Academic Affairs

26 Apr April 30 – May 3: Students present research, course projects during symposium and art exhibition

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RICHLAND, Wash. – Washington State University Tri-Cities undergraduate students will display semester and course research and art projects as part of the Undergraduate Research Symposium and Art Exhibition April 30 – May 3. Student present their psychology project during the Undergraduate Research Symposium and Art Exhibition...

25 Apr May 4: WSU Tri-Cities to confer 352 degrees

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WSU Tri-Cities Commencement RICHLAND, Wash. – Washington State University Tri-Cities will confer 352 degrees at its commencement ceremony beginning at 1 p.m. on Saturday, May 4, at the Toyota Center, 7000 W. Grandridge Blvd. in Kennewick. Doors open at noon. The event is free to the public...

24 Apr WSU Tri-Cities wine science student named Wine Spectator Student of the Year

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By Brandon Schrand, College of Agricultural, Human and Natural Resource Sciences RICHLAND, Wash. – When Madeleine Higgins was trying to pay the rent in New York as a struggling fashion writer, she never dreamed that one day she would be interning in a custom-crush facility in...

23 Apr From prison to WSU to Stanford

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By Will Ferguson, WSU News Noel Vest’s goal was to go to community college to earn a degree as a chemical dependency counselor when he walked out the doors of a Nevada prison on June 28, 2009. Other than hard labor, it was the only career he...

08 Apr Indonesian Fulbright Scholar studying how to develop diverse, cost-effective biofuels technology at WSU Tri-Cities, PNNL

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RICHLAND, Wash. – Fulbright scholar Fitria is using her educational experience at Washington State University Tri-Cities and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory to find new and improved ways of creating successful biofuels and bioproducts. Fitria, a Fulbright Scholar studying at WSU Tri-Cities, is researching pretreatment methods...

01 Apr April 10: Radiation effects expert to talk future of radiation protection national council

Posted at 12:16h in Academic Affairs, Research, Science, WSUTC News

RICHLAND, Wash. – Radiation effects expert John Boice will present on the past and future of the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements as part of a Herbert M. Parker Lecture series at Washington State University Tri-Cities on April 10. John Boice, director of science...

27 Mar Adjunct education professor inspires love for math, earns regional Crystal Apple Award

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By Maegan Murray, WSU Tri-Cities RICHLAND, Wash. – As part of a class at Washington State University Tri-Cities, adjunct education professor Cathie Tate picked up two simple objects: a popsicle stick and a paper clip. She asked the future teachers sitting before her how they would...

22 Mar Professor honored with excellence in teaching award by Entomological Society of America

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By Maegan Murray, WSU Tri-Cities RICHLAND, Wash. – A curiosity for the world and the yearning to know how it works. It is what brought Allan Felsot to the world of science and it is what inspired in him an interest and passion for teaching and academia...

14 Mar House approves Washington wine license plate bill to bolster WSU research

Posted at 15:17h in Academic Affairs, Faculty, Research, Wine, WSUTC News

A bill that would create a Washington Wine specialty license plate and direct funding to support research at WSU Tri-Cities passed off the House Floor Wednesday afternoon with a vote of 86-9. HB 2050 would give Washington drivers the option of purchasing a special license plate featuring...

13 Mar April 17: Washington state wine research seminar to focus on smoke exposure

Posted at 16:41h in Academic Affairs, Faculty, Research, Wine, WSUTC News

Leading smoke exposure scientist will help wineries prepare for future wildfires By Washington State Wine SEATTLE – Wildfires bring devastation to land and property, and in wine growing regions the smoke can affect the quality of the crop. The impact of this smoke exposure is the focus...