be developing a demonstration project on the Tacoma Narrows Bridge to monitor the health of bridges as part of a $1.5 million grant from […]
The effect of domestic violence on the workplace has been associated with significant human and organizational costs. The Bureau of National Affairs (1990) estimated that domestic violence costs American business $3 – 5 billion annually due to absenteeism, medical bills, employee turnover and lost productivity. And violence that originates at home and then spreads to […]