Susmita Bose, a Washington State University professor doing pioneering research in bone implant materials, was honored May 4 at the White House, where she was one of 20 National Science Foundation-sponsored researchers to receive the prestigious Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE).With the School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering since 1998, Bose […]
Three Washington State University political science professors have teamed up to create a new textbook for the coming decade. Cornell Clayton, Lance LeLoup and Nick Lovrich began work on “Washington State Government and Politics” in April 2002 when they realized the current edition was more than a decade old. Contrary to previous editions, this book […]
A new program to help students with disabilities succeed in science and math is under way at WSU, and faculty are being sought to help oversee summer internships for these students. WSU recently has become a partner in the DO-IT (disabilities, opportunities, internetworking and technology) program, which has been based at the University of Washington […]
The Thomas S. Foley Institute for Public Policy and Public Service at Washington State University is sponsoring a public lecture on “Early Lessons from the 2004 Presidential Campaign Ad Wars” Thursday, April 22. The lecture will be given by Ken Goldstein, associate professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Director of the […]
Steve Fuller, a founder of the social epistemology field, is scheduled to give Washington State University’s first Science, Technology and Environment Lecture on Thursday, April 8. Fuller’s talk, “Is Social Science an Idea Whose Time has Come and Gone?” is set for 7 p.m. in the Samuel H. Smith Center for Undergraduate Education, Room 203. […]
Lynda Paznokas, an associate professor at Washington State University’s College of Education and the Department of Teaching and Learning, is the Washington State Teachers Association Higher Education Science Teacher of 2003. Paznokas teaches methods classes for elementary education and also teaches a multidisciplinary approach to learning through the exploration of Lewis and Clark. “I feel […]
The approximately 700 teachers attending the Washington Science Teachers’ Association annual conference Oct. 9-11 at Washington State University will have a chance to try all 82 different lesson plans for science education based on elements of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Each of those 82 lessons or individual learning centers were created by, and will […]
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About 10 million people in the United States suffer from severe multiple chemical sensitivity. Symptoms — which may last for hours or days — include severe headaches, pain in joints and muscles, fatigue, dizziness and impaired thinking. Sufferers can be affected by such environments as air travel, the work place, their own home, the detergent […]
Washington State University will honor two of its most prestigious, internationally recognized science alumni, Philip and Neva Abelson, on Friday, Sept. 6, when Science Hall is renamed for the couple. The naming of Abelson Hall was suggested by faculty from the College of Science and recommended for Board of Regents’ action by President V. Lane […]