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Feb. 26: Eco-artist links albatross deaths to sea of trash

By Beverly Makhani, Office of Undergraduate Education PULLMAN, Wash. – Environmental artist Chris Jordan will discuss albatross chicks that died from eating plastic trash in a free, public presentation, “Encountering Midway: A Barometer for Our Culture and Our World,” at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 26, in the CUB auditorium at Washington State University.

Museum of Art presents “Running the Numbers”

Plastic Bottles, 2007 – depicts two million plastic beverage bottles, the number used in the U.S. every five minutes.   PULLMAN – The Museum of Art at WSU will exhibit “Running the Numbers” by Chris Jordan. The exhibition opens Wednesday, Jan. 14 and runs through Saturday, April 4. Jordan will lecture on his work at 7 […]

Seminar on women’s session in Jordan

From left to right: Karen Killenger, Rita Abi Ghanem, Cathy Perillo, Lynne Carpenter-Boggs.   A seminar about the women’s session portion of the Iraqi Agricultural Extension Revitalization Project was put on by faculty from the Department of Crop and Soil Sciences and the Department of Food Science on Monday.   Rita Abi Ghanem, a research […]

Second eagle dies at WSU Vet Hospital

PULLMAN — The second of two very weak and starving bald eagles found near Colville, Wash., died Friday night at WSU’s College of Veterinary Medicine.   The body of the 5 year-old mature eagle “Carpenter” was found in his cage by crews Saturday morning.   “This is a very difficult time for everyone here who works […]

Young eagle Jordan dies

PULLMAN – One of two very weak and starving bald eagles found near Colville, Wash., has died at WSU’s College of Veterinary Medicine.  The 3-year old juvenile eagle nicknamed “Jordan,” died this morning after crews say she appeared to be resting well overnight. The eagle suffered severe dehydration, hypothermia, and had lost a large percentage of […]