Women in Recreation Month empowers women to step outside of their comfort zone by trying new recreational endeavors while celebrating strength and community.
What’s happening
March 2021
Under the Same Sun and Moon: New Acquisitions from the Collection puts on view, in most instances for the first time, selections from collection newcomers.
Major Jackson is the author of five books of poetry, including The Absurd Man (2020), Roll Deep (2015), Holding Company (2010), Hoops (2006), and Leaving Saturn (2002), which won the Cave Canem Poetry Prize for a first book of poems. His edited volumes include Best American Poetry 2019, Renga for Obama, and Library of America’s Countee Cullen: Collected Poems.
The WSU Center for Arts and Humanities in partnership with the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum will be hosting the Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Annual Lecture and Programming Series in Spring 2021.
Soft robots use geometric and material deformation to absorb impacts, mimic natural motions, mechanically adapt to motion or unevenness and to store and reuse energy.
Energy Systems Innovation Center Power Group Seminar Series presents “The Next-Generation Retail Electricity Markets in the Context of Distributed Energy Resources” by Dr. Josue Prado, WSU-Vancouver
A Fine Line explores why less than 7% of Head Chefs and restaurant owners are women, when traditionally women have always held the central role in the kitchen.
Please join us to learn more about a career at E. & J. Gallo Winery and more specifically, Winegrowing internship opportunities currently available for the upcoming year.
We look forward to meeting and chatting with all of you!
VoiceThread is a tool used to engage students in meaningful conversations around media. Learn the basics features including how to create, comment, collaborate, and share with your class.
Seattle City Light (SCL) delivers electricity to over 460,000 business and residential customers in the Seattle area. SCL has maintained carbon neutral status since 2005, and over 80% of the power delivered is generated from clean, carbon-free hydroelectricity.
Learn how to engage students in meaningful conversation by interacting with their peers and media.
James Hoggan is president of a public relations firm in Vancouver, British Columbia and the best-selling author of I’m Right and You’re an Idiot: The Toxic State of Public Discourse and How to Clean It Up.
This event will explore the future of work, the potential value of veterans, and the role that service organizations can play with industry and education in preparing for this future.
Have you thought about growing fresh vegetables in your backyard but don’t know where to start? Have you wondered how much or which vegetables you can grow in a small space?
In this event, participants will have the opportunity to partake in a popcorn reading of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr’s landmark speech “I Have a Dream” with fellow Cougs through Zoom. This event is part of Global Connections’ MLK programming.
In honor of women’s history month, the WSU Data Analytics program is hosting a new contest! T
In part two of this two part experience, we will assess the effectiveness of the mindfulness-based practices that you learned in the previous session.
WSU is moving from Blackboard to Canvas and we are here to make the transition as smooth as possible.
We’re sending out 300 FREE air plant kits that Trevor will be showing you how to make! If you’re not feeling crafty you can still join in to see the live Q&A with Trevor.
Panopto enables instructors to capture and archive lectures, create video clips and prepare media elements for their course. Students will be able to view archived lectures and can also create media of their own. Learn about Panopto features, how to download the recorder, and create and edit your videos.
Join us for the annual Burtenshaw Lecture featuring Chad Mackay of Fire and Vine Hospitality.
The ability to three-dimensionally interweave biological and functional materials could enable the creation of devices possessing personalized geometries and functionalities.
Learn as these 3 expert guests discuss how research and networking helped their organizations:
Jarmichael Harris, MS LCAS, East Carolina University
Susie Mullens, MS, LPC, ALPS, Licensed Psychologist, AADC-CCS, MAC, Marshall University
Elizabeth Weybright, Ph.D., Washington State University
Stephen Skowronek is the Pelatiah Perit Professor of Political and Social Science at Yale University.
NMR spectroscopy is one of the preeminent techniques for determining the composition, structure, and dynamic behavior of biological/molecular compounds, agricultural samples, and materials.
In this Real Talk Thursday, learn how to become your strongest advocate with tips on setting boundaries and communicating with confidence.
Personal plans, problem/opportunity analysis, and organizational focus can all benefit from a well-constructed Goal Tree. This session introduces the concepts, elements, and application of this valuable and high-impact tool.
The Department of Physics and Astronomy invites you to a colloquium featuring Dr. Catherine “Katie” Cooper, Washington State University. Dr. Cooper will present her talk, “Craton Stability: What’s Thickness (and shape) Got To Do With It”.
Have you been interested in trail running and wanted to find out what to expect?
Beauty Standards is a 1-hour workshop led by students to promote body acceptance and healthy activity during COVID-19.
A panel discussion on civility with elected officials from Washington State and students from all campuses at WSU.
Back by popular demand, Feast@Home is a virtual food-wine-fun experience that features exceptional wines by Mercer Wine.
In this training we will cover assignment and rubric creation, peer reviews, and the plagiarism checker.
