In the 1940s, during the build-up of atomic weapons development at Hanford, Pasco was the only one of the three Tri-Cities that allowed black residents.It1s a fact that shocks many modern-day residents of the region, but it’s not surprising to Professor Robert Bauman of WSU Tri-Cities.“Not only were blacks limited to living in Pasco, they […]
“An Irish Tale: From Cork to Clare and Back Again,” an Art a la Carte presentation featuring Alvah Street and Dan Maher, will be held at noon on Thursday, March 2, in CUB 123. The program will include a presentation of digital images Street took in Ireland last spring. Shown will be landscapes, castles, buildings, […]
Nationally acclaimed diversity author and speaker Allan G. Johnson will give a series of presentations at Washington State University’s Pullman and Spokane campuses Feb. 13-16.Johnson recently released the second edition of “Privilege, Power, and Difference,” a book used widely in college classrooms to teach about race relations and social justice.Johnson made his first trip to […]
Speeches, multi-cultural participation and presentations by school essay contest winners will highlight the Martin Luther King Jr. observance on the WSU Tri-Cities campus Tuesday, Jan. 17.Coordinated by the student Multicultural Club, activities begin at 6 p.m. in the auditorium of the East Building on the north Richland campus.Principal remarks will be made by Richland’s Zelma […]
Washington State University’s Northwest Public Radio will welcome National Public Radio Ombudsman Jeffrey Dvorkin to campus Nov. 3 when he will discuss the journalism coverage surrounding Hurricane Katrina. “American Journalism Pre- and Post-Katrina” will be the topic of Dvorkin’s presentation, set for 7:30 p.m. in the Murrow Addition Auditorium. The lecture is free and open […]
Four directors from the National Science Foundation will be in Pullman April 19 and 20 to make presentations about their specific fields in science.The presentations will take place from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. on April 19, and from 9 to 10 a.m. on April 20 in the CUB Cascade Room 125-127. The April 19 presentation […]
Trish May, a former Microsoft marketing executive and cancer research philanthropist, will visit Washington State University to make a presentation titled “The Power of One: How Each of Us Can Make a Difference” on March 30.The presentation, which is open to the public, will take place at 5:30 p.m. in Todd Room 276.May, a cancer […]
Victor J. DeNoble, a former research scientist at Philip Morris Co. and a key witness in the case against tobacco companies, will be on the Washington State University campus Nov. 3 to discuss the addictive nature of nicotine. The free event will be at 5:30 p.m. in Todd Hall Auditorium and is open to the […]
Rand Lewis, a retired military officer, will speak on homeland defense in the Pacific Northwest on June 17 at Washington State University. Lewis, director of the Martin School of International Affairs at the University of Idaho, will speak from noon-1 p.m. in the Compton Union Building, Room B7-9. The speech is part of the Brown […]
Consumer advocate Ralph Nader will speak on the Washington State University campus on April 17 at 7:30 p.m. in Beasley Coliseum. The free lecture, “Human Energy and Activism in the New Millennium,” is presented by the Associated Students of Washington State University Environmental Task Force. It promotes the message that “To go through life as […]