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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 …

WSU Honors College Presents Awards to McElroy, Van Schinjndel, Hammett, Shier and Berthiuame at Its Fall 2013 Commencement Ceremonies

WSU Honors College Presents Awards to McElroy, Van Schinjndel, Hammett, Shier and Berthiuame at Its Fall 2013 Commencement Ceremonies

PULLMAN, Wash.—The Washington State University Honors College celebrated the accomplishments of 17 graduating seniors and presented top awards to three students and two faculty members at its ceremonies for fall 2013 commencement. » More …

WSU Honors Alumna Roxanne Reese to Interview as Marshall Scholarship Finalist

WSU Honors Alumna Roxanne Reese to Interview as Marshall Scholarship Finalist

PULLMAN, Wash.—Washington State University alumna Roxanne Reese has made it to the final round of the Marshall Scholarship selection process, and will travel Nov. 13 for a personal interview at the British Consulate-General in San Francisco. The Honors College graduate is a Seattle native and current resident. » More …

Twelve WSU Honors College Students Receive Auvil, Fuentes-Kirk Awards to Pursue Research

Twelve WSU Honors College Students Receive Auvil, Fuentes-Kirk Awards to Pursue Research in 2013-14

PULLMAN, Wash.—Twelve Washington State University undergraduate members of the Honors College working with faculty mentors on “research, scholarship, and creative activities” have each received $1,000 awards to support their efforts in the 2013-14 academic year. Announcing the awards is Shelley Pressley, director of undergraduate research, a program in the Office of Undergraduate Education. » More …

WSU Honors College Welcomes Chemist Cliff Berkman to Discuss Targeting and Treating Cancer

WSU Honors College Welcomes Chemist Cliff Berkman to Discuss Targeting and Treating Cancer

PULLMAN, Wash.— Renowned researcher and chemistry professor Cliff Berkman will present “A New Approach to Targeting and Treating Cancer” as the second Washington State University Honors College Distinguished Lecture Series presentation on Monday, Oct. 21. The lecture is set for 6:30 p.m. in the Honors Hall Lounge and is open to the public at no charge. » More …

Twelve WSU Honors College Students Receive Auvil, Fuentes-Kirk Awards to Pursue Research in 2013-14

Twelve WSU Honors College Students Receive Auvil, Fuentes-Kirk Awards to Pursue Research in 2013-14

PULLMAN, Wash.—Twelve Washington State University undergraduate members of the Honors College working with faculty mentors on “research, scholarship, and creative activities” have each received $1,000 awards to support their efforts in the 2013-14 academic year. Announcing the awards is Shelley Pressley, director of undergraduate research, a program in the Office of Undergraduate Education. » More …

WSU Honors College Welcomes Psychologist Craig Parks to Present Invited Lecture on Human Cooperation and Public Goods Sept. 23

WSU Honors College Welcomes Psychologist Craig Parks to Present Invited Lecture on Human Cooperation and Public Goods Sept. 23

PULLMAN, Wash.—Can you predict when will people support a publicly beneficial project? Washington State University Psychology Professor Craig Parks will share his insights at 6:30 p.m. Monday Sept. 23 in the Honors Hall Lounge as he delivers the inaugural Honors College Distinguished Lecture Series program. » More …