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22 Jun Education course using community garden, partnership practices to connect learning to real world

Posted at 16:58h in Academic Affairs, Education, Faculty, frontpage, profile, Research, Staff, Student, WSUTC News

By Maegan Murray RICHLAND, Wash. – Education students at Washington State University Tri-Cities had the chance to put what they learned about school-community engagement practices to use with a new community garden experience that also educates community members about gardening, healthy eating habits and more. WSU Tri-Cities...

06 Jun Alternative route program allows mother of eight to follow teaching dream

Posted at 10:23h in Academic Affairs, Alumni, Education, frontpage, profile, Student, WSUTC News

By Maegan Murray, WSU Tri-Cities RICHLAND, Wash. – Becky Rausch has had a passion for teaching since she was a little girl. But as an adult, her life restrictions in raising a family with eight children left her with little time to complete an education degree...

24 May WSU, PNNL software team focuses on detecting cancer biomarkers in real time

Posted at 08:27h in Academic Affairs, Alumni, Computer science, frontpage, profile, Research, Science, Student, Uncategorized, WSUTC News

By Maegan Murray, WSU Tri-Cities RICHLAND, Wash. – Computer science students at Washington State University Tri-Cities are partnering with the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory to create a software that will improve data processing to help identify cancer and other health biomarkers in real-time. The Pacific Northwest National...

15 May Uzbekistan to Costa Rica to a career in the medical field: Student aims to help less fortunate

Posted at 14:21h in Academic Affairs, frontpage, Nursing, profile, Student, WSUTC News

RICHLAND, Wash. – Nikita Fisenko was 10 years old when he came to the United States with his family from Uzbekistan. “At the age of 7, in a family of seven kids, my father passed away of cancer,” he said. “It was really hard. My father...

03 May Engineering, arts create interactive tree sculpture that speaks to realities of plastic waste

Posted at 09:09h in Academic Affairs, Art, Design, engineering, Faculty, frontpage, profile, Research, Student, Uncategorized, WSUTC News

By Maegan Murray, WSU Tri-Cities RICHLAND, Wash. – Mechanical engineering students in a Washington State University Tri-Cities capstone course worked with a university arts professor to design and construct a moving tree sculpture that presents the unfortunate realities of the use and discarding of plastic in...

02 May WSU Tri-Cities team researching use of fungi to restore native plant populations

Posted at 14:39h in Academic Affairs, Faculty, frontpage, profile, Research, Science, Student, WSUTC News

By Maegan Murray, WSU Tri-Cities RICHLAND, Wash. – A team at Washington State University Tri-Cities is studying how to transplant fungi to restore native plant populations in the Midwest and Northwest. Undergraduate student Catalina Yepez prepares a DNA sample in a lab at WSU Tri-Cities. Mycorrhizal fungi form...

30 Apr May 5: WSU Tri-Cities to confer 403 degrees at commencement

Posted at 14:00h in Academic Affairs, Alumni, Art, Business, Computer science, Design, Education, engineering, Nursing, Psychology, Science, Student, WSUTC News

RICHLAND, Wash. – Washington State University Tri-Cities will confer 403 degrees during its commencement ceremony beginning at 1 p.m. Saturday, May 5, at the Toyota Center, 7000 W. Grandridge Blvd. in Kennewick, Wash. Doors open at noon. The event is free to the public and tickets...

25 Apr WSU Tri-Cities doctorate student receives Finland summer school scholarship

Posted at 15:08h in Academic Affairs, Education, Research, Staff, Student, WSUTC News

RICHLAND, Wash. – Lindsay Lightner, a Ph.D. student in mathematics and science education and coordinator of the Alternate Route Teacher Certification program at Washington State University Tri-Cities, has received the 2018 European Science Education Research Association Summer School in Finland scholarship from the National Association...

25 Apr May 1-3: WSU Tri-Cities undergrad symposium highlights research, course projects

Posted at 10:43h in Academic Affairs, Alumni, Art, Business, Computer science, Design, Education, engineering, Psychology, Research, Science, Student, WSUTC News

RICHLAND, Wash. – Students will present on a range of research and course projects as part of the Washington State University Tri-Cities Undergraduate Research Symposium and Art Exhibition, noon-1 p.m. May 1-3 in the Consolidated Information Center on campus. Undergraduate Research Symposium and Art Exhibition “We invite...

17 Apr April 20: WSU Tri-Cities to honor 12 in 2018 Women of Distinction class

Posted at 09:13h in Academic Affairs, Alumni, Faculty, Staff, Student, WSUTC News

RICHLAND, Wash. – Washington State University Tri-Cities will honor 12 individuals as part of its 2018 Women of Distinction class during a gallery exhibition opening and reception at 4 p.m. on April 20 in the Consolidated Information Center Art Gallery on campus. The WSU Tri-Cities Women...