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28 Apr WSU Tri-Cities team advances to ‘sweet 16’ at business competition

Posted at 10:41h in Academic Affairs, Business, Research, School of Engineering & Applied Sciences, Student, WSUTC News

RICHLAND, Wash. – A team from Washington State University Tri-Cities whose business plan is to commercialize a WSU-patented jet fuel technology developed by WSU Tri-Cities professor Bin Yang’s lab has advanced to the University of Washington Business Plan Competition’s “sweet 16” round. WSU Tri-Cities’ Libing Zhang...

18 Apr Engineering team earns 17th at international aero design competition

Posted at 17:52h in Academic Affairs, Design, frontpage, profile, Research, School of Engineering & Applied Sciences, Student, WSUTC News

By Maegan Murray A team from Washington State University Tri-Cities placed 17th recently during the SAE Aero Design Competition in Fort Worth, Texas. The WSU Tri-Cities mechanical engineering team poses with the airplane they designed and competed with at the SAE Aero Design Competition. The team, composed of senior...

18 Apr Community hosts sought for WSU medical students

Posted at 17:35h in Student, WSUTC News

By Terren Roloff, WSU Spokane SPOKANE, Wash. – Hosts in Everett, Vancouver, the Tri-Cities and Spokane are sought to welcome, support and orient Washington State University medical students to their communities during six weeks over a two-year period beginning in September. While studying for their first two...

07 Apr Alshaikhli reelected ASWSUTC president, Harper elected VP

Posted at 09:59h in frontpage, profile, Student, WSUTC News

RICHLAND, Wash. — Israa Alshaikhli secured her second term as president of the Associated Students of Washington State University Tri-Cities for the 2017-18 school year and will serve with a new vice president – sophomore Zachary Harper. Israa Alshaikhli is a junior majoring in biological sciences...

06 Apr Underground comics on display at WSU Tri-Cities Art Center

Posted at 16:55h in Academic Affairs, Art, Student, WSUTC News

A collection of underground comics are featured this month as part of a new exhibition at the Washington State University Tri-Cities Art Center. The exhibition, titled “A life Underground: Exploring WSU’s Alternative Comix Collection,” will be on display through April 30 at the Art Center in...

05 Apr Viticulture, enology student earns national honor

Posted at 09:09h in frontpage, profile, Research, Student, Wine, WSUTC News

By Kaury Baucom, Viticulture & Enology RICHLAND, Wash. – Connor Eck, a senior at Washington State University Tri-Cities originally from Del Mar, Calif., has been named a national Newman Civic Fellow by Campus Compact, a Boston-based nonprofit organization working to advance the public purposes of higher...

31 Mar Team takes third at Alaska Airlines Environmental Innovation Challenge

Posted at 16:16h in Academic Affairs, Alumni, Business, frontpage, profile, Research, School of Engineering & Applied Sciences, Student, WSUTC News

By Maegan Murray, WSU Tri-Cities RICHLAND, Wash. – A team from Washington State University Tri-Cities took third place among 21 teams at the Alaska Airlines Environmental Innovation Challenge’s finals this week for their creation and business model presentation of a technology that converts lignin, a natural...

29 Mar Nursing alum aims to combat cancer with medical career

Posted at 17:23h in Alumni, frontpage, Nursing, profile, Student, WSUTC News

By Maegan Murray Jamie Silva hadn’t considered a career in the medical profession until he saw directly how he could use research and patient interaction to better medical care for all citizens, regardless of demographic. The recent nursing graduate of Washington State University Tri-Cities said it was...

20 Mar Alumna selected to attend national policy seminar in D.C.

Posted at 16:17h in Alumni, frontpage, profile, Student, WSUTC News

Alejandra Cardoso, a recent graduate of Washington State University Tri-Cities, was chosen as one of three representatives from Washington state to participate in the Council for Opportunity in Education’s National Policy Seminar March 19-22 in Washington, D.C. The seminar affords the TRIO and GEAR UP communities...

09 Mar Student receives rare opportunity to experience history made during LIGO internship

Posted at 10:35h in frontpage, profile, Research, School of Engineering & Applied Sciences, Student, WSUTC News

By Maegan Murray, WSU Tri-Cities Before LIGO announced that it had made its second-ever observance of gravitational waves last year, further proving Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity, Daniel Cain was one of the few who already knew. Cain, an engineering student at Washington State University Tri-Cities, took...

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