Science

27 May Education faculty awarded NSF grant to help high schoolers prep for STEM careers

Posted at 09:36h in Academic Affairs, Education, Educational Outreach & Partnerships, Faculty, frontpage, K-12, profile, Research, Science, Student, WSUTC News

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]RICHLAND, Wash. –Washington State University Tri-Cities education faculty are part of a new, $2.85 million National Science Foundation grant to develop curriculum and hands-on projects with local high schools that use geospatial technologies to improve STEM literacy and...

18 May Cross-country journey kick-started award-winning wine student’s career

Posted at 15:44h in Academic Affairs, frontpage, profile, Research, Science, Student, Viticulture / Enology / Wine, Wine, WSUTC News

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]By Scott Weybright, CAHNRS When then-18-year-old Andrew Gerow packed his car to drive from his home in Michigan to start at WSU Tri-Cities, he knew what he wanted from his education. [caption id="attachment_81847" align="alignleft" width="396"] Andrew Gerow working in the...

17 Apr WSU Tri-Cities launches new educational K-12 activities website, reading program

Posted at 16:46h in Academic Affairs, Alumni, Art, Biological Sciences – General Studies, Biology, BSEL, Business, Business Administration, Civil Engineering, College of Arts and Sciences, College of Education, Community Engagement, Computer science, Design, Digital Technology and Culture, Earth & Environmental Science, Education, Educational Outreach & Partnerships, Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine, Faculty, frontpage, K-12, Nursing, profile, Psychology, School of Engineering & Applied Sciences, Science, Student, student success, Viticulture / Enology / Wine, WSUTC News

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] By Maegan Murray, WSU Tri‑Cities [caption id="attachment_80537" align="alignleft" width="500"] Anna Plemons, WSU Tri-Cities assistant vice chancellor for academic affairs and professor in the College of Arts and Sciences, reads "Where Do I Sleep?" with daughter Josephine.[/caption] RICHLAND, Wash. – In light...

03 Mar Media advisory: WSU Tri-Cities to break ground on new academic building March 12

Posted at 10:29h in Academic Affairs, ACADEMIC BUILDING, Biological Sciences – General Studies, Biology, College of Arts and Sciences, Community Engagement, Earth & Environmental Science, Research, Science, Student, student success, Uncategorized, WSUTC News

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]RICHLAND, Wash. – Washington State University Tri-Cities will break ground on its new $30 million academic building at 5 p.m. on Thursday, March 12, on the vacant lot across from the Consolidated Information Center (CIC) on campus. [caption id="attachment_77892"...

21 Feb Feb. 28: Scientist to talk state of nuclear waste disposal program in America

Posted at 09:49h in Academic Affairs, College of Arts and Sciences, School of Engineering & Applied Sciences, Science, WSUTC News

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]By Maegan Murray, WSU Tri-Cities RICHLAND, Wash. – Washington State University Tri-Cities will welcome James Conca, senior scientist for UFA Ventures, Inc., who will discuss the current state and future of the nuclear waste disposal program in the United...

05 Dec Dec. 9, 11-13: Students to present research, course projects as part of symposium and art exhibition

Posted at 13:28h in Academic Affairs, Art, Biological Sciences – General Studies, Biology, College of Arts and Sciences, Digital Technology and Culture, Faculty, Psychology, Research, Science, Student, WSUTC News

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]RICHLAND, Wash. – Washington State University Tri-Cities students will present semester and course research and art projects as part of the Undergraduate Research Symposium and Art Exhibition Dec. 9 and Dec. 11-13. [caption id="attachment_75258" align="alignleft" width="500"] Students present during...

26 Oct Three local individuals honored as WSU Tri-Cities Women of Distinction

Posted at 07:00h in Biological Sciences – General Studies, Biology, College of Arts and Sciences, Faculty, frontpage, profile, Science, Student, Viticulture / Enology / Wine, Wine, WSUTC News

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]By Maegan Murray, WSU Tri-Cities RICHLAND, Wash. - Three individuals were honored this year as 2019 WSU Tri-Cities Women of Distinction for their notable contributions to the campus and community through service, teaching and/or involvement. The 2019 WSU Tri-Cities Women of Distinction...

22 Oct PNNL scientist to discuss work at plutonium production site in Russia as part of WSU Tri-Cities lecture

Posted at 06:00h in Research, Science, WSUTC News

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]By Maegan Murray, WSU Tri-Cities RICHLAND, Wash. - Bruce Napier, a senior scientist at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, will discuss his work regarding the Mayak plutonium production site in Russia, which has many similarities to the Hanford Site...

07 Oct WSU professor develops cleanup strategies for NASA rocket test site

Posted at 13:13h in BSEL, Earth & Environmental Science, Faculty, frontpage, profile, Research, School of Engineering & Applied Sciences, Science, WSUTC News

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] By Maegan Murray, WSU Tri‑Cities [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] [caption id="attachment_72106" align="alignright" width="383"] Birgitte Ahring, professor in the Gene and Linda Voiland School of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering at WSU’s Bioproducts, Sciences and Engineering Laboratory (BSEL) in Tri‑Cities, Washington[/caption] RICHLAND, Wash. – A Washington State...

Arturo Gutierrez Larios engineering student and Mohamed Osman

16 Sep Students experience real-world impacts of research through summer scholars program

Posted at 16:44h in Academic Affairs, admissions, Art, Biological Sciences – General Studies, Biology, BSEL, College of Arts and Sciences, Computer science, Digital Technology and Culture, Earth & Environmental Science, Faculty, frontpage, Research, School of Engineering & Applied Sciences, Science, Student, WSUTC News

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]By Maegan Murray, WSU Tri-Cities RICHLAND, Wash. – Several Washington State University Tri-Cities students got to see first-hand how top-tier university research can impact their local community through the WSU Tri-Cities Chancellor’s Summer Scholar Program supported by Washington River...