In this upcoming HealthChats, the College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences is honored to be joined by faculty from the College of Nursing and the Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine to discuss the importance of working in a health care team and fostering an environment of peer-to-peer learning through a collaborative approach.
Join Sandi Brabb from Voiland College Internships & Career Services to talk about how to best prepare yourself for the fair, what you can do now to get ready, and how to participate in the fair! Construction Management, Construction Engineering, Civil Engineering, Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Interior Design and Construction Management majors are encouraged to attend.
Doctoral students in the Carson College of Business will present their research at the college-level Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) Research Competition via Zoom.
Designed to provide Cougs at all career levels an opportunity to celebrate successes and learn from past experiences of WSU faculty and alumnae.
Want to connect your Panopto quizzes to the Blackboard grade book?
Nitrogen is an interesting material exhibiting molecular and polymer like behavior as well as melt maximum at high temperatures. At very high pressure, nitrogen forms an amorphous phase with a nonmolecular semiconductor characteristics.
Gather with us to celebrate the highlights of the School of Hospitality Business Management program and to welcome the 2021 Hall of Fame inductees.
In the U.S. Pacific Northwest, one species of salmon, (coho salmon, Oncorhynchus kisutch), annually exhibit unexplained acute mortality upon stormwater exposure when adult salmon
migrate to urban and near urban creeks to reproduce.
A coda to the proceeding Follow the Sun: The Holland and Orton Collections exhibition, Follow the River: Portraits of the Columbia Plateau will reframe the museum’s Worth D. Griffin Collection of Native portraiture alongside cultural materials from Plateau tribes including the Palus (Palouse) and Nimiipuu (Nez Perce) whose homelands…
At Washington State University we want students to have the best educational experience possible. The National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) helps us improve by providing vital information about your experience as an undergraduate.
In this training we will review the full array of powerful question formats and setting options that allow you to precisely control and manage delivery of online assessments.
Dr. Yiannis Kantaros, Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Computer and Information Science, University of Pennsylvania. Recent advances in machine learning & AI, computer vision, and control theory offer a tremendous opportunity to deploy autonomous robot systems to uncharted environments to accomplish complex missions.
Tax law expert David Cay Johnston will present “The Prosperity Tax – An Alternative for the Twenty-First Century” via zoom. He will discuss his views on how Congress could adopt a new system that encourages domestic capital investment, promotes economic growth, and raises living standards.
Meet the panelists and hear about the hiring processes at their firms!
Does our current federal income tax system hold back economic growth and make it easy for some to cheat the system?
In this training, we will cover simple ways to engage with students and optimize your course space.
Gender inequalities are nothing new. People of different genders have experienced persistent disparities in health, education, economics, politics and other aspects of society.
On Wednesday, March 10, from 4-5 p.m. join guest curator Michael Holloman as he speaks about the exhibition Follow the River: Portraits of the Columbia Plateau, which presents portraiture of Plateau tribal members as commissioned in the mid-1930s by former Washington State College President Ernest O. Holland.
Personal productivity and accountability are two important traits in today’s working world.
Come speak with WSU Global Learning staff, Faculty, and more than 20 Program Providers to learn more about education abroad and Global Learning opportunities! All WSU Majors and All WSU Campuses are welcome and encouraged to attend.
The Center for Institutional Research Computing’s (CIRC) hands-on introductory workshop introduces basic High Performance Computing (HPC) concepts including job submission and file transfers.
On Wednesday, March 10, from 4-5:30 p.m. join guest curator Michael Holloman as he speaks about the exhibition Follow the River: Portraits of the Columbia Plateau, which presents portraiture of Plateau tribal members as commissioned in the mid-1930s by former Washington State College President Ernest O. Holland.
This webinar will review: why eBook formats are so useful, how to create a basic eBook, and resources for further learning.
Neuro 2: Understanding Vestibular Disease – Dr. Hilary Wright and Supporting Faculty Member Dr. Yael Merbl
Has your health been top of mind since the start of Covid-19? Are you in the high-risk category for contracting it? Now, more than ever, it’s so important that we fuel our bodies with food that serves us as well as heals us.
Use this tool to proactively engage students in reading and provide a focus of conversation with automatically graded annotations.
The value of having research partnerships with industry is multifaceted: access to new routes for funding, new directions for research, opportunities for students and a broader audience for your research.
Join Fisher Investments, and learn how to Budget like a Boss! You will leave this presentation having a better focus on how you can take action towards understanding and organizing your finances so that you can have a better sense of control.
In this training we will explain different setup, filtering and communication options.
Ready to jump in? Follow this link for the Zoom session.
The Department of Physics and Astronomy invites you to a colloquium featuring Dr. Gail Zasowski, University of Utah. Dr. Zasowski will present her talk, “Galactic Archeology, Near and (Sort of) Far” via Zoom.
This event has been moved to April 23 at 7:30 PM.
Play golf with us this weekend, March 12-14 and enjoy special pricing – $49 w/cart!
