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Join the WSU University Convocation 2010

        Related items   See photo gallery of the 2009 WSU Convocation See a video on the University Convocation  Additional information on the convocation, go to convocation.wsu.edu  PULLMAN – Faculty, staff, students and their families are invited to attend the 2010 University Convocation, 10 a.m. Friday, Aug. 20, at Beasley Performing Arts […]

WSU athlete, alum playing in Women’s Rugby World Cup

Ashley Kmiecik ’05. Courtesy USA Women’s Rugby.   PULLMAN – The USA Women’s National Rugby Team chose Ashley Kmiecik (’05, BA Liberal Arts) to start in the 2010 Women’s Rugby World Cup in England this August.   Kmiecik will play as a fullback with the USA Women Eagles beginning with a match versus Kazakhstan on […]

Webinar discusses woody biomass fuels

  Yadama   Englund PULLMAN – Efficient utilization of timber and biomass residues for alternative fuels and other products will be the focus of the free webinar “Adding Value to Woody Biomass,”  10 a.m., Wednesday, Aug. 4, at breeze.wsu.edu/research_that_works_for_you.     The presentation is part of the WSU Extension’s webinar series, “Research that Works for You.”   […]

WSU study shows best factors predicting success

    McCracken Hermanson Nguyen PULLMAN – A recent study of the academic performance of nearly 6,000 WSU students who enrolled as freshmen here in the fall of 2002 or 2003, found that men and women participating in varsity athletics are more than twice as likely as similar non- athletes to graduate within either five […]

WSU Extension Beach Watchers earn nat’l honor

     Photos above of WSU Extension Beach Watchers patrolling and cleaning a beach area. Final photo of Don Meehan, WSU Extension program director for natural resources stewardship. Photos courtesy of WSU Extension.     SEATTLE – WSU Extension’s Beach Watchers program is the meritorious winner of the 2010 Education and Public Service award from the […]

Motorola to show mobile data capture, wireless infrastructure

TRI-CITIES – The Motorola Technology Tour is coming to WSU Tri-Cities to put on a demonstrationof its mobile data capture and wireless infrastructure, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 20, in the main parking lot along Sprout Road.   Hosted in its Motorola Solutions Truck, DataPro Solutions provide seminars in the morning on how mobility can and has improved companies […]

Professor named American Chemical Society fellow

PULLMAN – Yong Wang, Voiland Distinguished Professor in the Gene and Linda Voiland School of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering, and associate director of the Institute for Interfacial Catalysis at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, has been named a Fellow of the American Chemical Society (ACS).   Fellows are recognized for their exceptional accomplishments in chemical science […]

WSU scientists to present at regional crop adviser conference

PULLMAN, Wash. – Scientists from the WSU department of crop and soil sciences will be among the featured presenters at the Northwest Certified Crop Adviser Conference to be held Aug. 2 – 4 in Spokane.   WSU faculty members will lead six of the conference’s 24 breakout sessions:   Rich Koenig, soil scientist and chair […]

Beasley hosts rummage sale

  Rummage sale at Beasley draws crowd Thursday. Photo by Tim Marsh, WSU Today     PULLMAN – WSU’s Beasley Performing Arts Coliseum is a beehive of activity Thursday-Saturday, July 15-17, during the 81st annual St. James Episcopal Church Rummage Sale. Held on a major portion of the coliseum concourse, the sale runs 11 a.m.-6 […]

Three science dean candidates to visit in August

PULLMAN – Three finalists for the position of dean of the WSU College of Science will be separately visiting the Pullman campus in August.   The three candidates are Ellen Fisher, professor and department chair of Chemistry at Colorado State University; Daryll DeWald, professor and department head of Biology at Utah State University; and Peter […]