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3 weeks ago | 
news.wsu.edu | Spencer Farrin |Addy Hatch |Shawn Vestal |Levi McGarry
We are excited to announce registration is open for two Employee Assistance Program (EAP) facilitated sessions for WSU faculty and staff. There will be on-site seating in Pullman for the sessions in Lighty 405, and the session will be streamed to the system through Zoom, as well as being recorded for future viewership in Percipio.
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3 weeks ago | 
news.wsu.edu | Addy Hatch |Spencer Farrin |Shawn Vestal |Levi McGarry
The injured bald eagle was found in a field near Zillah, Washington, unable to fly. Luckily for the bird, volunteers drove it to the Washington State University Veterinary Teaching Hospital three hours away. There, the young bald eagle was treated for a fractured shoulder. He became one of about 1,000 wildlife patients the hospital’s Exotics and Wildlife Department expects to treat this year. That can include nearly any wild animal: raptors and songbirds, rabbits, squirrels, and porcupines.
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3 weeks ago | 
news.wsu.edu | Spencer Farrin |Addy Hatch |Shawn Vestal |Levi McGarry
Washington State University achieved a fundraising milestone on Wednesday, April 16 during the 10th annual #CougsGive day of giving, as donors provided more than $1 million in contributions in a single day for the first time. During the 24-hour fundraising campaign, which ran from midnight to midnight on April 16, donors made a combined 1,645 gifts for $1,153,992—a record giving total that shattered the previous high of $791,211 from 2022.
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3 weeks ago | 
news.wsu.edu | Shawn Vestal |Levi McGarry |Devin Rokyta |Kylie Condosta
“Permit me to tell you what you would have seen and heard had you had been with me on Thursday. It will not be pleasant listening. If you are at lunch, or if you have no appetite to hear what Germans have done, now is a good time to switch off the radio, for I propose to tell you of Buchenwald.”In April 1945, Edward R. Murrow told the world of the horrors revealed by the liberation of the Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany.
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3 weeks ago | 
news.wsu.edu | Levi McGarry |Shawn Vestal |Devin Rokyta |Kylie Condosta
April 21, 2025 By Communications staff, Washington State University 2025 Women of Distinction award winners. The President’s Commission on the Status of Women is pleased to announce applications are now open for membership through April 25.
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3 weeks ago | 
news.wsu.edu | Levi McGarry |Shawn Vestal |Devin Rokyta |Kylie Condosta
At the request of the Washington State legislature, sociologist Mariana Amorim is leading an investigation into how new financial contracts could help homeowners access equity in their home. Amorim, an associate professor in the Department of Sociology at Washington State University, specializes in research on families, social policies, and household economics.
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Feb 11, 2025 | 
news.wsu.edu | Levi McGarry |Devin Rokyta
February 11, 2025 By Communications staff, Washington State University Washington State University Libraries, in partnership with the Office of Research, are starting a pilot open access (OA) fund to support early-career researchers publishing in OA journals, with $25,000 from the Office of the Provost.
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Feb 11, 2025 | 
news.wsu.edu | Scott Weybright |Levi McGarry |Devin Rokyta
PULLMAN, Wash. — Foods that evoke a sense of nostalgia and comfort and have good texture variety are important considerations in prepared meals aimed at older adults, according to new Washington State University research. “We want to help the prepared food industry produce appetizing, healthy meals for older adults,” said Carolyn Ross, professor in WSU’s School of Food Science.
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Feb 10, 2025 | 
news.wsu.edu | Levi McGarry |Devin Rokyta |Tina Hilding |Voiland College
Danh Pham, professor of music at Washington State University, received the 2024 Governor’s Arts and Heritage Educator Award and was recently honored at the Washington State Arts Commission celebration in Olympia. Pham currently serves as the director of bands and orchestras, heading up several student programs including the WSU Symphony Orchestra, Symphonic Wind Ensemble, Opera and Musical Theatre, and the Cougar Summer Music Camp.
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Feb 10, 2025 | 
news.wsu.edu | Levi McGarry |Devin Rokyta |Tina Hilding |Voiland College
February 10, 2025 By Communications staff, Washington State University Provost and Executive Vice President Riley-Tillman shared a message with faculty and staff system-wide regarding budgeting and potential freezes in the midst of a rapidly-changing federal landscape as well as potential state funding reductions. Washington State University is continuing to monitor and evaluate potential impacts of federal actions being taken.
