Russell Golden will address the politics and realities of standard setting at the FASB and the transition in the United States to International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) on Friday, April 24 at 3:30 p.m. in Todd 276. Golden is the technical director for the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and Chair of the Emerging […]
SPOKANE – For a myriad of maladies ranging from the common cold to heart disease, obesity, and a variety of cognitive disorders, a primary factor in determining who gets sick and how long their recovery will take is often the adequacy of their sleep. Frequently at the heart of both the causes and effects of […]
PULLMAN — William Morrish, the Elwood R. Quesada Professor of Architecture, Landscape Architecture and Urban and Environmental Planning, at the School of Architecture, University of Virginia., will lecture at WSU on Friday, April 17 on the idea of infrastructure as a cultural ecology. His lecture, “Into Sight, Into Mind. The Design of Civilizing Terrain,” […]
VANCOUVER – Kweisi Mfume, former U.S. Congressman and CEO of the NAACP, will take the podium at WSU Vancouver’s fifth Annual Public Affairs Lecture Series. Mfume will touch on some of today’s most pressing topics in his address, “Race, Class and Economic Recovery in Obama’s America.” The lecture will be held at 7 p.m. on […]
The department of Physics and Astronomy’s Stephenson Distinguished Lecture will feature James K. Gimzewski, a leading authority on nanotechnology research. The lecture, Nano Tips: Exploring This Planet, Your Body and Beyond, will be on March 26 at 7 p.m. in the Webster Physical Science Building, Room 16. Gimzewski is a distinguished professor in the Department […]
SPOKANE – A guest lecture by Dr. Melinda Jackson of Melbourne, Australia will be held on Thursday Feb. 12 from 2-3pm in the AcademicCenter room 347 at the Riverpoint Campus. “The Effects of Acute Sleep Deprivation on Driving-Related Processes in Professional Drivers” will be hosted by the Sleep and Performance Research Center, and will discuss […]
VANCOUVER – Paul Finkelman, a specialist in American legal history and race, will be delivering two lectures at WSU on Jan. 29. Both lectures are free and open to the public. Parking is available in metered spaces or in the Blue Lot for $3 per day and free after 7p.m. “Asian Immigration to the U.S.: […]
PULLMAN — The Thomas S. Foley Institute for Public Policy and Public Service will present a public lecture by Robert K. Musil, former executive director of Physicians for Social Responsibility, at 3:30 p.m. Jan. 21 in CUE 202. Musil, author of “Hope for a Heated Planet” (2009), will talk about climate change. His presentation, “How […]
VANCOUVER – WSU Vancouver presents “Integrating Corporate Citizenship and Values into Business Strategy,” a lecture by Dan Bross, senior director of corporate citizenship at Microsoft. The lecture will be at 7 p.m. Dec. 3 in the Administration Building, room 110. The event is free and open to the public. “The global financial crisis […]
SPOKANE – The Sleep and Performance Research Center at WSU Spokane is hosting a lecture entitled “Recovery from Sleep Debt” on Nov. 4, from 11 a.m. to noon. Dr. Siobhan Banks from the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, will discuss results from recent studies and shed light on the question of whether we can make up […]