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15 Sep WSU Tri-Cities engineering and art partner to create robot that interacts with environment

Posted at 11:03h in Art, Design, frontpage, profile, Research, School of Engineering & Applied Sciences, Student, Uncategorized, WSUTC News

By Adrian Aumen, WSU College of Arts & Sciences In a cold, dimly blue-lit room, a strange human–animal hybrid paces before the entrance to a fiery red cave. When the “Huminal” senses a viewer approaching, it stops, turns its head to stare at the visitor and...

12 Sep WSU Tri-Cities partners with youth program for academic camps in east Pasco community

Posted at 14:22h in Academic Affairs, College of Education, Community Engagement, frontpage, profile, Research, Student, WSUTC News

By Maegan Murray, WSU Tri-Citiies RICHLAND, Wash. – Washington State University Tri-Cities has joined forces with a local youth-operated program to grow its home-based extracurricular learning opportunities in a community in east Pasco. The organization, Ambassadors of Lakeview Achieving Success (ALAS), originated several years ago when Lakeview...

05 Sep Sept. 14: WSU Tri-Cities celebrates grand opening of student union building

Posted at 11:24h in Alumni, frontpage, profile, Student, WSUTC News

By Maegan Murray, WSU Tri-Cities RICHLAND, Wash. – Washington State University Tri-Cities invites members of the public to join the grand opening celebration of its $5.73 million campus student union building, 3 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 14. The event will feature a presentation by WSU President Kirk Schulz,...

01 Sep College of Medicine class profile gives glimpse into medical education need

Posted at 15:45h in Academic Affairs, Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine, frontpage, profile, Student, WSUTC News

By Christina VerHeul, Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine SPOKANE, Wash. – A new profile of the WSU Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine charter class shows it is comprised of a strong percentage of women, low socioeconomic status and first generation students. The class, a group...

28 Aug WSU leading online implementation of K-12 truancy prevention program

Posted at 13:45h in Academic Affairs, frontpage, profile, Psychology, Research, Student, Uncategorized, WSUTC News

By Maegan Murray, WSU Tri-Cities Washington State University is leading the online implementation of a program aimed at reducing school truancy that could positively impact schools not only across the state, but also across the nation. The Washington Assessment of the Risks and Needs of Students program,...

24 Jul WSU Tri-Cities names five new STEM Scholars

Posted at 11:11h in Academic Affairs, frontpage, profile, Research, School of Engineering & Applied Sciences, Science, Student, WSUTC News

RICHLAND, Wash. – Five local freshman at Washington State University Tri-Cities are among the university’s latest class of STEM Scholars. As part of earning the distinction, where STEM stands for science, technology, engineering and mathematics, the students are honored with a $8,400 per year scholarship and...

20 Jul Professor researching virtual & augmented reality for special education

Posted at 17:34h in Academic Affairs, College of Education, frontpage, profile, Research, Student, Uncategorized, WSUTC News

By Maegan Murray RICHLAND, Wash. – Jonah Firestone, an education professor at Washington State University Tri-Cities, knows that technology is the future of education, which is why he is researching the use of virtual and augmented reality as tools for not only the general classroom, but...

17 Jul Employer registration now open for 2017 WSU Tri-Cities Career Fair

Posted at 17:34h in Alumni, Student, WSUTC News

RICHLAND, Wash. – Registration is now open for employers to sign up for a booth at the 2017 Washington State University Tri-Cities Career Fair, which will be held from 8 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. Sept. 28 in the Student Union Building and Consolidated Information Center...

WSU Tri-Cities, VanWest College and Mahasarakham University partnership

28 Jun WSU Tri-Cities partnering with Thai, Canadian universities for language and cultural exchange

Posted at 15:07h in Academic Affairs, Business, frontpage, Research, Student, WSUTC News

RICHLAND, Wash. – Washington State University Tri-Cities signed a memorandum of understanding today to partner with Vanwest College from Vancouver, British Columbia, and Mahasarakham University from Talat, Thailand, for a language and cultural exchange program that will benefit students from each of the three campuses...

26 Jun New distilled spirits analysis earns WSU team top honors at world conference

Posted at 16:15h in Academic Affairs, frontpage, Research, Student, Wine, WSUTC News

RICHLAND, Wash. – A team from Washington State University recently took home top honors in the research poster competition at the Worldwide Distilled Spirits Conference in Glasgow, Scotland, for research on a technique typically used to evaluate the characteristics of wine. To determine the characteristics and...

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