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Honors College Model UN Team Wins Three Outstanding Paper Position Awards

Honors College Model UN Team Wins Three Outstanding Paper Position Awards

Washington State University represented New Zealand at the 2014 National Model United Nations Program in New York City March 30-April 3.

A team of 11 Honors College students acted on behalf of New Zealand at the conference. They were responsible for writing position papers and debating topics of national and international importance in a real-world context. » More …

UK Braces for Cougar Invasion

UK Braces for Cougar Invasion

The United Kingdom will be hit with a Cougar invasion this summer when three Washington State University Honors students travel to England and Scotland as WSU’s first recipients of Fulbright UK Summer Institute awards.

Sophomores Joanna “Joey” Redmon and Grace Reed and freshman Alyssa Norris will spend four or five weeks this summer participating in thematic academic and cultural programs at highly regarded universities. The programs are intended to allow the students to experience the UK; help them develop their presentation, research, and communication skills; and perform some local community service. The program covers the majority of participants’ costs, including round-trip airfare, tuition and fees, accommodations, and meals. » More …

WSU Honors and Arts and Sciences Colleges Announce Quock and Johnson as First Honors College Distinguished Professors

WSU Honors and Arts and Sciences Colleges Announce Quock and Johnson as First Honors College Distinguished Professors

PULLMAN, Wash. — The Washington State University Honors College and College of Arts and Sciences have named Raymond Quock, professor of pharmaceutical sciences, and Monica Johnson, professor of sociology, to hold the first WSU Honors College Distinguished Professorships.

Selected for their demonstrated excellence in teaching, research, and service, Quock and Johnson will hold these professorships for two years says Honors Dean M. Grant Norton. Both have taught for the Honors College in the past. » More …

WSU Honors College Students Showcase Their Undergraduate Research; 8 Take Home 7 SURCA 2014 Awards

WSU Honors College Students Showcase Their Undergraduate Research; 8 Take Home 7 SURCA 2014 Awards

PULLMAN, Wash. – During Washington State University’s third annual Showcase for Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities (SURCA), 34 students in the Honors College at Washington State University presented topics ranging from the charge states of Thorium to the sociopolitical implications of immigration. Of those competing in the WSU-wide event, 8 Honors College students received 7 awards » More …

Wagging Tails, Smiling Faces: WSU Global Animal Health Director Guy Palmer Delivers Honors College Distinguished Lecture March 10 on the “Animal-Human Interface”

Wagging Tails, Smiling Faces: WSU Global Animal Health Director Guy Palmer Delivers Honors College Distinguished Lecture March 10 on the “Animal-Human Interface”

PULLMAN, Wash. — Carrying small slips of paper and hopeful smiles, children in Tanzania prove again that dogs are man’s best friend – even when disease forces a wedge between the populations.  The seemingly insignificant cards have rabies vaccination information for their trusted companions, and keeping their dog’s shots up to date is one step toward reducing human deaths from the disease. » More …

Alumna Linda Burner Augustine: Adding a Best-Selling WSU Cookbook to Her Professional Experience

Alumna Linda Burner Augustine: Adding a Best-Selling WSU Cookbook to Her Professional Experience

When Linda Burner Augustine (’83 Home Economics and Honors) was asked by WSU Executive Chef Jamie Callison in spring 2012 to help create a cookbook, she was intrigued.  She was well established in the Seattle area as a chef, caterer, food consultant, entrepreneur, and most recently, a much-followed blogger.Linda has always followed her motto: “Food is life. Good food is good life.” She uses primarily seasonal fresh vegetables and fruits and regional quality meats. Her blog, “A Year at the Table,” offers tantalizing dinner recipes based on short lists of ingredients and easy-to-follow instructions. » More …

Skilled New Participant in Washington’s Aerospace Industry

Skilled New Participant in Washington’s Aerospace Industry

Lindsay Sandler (’13 Mechanical Engineering and Honors) believes that being open to new experiences can bring unexpected rewards.

“You never know where they will take you,” she says.

By following her own advice, she is now on track to start a great career.

In the fall of her junior year, she decided to visit a job fair on campus, the WSU Career Expo and College of Engineering and Architecture Technical Career Fair. More than a thousand WSU students connect with dozens of recruiters at the annual event. » More …

WSU’s Skinner to Discuss ‘Ancestral Ghosts’ in Our Genes Feb. 10

WSU’s Skinner to Discuss ‘Ancestral Ghosts’ in Our Genes Feb. 10

Michael Skinner Michael Skinner has authored more than 240 peer reviewed publications and 250 invited symposia presentations, plenary lectures and university seminars. He established the WSU and University of Idaho Center for Reproductive Biology in 1996 and the Center for Integrated Biotechnology in 2002. He received the WSU Sahlin Faculty Excellence Award for 2005-06 in the research category. He completed his Ph.D. in biochemistry at WSU and his postdoctoral fellowship at the C.H. Best Institute at the University of Toronto. He has been on the faculty of the pharmacology department at Vanderbilt University and the reproductive sciences and physiology faculty at the University of California, San Francisco.

Michael Skinner

 

Michael Skinner has authored more than 240 peer reviewed publications and 250 invited symposia presentations, plenary lectures and university seminars. He established the WSU and University of Idaho Center for Reproductive Biology in 1996 and the Center for Integrated Biotechnology in 2002. He received the WSU Sahlin Faculty Excellence Award for 2005-06 in the research category.

 

He completed his Ph.D. in biochemistry at WSU and his postdoctoral fellowship at the C.H. Best Institute at the University of Toronto. He has been on the faculty of the pharmacology department at Vanderbilt University and the reproductive sciences and physiology faculty at the University of California, San Francisco.

PULLMAN, Wash. – Your grandmother has some explaining to do. What she was exposed to during pregnancy could make you more susceptible to disease, and you’re going to pass that on to your grandchildren as well. » More …

Honors’ McInally Receives 2014 DAAD Scholarship to Germany to Research Influenza

Honors’ McInally Receives 2014 DAAD Scholarship to Germany to Research Influenza

There’s agro-tourism, eco-tourism, and leisure tourism—but what about, say, viral tourism?

That’s the kind on the mind of microbiology major Samantha McInally, a member of the WSU Honors College.

Thanks to a scholarship from the national German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), the Corvallis, Ore., native will spend the summer in Giessen, Germany, where she’s assigned to work with a Ph.D. student to research the flu virus at the University of Giessen. She will also do some traveling related to her passion for viruses. » More …