RICHLAND – The doctor who treated the “Atomic Man” following a Hanford chemical accident in 1976 will speak April 24 at WSU Tri-Cities. Dr. Bryce Breitenstein was the occupational medicine physician for the Hanford Environmental Health Foundation from 1974 to 1989. He led the team that provided care for Mr. Harold McCluskey a 64-year-old Hanford […]
SPOKANE — Recruits and the al-Qaida Network is the lecture topic hosted by Washington State University’s Institute for the Study of Intercommunal Conflict (ISIC). Elena Mastors, a terrorism specialist from the U.S. Naval War College will speak about conflict and terrorism and the important role of individuals in extremist groups. The lecture is slated for […]
PULLMAN – The Department of History at WSU is presenting a series of lectures during the month of March in recognition of Women’s History Month. History faculty members and graduate students will speak about the achievements of women in the U.S., their historical significance and their lasting impact. All lectures are free and open to […]
RICHLAND – Building and strengthening reciprocal teaching relationships with Native American students will be the topic of a 7 p.m. lecture this Thursday (Feb. 28) at WSU Tri-Cities. The speaker, Michael Pavel, an associate professor in the WSU Department of Educational Leadership and Counseling Psychology in Pullman, is also a Traditional Bearer of Southern Puget […]
Vancouver – Join author Katie Alvord at the WSU Vancouver campus 5:30 – 7 p.m., Feb. 21 for her presentation “Asphalt, Automobiles, and America: Can We Live Better by Driving Less?” in the Administration Building, Room 110. This event is free and open to the public. More than a century of American automobility has created a […]
Photo: Author and speaker Jack Nisbet. The natural treasures of the inland Northwest as viewed by 1820s-era Scottish botanist David Douglas will be the topic of a lecture by prize-winning author Jack Nisbet at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 9, in Heald auditorium, room G3. The lecture is the first in a series of “museum chats” […]
VANCOUVER- Jean-Dominique Mellot will give a talk entitled, “Books in the Information Age: The Bibliothèque Nationale de France and Its Digital Library,” 3-4 p.m. Oct. 10, at Washington State University Vancouver, Multimedia Center Room 6. Mellot will discuss the history of France’s national library (akin the U.S. Library of Congress in mission and scope) and […]
Brian Lamb, Regents’ professor of civil and environmental engineering, has been named 2007 Anjan Bose Outstanding Researcher for the Washington State University College of Engineering and Architecture. Lamb will discuss “Regional Air Quality Modeling: Short Term Forecasts and Long Range Climate Predictions” at the Anjan Bose Outstanding Researcher Lecture at 3:30 p.m., April 20, in […]
Vancouver – Erden Eruc, founder of Around-n-Over, a Seattle-based non profit organization will be presenting the “Six Summits Project” at Washington State University Vancouver, at 3 p.m. April 12 in the Administration Building Lecture Hall 110. The presentation is free and open to the public. Through the Six Summits Project, Eruc will be circumnavigating the […]
At the request of the speaker, The Department of History at Washington State University has canceled Dr. Norman A. Graebner’s April 18 lecture titled “Realism amid the Perils of Partiality.” It is not known whether the lecture will be rescheduled.