PULLMAN, Wash. — Leah Benedict will receive the 2018 WSU Libraries’ Excellence Award during a 10 a.m. reception Wednesday, May 16, in the Terrell Library Atrium.
Benedict is a clinical assistant professor in the Department of English. The award recognizes a nonlibrary faculty or staff member who has shown consistent support for the WSU Libraries. » More …
Washington State University chemical engineering student Kristian Gubsch is the school’s first recipient of the prestigious Ernest F. Hollings Undergraduate Scholarship, administered by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
The nationally competitive award pays $19,000 total for the Edgewood, Wash., student’s 2018-19 and 2019-20 academic years, provides a 10-week paid summer internship at an NOAA facility, and funds travel to present at two scientific conferences. » More …
Sophomore Thomas LeClair is trying to fix a 91-year-old theatre organ languishing in the basement of the Webster Physical Sciences building on the Pullman campus.
A biology and music double degree student, LeClair discovered the instrument while thumbing through old files in the WSU Libraries Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections. » More …
PULLMAN, Wash. – Amit Dhingra, associate professor of genomics and biotechnology at Washington State University, has been honored by the Council on Undergraduate Research for his long-term commitment to mentoring undergraduate researchers. » More …
King, an environmental science graduate student at Washington State University, was one of 12 biologists conducting the first biological survey of the area known as La Ciudad Blanca or the Lost City of the Monkey God, astounding ruins first identified in 2012. » More …
PULLMAN, Wash.— Sammamish, Wash., native and Washington State University genetics and cell biology major Zachary Howard has received from the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation a $7,500 distinguished scholarship for the 2018-19 academic year. » More …
Thomas Lumpkin wants to feed the world.
A simple premise, but an incredibly challenging goal. One that set Lumpkin on a career path which produced new agricultural innovations and led to international leadership positions.
“This is very humbling,” Lumpkin, who grew up on a small farm near Washington’s Tri-Cities, said. “WSU gave me an incredible opportunity, and I’ll always be grateful for the support and freedom they gave me to pursue international research.” » More …
Honors College student and Goldwater Scholar Julianna Brutman majoring in Neuroscience has published the results of her Honors thesis in the peer-reviewed international journal Physiology & Behavior. Julianna’s thesis advisor was Professor Jon Davis in the Department of Integrative Physiology and Neuroscience at Washington State University. In summer 2016, Julianna wrote and was awarded a young investigator grant from Washington State ADARP (Alcohol and Drug Abuse Research Program) to investigate hypothalamic epigenetic changes in obese rodents exposed to a high-fat diet. Her data describing binge feeding in female rates was selected for a “hot topic” presentation at the international conference of The Obesity Society in November 2016. » More …
Nam Nguyen will present their abstract “How Studying Abroad Influences Cross-Cultural Communication Skills in Terms of Adaptability and Sensitivity?” at the 14th Annual Globalization, Diversity, and Education Conference in Airway Heights, WA, hosted by College of Education at Washington State University. The theme for the conference this year is Power and Cultural Politics in Antiracist and Decolonial Education and Educational Research: Intersectionality, Resistance, and Survival. » More …
The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco has named Lewis Lee, founding partner of Spokane-based Lee & Hayes PLLC intellectual-property law firm, to its Economic Advisory Council. The nine-member advisory council is part of the Twelfth Federal Reserve, which is largest by geography and size of its economy.
Lewis is a graduate of the Honors College and obtained a BS in Electrical Engineering and a BA in Business Administration from Washington State University before getting his JD from George Washington University School of Law. » More …