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WSU Immunologist Wendy Brown Delivers Honors College Invited Lecture Nov. 10

PULLMAN, Wash. — Infections transmitted by ticks, mosquitoes, and other insects have plagued animals and affected humans for millennia. Washington State University Regents Professor of Immunology Wendy Brown is among the elite researchers in the world who develop life-changing vaccines needed to combat those diseases. Her work impacts the lives and livelihoods of millions world-wide. » More …

WSU Immunologist Wendy Brown Delivers Honors College Invited Lecture Nov. 10

WSU Immunologist Wendy Brown Delivers Honors College Invited Lecture Nov. 10

Wendy Brown
Wendy Brown

PULLMAN, Wash. — Infections transmitted by ticks, mosquitoes, and other insects have plagued animals and affected humans for millennia. Washington State University Regents Professor of Immunology Wendy Brown is among the elite researchers in the world who develop life-changing vaccines needed to combat those diseases. Her work impacts the lives and livelihoods of millions world-wide. » More …

Irish Activist-Turned-Peacemaker Visits WSU Oct. 28 to Present Honors College Bhatia Lecture and Foley Institute Discussion

PULLMAN, Wash.—As a young man in Northern Ireland, Jon McCourt joined the Irish Republican Army (IRA) in 1969, intent on promoting civil rights on his home soil. On what became known as “Bloody Sunday,” Jan. 30, 1972, in his hometown of Derry/Londonderry, he narrowly escaped death when an armed British soldier stared him down then walked away with a shrug; nearby more than a dozen young people had been shot to death that violent day. He left the IRA in the mid-1970s, feeling it had moved too far from its civil rights agenda and was contributing to increased polarization and sectarianism. McCourt has become a community peace activist in the years since, working with victims of violence, community relations, and youth in criminalized areas. » More …

Irish Activist-Turned-Peacemaker Visits WSU Oct. 28 to Present Honors College Bhatia Lecture and Foley Institute Discussion

Irish Activist-Turned-Peacemaker Visits WSU Oct. 28 to Present Honors College Bhatia Lecture and Foley Institute Discussion

PULLMAN, Wash.—As a young man in Northern Ireland, Jon McCourt joined the Irish Republican Army (IRA) in 1969, intent on promoting civil rights on his home soil. On what became known as “Bloody Sunday,” Jan. 30, 1972, in his hometown of Derry/Londonderry, he narrowly escaped death when an armed British soldier stared him down then walked away with a shrug; nearby more than a dozen young people had been shot to death that violent day. He left the IRA in the mid-1970s, feeling it had moved too far from its civil rights agenda and was contributing to increased polarization and sectarianism. McCourt has become a community peace activist in the years since, working with victims of violence, community relations, and youth in criminalized areas. » More …

Representations of sexual assault in literature, cinema topic of public lecture Oct. 14

Representations of sexual assault in literature, cinema topic of public lecture Oct. 14

PULLMAN, Wash. – Literary and cinematic representations of sexual assault, especially on college campuses, will be examined in a free, public lecture at Washington State University Pullman on Tuesday, Oct. 14, at 5:30 pm in Goertzen Hall room 21. » More …