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WSU to lead $30M international partnership to advance power grid

PULLMAN, Wash. – WSU will lead a nationwide consortium of U.S. universities and industry partners in a five-year, $30 million joint research project with India to advance the development of the power grid in both countries.

Indian eatery rises from ashes with local, business support

By Hope Belli Tinney, Washington SBDC MOUNT VERNON, Wash. – As Puja and Kummar Sharma watched firefighters battle the blaze destroying their seven-month-old restaurant, they thought it was a sign: Maybe they weren’t meant to own their own restaurant. But their community wasn’t ready to let the only Indian restaurant in Skagit County disappear.

Sept. 7: International partnerships for a knowledge economy

PULLMAN, Wash. – India’s leading scientific advisor will discuss his country’s growing role in the international research and higher education communities at 3:10 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 7, in Bryan Hall at Washington State University. A reception will follow the free, public Creighton Distinguished Lecture.

WSU veterinarians’ visit sparks international meeting

PULLMAN, Wash. – Ram and Vanmathy Kasimanickam, husband and wife faculty members in Washington State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine, recently returned from India where they combined a visit to their home state and veterinary alma mater with professional outreach.   What evolved from a single email to the Veterinary College and Research Institute (VCRI), […]

Punjab Agricultural University, WSU to partner

  Warwick Bayly, WSU provost (l) and Manjit Singh Kang, vice chancellor of the Punjab university (Photo by Shelly Hanks, WSU Photo Services)     PULLMAN – Agricultural research could be getting a boost worldwide, thanks to a new agreement signed by Washington State University. The memorandum of understanding with Punjab Agricultural University (PAU)  in Ludhiana, India, […]

Dance takes audience on a journey through time

PULLMAN – The Festival Dance and Performing Arts will present a performance by Ragamala Music and Dance Theatre in “From Temple to Theatre” at the Beasley Performing Arts Coliseum at 3pm on Sunday, March 4th. This innovative and colorful program features a journey through time, tracing the path of the classical dance form of Bharatanatyam from […]

WSU virologist to participate in agriculture initiative

PROSSER– Naidu Rayapati, a virologist at Washington State University’s Prosser Irrigated Agriculture Research and Extension Center, will help train Indian scientists as part of the U.S.-India Agricultural Knowledge Initiative. The AKI is a public-private partnership intended to facilitate technology transfer; bolster agricultural research, education and extension; and strengthen trade and regulatory capacity building. Both nations are […]

Lecture series go ‘Beyond Bollywood’

VANCOUVER – Washington State University Vancouver announces the Fall 2006 Honors Lecture Series, “Beyond Bollywood: Social Films, Transnational Directors, Indian Scenarios,” talks on films from and about India.All discussions will be 7 to 9 p.m. in the WSU Vancouver Multimedia Classroom building, Room 6. These events are free and open to the public.Sept. 7Pavithra Narayanan, […]