Late last summer, a gala showcasing of food and wine from Spokane restaurants and vintners across the state took place at the Fox Theater. It was called “Savor the Columbia,” and it demonstrated the power and potential of the Washington wine industry. The event is back, this time at the Davenport Hotel in downtown Spokane, […]
When design students at WSU Spokane say of a project, “It’s been real,” they mean it. Perhaps his has never been truer than with a fourth-year landscape architecture project that has become a $5.9 million federal funding request from the City of Spokane. Two years ago, Bruce Butterworth (’78, interior design) came to the Interdisciplinary […]
Master control operations for Washington State University television stations KWSU/Pullman and KTNW/Richland will move to KSPS public television, Spokane, on April 16. WSU will continue to be the licensee for both stations and develop the program schedule for each from the Pullman campus. The master control and distribution services will take place at the KSPS […]
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SPOKANE, Wash. — The Washington State Small Business Development Centers introduced U.S. Rep. George R. Nethercutt Jr. to one of its Spokane classes recently as a “Champion of Small Business.” The designation was awarded by the Small Business Survival Committee, a Washington, D.C.-based organization that rates members of Congress on their voting records, and works […]
Sidney Wolfe, M.D., co-founder and director of the D.C.-based Public Citizen Health Research Group, will discuss problems with the health care system and pharmaceutical industry at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 18, in Spokane. Dr. Wolfe#s presentation is this year#s Allen I. White Lectureship, presented by the Washington State University College of Pharmacy#s Department of Health […]
New faculty joining Washington State University Spokane this fall bring nationally and internationally recognized expertise in a number of fields to expand the campus#s academic and research programs. Bassem Bejjani, MD, joins WSU Spokane#s Health Research and Education Center and the WSU basic medical sciences program as a research professor. He has also been named […]
A new initiative to create an outcome-driven model for Spokane Head Start programs has received $800,000 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Administration for Children and Families. The project will be managed by a partnership of researchers at Washington State University Spokane and the Spokane Head Start program administered by the Community […]
A variety of specialty speech, voice and audiology clinics will be offered this fall by the University Hearing and Speech Clinic, a joint program of Washington State and Eastern Washington universities. The clinic serves patients ranging from professional voice users, such as singers and teachers, to those with Parkinson’s disease and advanced hearing loss, and […]
The Intercollegiate College of Nursing/Washington State University College of Nursing has named Deborah J. Haberman to Director of College Advancement. The announcement was made by Dean Dorothy Detlor. “We are pleased to have Debbie leading our advancement efforts during a crucial time for the nursing profession,” said Detlor. “Her wealth of development, education, research and […]