R. Keith Campbell, a Washington State University pharmacy faculty member, has been named the first J. Roberts and Marcia Fosberg Distinguished Professor of Pharmacy, effective July 1.Campbell has been at the College of Pharmacy for 36 years and is a well-known expert in diabetes.After years of teaching and administrative duties, the endowment from the Fosbergs […]
With the anticipated July 10 launch of NASA’s Earth Observing System Aura satellite, environmental scientists here and across the globe are expecting to get the clearest space-based views yet of the sources and movement of air pollution in the earth’s lower atmosphere.The spacecraft will carry into orbit a complex package of four high-tech instruments to […]
PULLMAN — The impact of U.S. Supreme Court decisions on legislation passed by the U.S. Congress is the major focus of a soon-to-be-released book by J. Mitchell Pickerill, assistant professor of political science at Washington State University. Scheduled for a July 1 release by Duke University Press, “Constitutional Deliberation in Congress” presents a thorough examination […]
Fulbright scholar and Moroccan professor Abdellatif Akbib will return to the Washington State University campus Tuesday, April 20, to give a reading of his works. The public reading will be at 4 p.m. in Avery Hall’s Bundy Reading Room. A book signing will follow. This is Akbib’s second Fulbright grant to WSU. A professor at […]
Visiting Fulbright scholar Abdellatif Akbib will give a reading at 4 p.m. on April 20 in the Bundy Reading Room. A book signing and reception will follow Akbib’s reading. The event is co-sponsored by WSU’s department of English, the department of foreign language and cultures and the College of Liberal Arts. Professor Akbib was the […]
Forster Ndubisi, with interests in the arts and biology, years ago “noticed a sharp contrast in the quality of the built and natural environment” between his native Nigeria and London, where he visited as an undergraduate. “I wanted to do something that would help to manage that natural and built environment, so I started asking […]
She’s a professor, educator, mother of three and winner of this year’s Distinguished Service Award for faculty. Susan Banks, assistant professor in Teaching and Learning, is also co-director of the WSU and Northwest Indian College Teacher Training Program, which is working off a $950,000 Kellogg grant. “This program was important because it allowed NWIC students […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — As television stations continue their “in depth” coverage of the Iraqi crisis with special full screen graphics replete with sound effects, newspaper headlines read, “War Is Near,” and the United Nations is waiting to see if Saddam Hussein will allow weapons inspections, many Americans are wondering what truly lies ahead in America’s […]
Greg Yasinitsky, a Washington State University music professor, was named Washington State Composer of the Year by the Washington State Music Teachers Association. The award includes a commission for a new work to be premiered at the association’s conference in June 2003. Yasinitsky was also selected by the association as Washington’s candidate for consideration for […]