The Washington State University Annual Interdisciplinary Conference on Social Justice (WSU SJCON) is an annual event sponsored by the College of Education, the Program in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, and the departments of English and Sociology.
Zoom in for the College of Arts & Sciences semi-finals of the WSU 3 Minute Thesis competition. Each PhD contestant will present a compelling oration on their thesis and its significance in just three minutes—and using just one visual slide—in language even non-specialists can understand.
Each session will be approximately 45 minutes. After initial presentation and discussion, as time permits, students can ask questions. Some sessions will be recorded, but others may not, depending on the guest speaker.
Historically, the Bardeen–Cooper–Schrieffer (BCS) theory of superconductivity, was established by the attractive interaction between the electrons when mediated by phonons;
Discover contemporary urban design principles from mid-century mall interiors.
VoiceThread is a tool used to engage students in meaningful conversations around media. Learn the basics features including how to create, comment, collaborate, and share with your class.
Learn how to engage students in meaningful conversation by interacting with their peers and media.
ur development of digital waveform mass spectrometry evolved from our overarching goal to increase the working range of mass spectrometers so that large biomolecules and their complexes can be analyzed in low charge states.
Wondering if Graduate School is right for you? Join us to learn about the graduate degree programs offered at Washington State University (WSU) and get your questions answered by Dr. Raymond Herrera, Assistant Dean of the WSU Graduate School.
You got the job! Now what? Succeeding in your career requires more than book smarts and technical skills. I
Machine Learning (ML) is gaining increasing popularity to tackle uncertainty in physical systems, such as modern power systems.
Kim Lane Scheppele Is Laurance S. Rockefeller Professor of Sociology and International Affairs at Princeton University. Her work focuses on the intersection of constitutional and international law. Since 2010, her focus has been on the rise of autocratic legalism in Europe and around the world.
Organic Chemistry Seminar
Phil Cox: Research Fellow, Discovery Platform Technologies
Title: “Part 1-Machine Learning in Drug Discovery, Managing the Hype and Part2-Data Driven Drug Discovery”
Large enrollment courses present a unique set of challenges, especially in the distance delivery environment.
Catina Bacote is a writer and assistant professor of English at St. John’s University. She specializes in creative nonfiction and her work draws on personal story and social history.
A Jeopardy-style game that will cover a wide range of topics and significant figures, including the life of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. This event is part of Global Connections’ MLK programming.
Joel Lininger presents a night of piano music that celebrates the emotional impact of music. From the meditative and reflective sounds of Messiaen, to the triumphant and victorious chords of Beethoven, to the mischief of ragtime, Joel hopes to remind everyone that in spite of a world in…
This event has been postponed until Fall 2021.
Join WSDOT for a Virtual Career Open House. Hear from guest speakers about their experiences and get your application and career-related questions answered.
In this training, we will cover simple ways to build a community-centered environment in your online course space.
Presented by Dr. Anil N. Netravali, Jean and Douglas McLean Professor of Fiber Science, Department of Fiber Science and Apparel Design, Cornell University
Join expert large grant proposal consultants Becky James, PhD. (CAS), Sammy Rodriguez, PhD (ORAP), and Maureen Bonnefin, CRA (ORAP) to discover best practices and tips for ensuring your next team proposal goes smoothly.
The WSU Center for Arts and Humanities and the WSU School of Music is excited to present a panel discussion featuring Jennifer Grim, Toyin Spellman-Diaz, and Danielle Kuhlmann. All three performers have achieved national and international recognition for their chamber music recordings and live concerts, and maintain substantial solo and…
The Department of Physics and Astronomy invites you to a colloquium featuring Dr. Alexie Leauthaud, University of California Santa Cruz. Dr. Leauthaud will present her talk, “The Galaxy-Halo Connection from Gravitational Lensing”, via Zoom.
The Department of Fine Arts presents an artist talk with Los Angeles-based artist Kori Newkirk, supported by the Forst Endowed Visiting Artist Program.
Join this virtual program, presented in partnership with Denver Month of Photography, featuring a conversation between Milo Carpenter, CSM associate digital archivist and Michael Holloman, Washington State University associate professor and member of the Colville Confederated Tribes.
The Voiland College School of Design and Construction Virtual Design Career Fair will take place on Handshake’s virtual career fair platform. Employers will be available to meet with students on Thursday, March 18, 5-7 p.m. (PST).
This event has been postponed until Fall 2021.
Join us to ask career and technology questions to a panel from Microsoft, Avista, and SEL. We formed this panel from two somewhat different industries to give you a chance to hear different perspectives to your career questions.
Melamine (C3H6N6) and its derivatives are high-production-volume chemicals that are widely used in the production of ready-to-assemble furniture, disinfectants, laminate floors, kitchenware etc.
Metalloactinyl complexes are of interest in actinide chemistry due to their unique and relatively unexplored transition metal-actinide bonds.
This event will be postponed until Fall 2021.