WSU thanks Boeing for latest gift
The university joined representatives from The Boeing Company yesterday to celebrate the latest in a series of investments in WSU’s land-grant mission made by the aerospace and technology leader.
The university joined representatives from The Boeing Company yesterday to celebrate the latest in a series of investments in WSU’s land-grant mission made by the aerospace and technology leader.
The Department of Energy grant will support a team of researchers in designing and building carbon-negative homes to combat climate change in the growing residential construction sector.
If embraced by the legislature, WSU would receive about $4.44 million annually in state support to establish two new academic programs to help meet the state’s cybersecurity workforce needs for the future.
A $15.5 million supplemental operating budget request for 2022 was approved by the Washington State University Board of Regents Nov. 19.
A medical profession was not always part of Lars Neuenschwander’s plans. In fact, the WSU medical student had to overcome a piercing phobia of needles to pursue medicine.
Graduate students Kitana Kaiphanliam and Brenden Fraser-Hevlin are working to commercialize a bioreactor that is able to grow 25 times more cancer-killing T cells than current technology in half the time.
To date, the Office of the Provost has distributed thousands of dollars in grants to support faculty purchasing new technology to make laboratory exercises more engaging for students.
The COVID-19 pandemic has created recruiting challenges for the upcoming fall semester and while WSU is adjusting deadlines and turning to technology to meet the challenge, it’s also looking for help from faculty and staff.
Sarah Murphy is one of 62 outstanding students from across the United States selected for the award.
Keenan Souve, a civil engineering junior, competed on Wheel of Fortune this February after years of watching the show with his mom. His episode is scheduled to air April 7.