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3 weeks ago | 
news.wsu.edu | Kylie Condosta |Shawn Vestal |RJ Wolcott |Vishva Nalamalapu
President Elizabeth Cantwell and Provost T. Chris Riley-Tillman became the fifth president and third provost to sign the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the Native American Advisory Board to the President during the board’s biannual meeting last Friday.
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3 weeks ago | 
news.wsu.edu | Kylie Condosta |Shawn Vestal |RJ Wolcott |Vishva Nalamalapu
Members of the Washington State University Board of Regents appointed the governing body’s next leaders during Friday’s meeting in Spokane alongside new President Elizabeth Cantwell. Beginning July 1, the board will be led by Regent Jenette Ramos, who currently serves as vice chair and succeeds current Chair Lisa Keohokalole Schauer. Regent Enrique Cerna will follow Ramos as the board’s vice chair.
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4 weeks ago | 
news.wsu.edu | Shawn Vestal |Vishva Nalamalapu |Nella Letizia |WSU Libraries
HRS Records will be presenting an instructor-led training on I-9 processing and requirements on April 22 at 2 p.m.About this live course — Presented by HRS staff, this course is intended for all WSU employees that have responsibility for Form I-9 processes and provides a comprehensive overview of Form I-9 requirements, the responsibilities of I-9 processors, and federal compliance and enforcement guidelines.
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4 weeks ago | 
news.wsu.edu | Shawn Vestal |Vishva Nalamalapu |Nella Letizia |WSU Libraries
A Washington State University professor is one of a dozen researchers who signed an open letter noting that a proposed expansion of logging on federal lands may have some benefits — but that the firing of forestry experts and cuts in research could undermine that potential. The result, they say in the letter published Thursday at the website of the journal Science, could harm wildlife, increase wildfire risk and eliminate irreplaceable carbon stores in national forests.
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Jul 3, 2024 | 
news.wsu.edu | William Ferguson |Vishva Nalamalapu
From a 50-million-year-old fossil site to the number one rated candy store in the country, Washington state is home to some remarkably cool places that most people have never heard about. Perhaps no one knows more about these hidden gems as well as the state’s more iconic landmarks than Washington State University alumni, students, and their families. #CougCounties, a bi-weekly social media campaign that kicked off Feb.
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Jul 3, 2024 | 
news.wsu.edu | Scott Jackson |Carson College |William Ferguson |Vishva Nalamalapu
The Carson College of Business Career Amplifier program and Michelle Chapman received an honorable mention from the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) for their 2024 Career Readiness Award. According to NACE, the honor is awarded to an individual or office for innovative best practices that support and promote the incorporation of career readiness competencies to prepare students and alumni for careers or internships.
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Jul 3, 2024 | 
news.wsu.edu | William Ferguson |Vishva Nalamalapu
July 3, 2024 The WSU News team will be taking a break to observe the July 4 holiday along with the rest of the university community. Fresh posting to WSU Insider returns on Monday. If you’re looking for some good, Americana reading this weekend, consider this article from the Summer 2024 issue of Washington State Magazine about WSU alum Capt.
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Jul 2, 2024 | 
news.wsu.edu | Vishva Nalamalapu
After helping identify a tire chemical that is deadly to coho salmon, Washington State University researcher Jen McIntyre is now working to find out more about how widespread the problem is. Working with colleagues from the University of Washington and the U.S. Geological Survey, McIntyre, an associate professor at WSU’s Puyallup Research and Extension Center, is investigating whether the chemical 6PPD-quinone affects young coho in the field as it has been found to affect adults.
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Oct 6, 2023 | 
around.uoregon.edu | Vishva Nalamalapu
A new internship program at one of the UO’s fastest-growing majors is setting students up for the health field better than ever before. Thanks to an anonymous donor, the Department of Human Physiology in the UO’s College of Arts and Sciences now has a director of internships and has so far provided stipends for 61 undergraduate students to get paid, hands-on experience. Amy Sibul, the new internship director, created the program from scratch.
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Jul 26, 2023 | 
colorado.edu | Vishva Nalamalapu
Niwot Ridge is a place of grandeur. The mountains are tall and steep. The sky is bright and open. In this land, most people instinctively look up and out. A research group from the University of Georgia, however, spends their summer days on the ridge looking down. The group, led by postdoc Meredith Zettlemoyer, is looking at alpine cushion plants—compact green mounds with small leaves and ephemeral flowers that hug Niwot Ridge and are found in many alpine areas across the world.
