The concept of providing top-level science research experience to Washington State University undergraduate students comes down to one thing — giving them the opportunity to work in a laboratory. That in turn is an issue of time, space and money. Three years ago, WSU adopted its 2002-2007 Strategic Plan, committing itself to building a nationally […]
Undergraduate research took center stage Friday, March 25, in the Compton Union Building Ballroom, when 50 Washington State University undergraduate science majors displayed posters explaining the results of their research at the second College of Sciences Undergraduate Research Poster Competition.Faculty members, emeriti faculty, postdoctoral and graduate students served as judges for the event and awards […]
Fifty Washington State University undergraduate science majors will display posters explaining the results of their research at the second College of Sciences Undergraduate Research Poster Competition on March 25.The exhibit will take place in the Compton Union Building Ballroom. Student researchers will be available to explain their posters when the session opens to the public […]
Brent Peyton and Rajesh Sani, researchers in the Center for Multiphase Environmental Research, received a 4-year, $1.2 million grant for a project to characterize indigenous microorganisms in the metal-contaminated sediments of Lake Coeur d’Alene and to analyze their role in the transport of metals through the environment. The work, sponsored by the National Science Foundation’s […]
Molecular biologist John N. Abelson will be honored this month as Washington State University’s 34th recipient of the WSU Regents’ Distinguished Alumnus Award. A 1960 WSU physics graduate, Abelson will be presented with the award, the highest honor granted to WSU alumni, during the regents’ meeting at 9 a.m. Friday, Oct. 22, in Lighty 405. […]
Scientist and author David Suzuki, who is described as a conscience on the global environment, will deliver the annual Lane Family Lecture in Environmental Science at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 13, in Todd Auditorium. Suzuki’s presentation, “Ecology vs. Economy: Setting the Real Bottom Line,” is free to the public. A reception will follow. The winner […]
Excelling in one area would be enough of an accomplishment, but Lisa Shaffer and Bassem Bejjani are excelling in three: basic research, clinical work and a startup company on the side.And the beauty of it is, they are doing it at WSU Spokane. Two years ago they were tenured faculty members at Baylor Medical College […]
Washington State University will celebrate its world class inventors –— researchers whose cutting-edge discoveries have led to the creation of 887 protected patents — during a Friday, Sept. 17, address and reception.Open to the public, the celebration will include an address by Arden L. Bement Jr., National Science Foundation acting director. It will be held […]
VANCOUVER, Wash. — WSU Vancouver will host a nine-part lecture series on the science of Hollywood as part of the university honors program.The series will be divided into five scientific topics – genetic screening/databasing, global warming, disease: emerging infectious diseases, brain injuries and techno-identity/cyborgs – and will include the screening of films and lectures by […]
The WSU Spokane will offer its second summer CityLab science camp for young women July 19-23. The intermediate camp will introduce biotechnology to returning campers. During the week, participants will spend half their time in the biotech lab and the other half learning to market their product by placing it online. Parents should register their children by July 9. (Photo […]