Washington State University Vancouver’s biology club is sponsoring a Dec. 5 lecture on the West Nile Virus, a newly emerging disease threatening both human and animal populations. WSU graduate Dr. Pamela Jen of Healing Star Veterinary Clinic will share current research on the cause, spread, symptoms and prevention of the West Nile Virus during a […]
Gerry Fernandez, founder and president of the MultiCultural Foodservice & Hospitality Alliance (MFHA), will speak on “The Business Case for Diversity” at 3:30 p.m., Oct. 1 in Todd Auditorium. A reception will precede the lecture at 3 p.m. in the Todd Atrium. MFHA is an educational non-profit organization that promotes the economic benefits of multicultural […]
Frank A. Blethen, publisher and chief executive officer of The Seattle Times, will speak at Washington State University on Friday, Oct. 3 at 10 a.m. in Bryan Hall Auditorium. His topic will be “Edward R. Murrow and the 21st Century Threat to Democracy.” Blethen is a fourth-generation member of the Blethen family, which founded The […]
Washington State University Vancouver’s education programs are hosting the third annual Sherry Vaughan Distinguished Lecture in Education at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 9, in the Student Services building lecture hall. Dr. Sonia Nieto, a professor of language, literacy and culture within the School of Education at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, will present the topic […]
Leading activist Gopal Dayaneni, oil campaign coordinator for an international organization known as Project Underground, will headline a lecture on Friday, April 25, in conjunction with scheduled Earth Week activities at WSU Vancouver. Project Underground is an environmental rights organization that works with communities around the world to resist oil and mining exploitation. Dayaneni also […]
“What Do Salmon, Geoducks and Trees Have in Common: Climatic Variability and Natural Resources in the Pacific Northwest” will be presented by David Peterson at 2:10 p.m. Monday, April 7 in Johnson Hall 204. Petersen is a research biologist and professor working with the United States Forest Service based in Seattle. Refreshments will be provided […]
The scientist who first slowed, and then stopped light will deliver the annual S. Town Stephenson Distinguished Lecture at Washington State University. The talk, “Light at Bicycle Speed…and Slower, Yet!” by Harvard physicist Lene Vestergaard Hau is slated for 7 p.m. Thursday, March 27, in the Webster Physics Building room 16. In 1999, Hau slowed […]
Thomas S. Foley, former United States ambassador to Japan and former speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, will visit Washington State University at the Pullman campus on Tuesday, March 11. Foley will talk with students, get a briefing on the public policy institute that bears his name, meet with administrators of the university and […]
Described as “irreverent” and “pushing nonviolent protest to the limit,” the Guerilla Girls will appear 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 7, in the Bryan Hall Theater as part of the Jo Hockenhull Distinguished Visiting Lecturer series. This group of female activists wears gorilla masks to disguise its members’ identities. Their cause is to raise consciousness regarding […]
Dr. Sidney Wolfe, co-founder and director of the Washington, D.C.-based Public Citizen Health Research Group and former adviser to Ralph Nader, is this year’s Allen I. White Lecturer. He will discuss problems with the health-care system and pharmaceutical industry at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 18, in Spokane. Wolfe is also an adjunct professor of internal […]