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Nov 20, 2024 | 
gloucestershirelive.co.uk | William Ferguson |William Morgan |Emily Ferguson
Queen Camilla was awarded an honorary doctorate by her sister-in-law, Princess Anne, in a rare joint engagement. The 77-year-old Royal was one of five individuals honoured on the University of London's Foundation Day by the school's Chancellor, Princess Anne. Camilla received an honorary doctorate of literature for her promotion of literacy and literature over the past two decades.
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Aug 5, 2024 | 
news.wsu.edu | Scott Jackson |Carson College |Devin Rokyta |William Ferguson
A series of three entrepreneurship classes offered at Washington State University Tri-Cities is pairing students with industry professionals to develop and launch new ventures in clean energy. Paul Carlisle, an adjunct professor with the Carson College of Business who runs the program, said the classes are meant to be taken in succession.
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Aug 1, 2024 | 
news.wsu.edu | William Ferguson |Sylvia Lindman |Eric Hollenbeck |Carson College
August 1, 2024 Almost a third of the 36 new members of the Washington State Academy of Sciences are from Washington State University. The ten WSU faculty elected to the WSAS come from a range of disciplines including animal science, cropping systems, engineering, information ethics, genome engineering, and psychology.
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Jul 31, 2024 | 
msn.com | William Ferguson
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Jul 31, 2024 | 
medicalxpress.com | William Ferguson
A lesser-known cannabinoid that is gaining in popularity, Cannabigerol (CBG), effectively reduced anxiety in a clinical trial without the intoxication typically associated with whole plant cannabis. It may even have some memory enhancing effects, according to a new study in Scientific Reports.
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Jul 30, 2024 | 
news.wsu.edu | Sylvia Lindman |William Ferguson |RJ Wolcott |Devin Rokyta
Andra Chastain followed a circuitous path to her study of Latin American history. She took Spanish while growing up in Salem, Oregon and her family hosted exchange students, including one from Chile. After the school year, Chastain traveled to Chile to see her friend. “We visited her family, and that was a pivotal moment,” Chastain said. She was 17, with attitudes typical of American students at the time. A conversation with her friend’s family challenged her thinking.
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Jul 30, 2024 | 
news.wsu.edu | Eric Hollenbeck |Carson College |William Ferguson |RJ Wolcott
July 30, 2024 Washington State University has new resources and updated policies as a result of regulatory changes addressing the needs of the community. Compliance and Civil Rights (CCR), the Office of the Provost, Center for Community Standards, and Human Resource Services updated university grievance processes to respond to concerns of sex discrimination and sex-based harassment, as required by Title IX’s implementing regulations.
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Jul 29, 2024 | 
phys.org | William Ferguson
Monarch butterflies in Northern California are adapting to a changing climate by embracing an unexpected strategy: breeding in the winter. The shift could be key to the survival of the iconic insect, according to a new study published in the Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society.
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Jul 22, 2024 | 
newsbreak.com | William Ferguson
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Jul 22, 2024 | 
bigcountrynewsconnection.com | William Ferguson
The Perseid meteor shower is kind of like the cosmos’ version of Old Faithful in Yellowstone National Park. The predictably spectacular event runs from mid-July to late August every year as the planet goes through the bits of ice and rock left behind by Comet Swift-Tuttle, which last passed close to Earth in 1992. “It is a great time of the year for people in the northern hemisphere to lie out in the summertime and watch meteors,” said WSU astronomer Guy Worthey.
