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In this enlightening webinar, Accredited Genealogist professional, Diana Elder, will share specific steps to aid in your genealogical research.

Poinsettia sales December 1st-11th, not including Sundays, at the greenhouses up the street from Ferdinand’s. Friday sales will be walk-in only (everyone welcome, no appointments) and from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm. All other days will be by appointment only.

We will explain different setup, filtering, and communication options. We will also show how to grade and comment on student work using the SpeedGrader. We will also provide an overview of the student view of the gradebook.

School of Biological Sciences seminar: Carsten Volkner, “Ion transport proteins in plastid signaling, regulation, and photosynthesis”, SBS PhD exit seminar.

Save the date and brush up on your best random knowledge! Your Students Connections Committee is planning another fun event after thanksgiving break. There will be gifts, food, and good cheer. Woohoo!

Swing by the Gallery in the Compton Union Building to check out our new exhibit by Siri Stensberg.

Take some time to talk to the artist while you check out the exhibit and get some refreshments (hot drinks and doughnuts). We even have some original artwork postcards to give out to attendees!

The Gallery is located on the 1st floor outside of the CUB Auditorium.

Each new generation of robotic fabrication tools has transformed manufacturing, enabling greater complexity and customization of the world around us. With the recent developments in additive manufacturing and mobile robots, several pressing questions have emerged. How can we use computational methods to expand the set of achievable material properties? How can we use mobile robots to do manufacturing? Finally, how can we use the answers from these questions to make robots more capable?

The Fine Arts Department presents an artist lecture and exhibition of work by Donté K. Hayes, supported by the Forst Endowed Visiting Artist Program.

Hayes’s art practice pulls from an interest in hip-hop culture, history, and science fiction. For Hayes, ceramics becomes a bridge to conceptually integrate disparate objects and…

Join Penny Martinez, Veteran’s Coordinator at WSU’s Office of Veteran’s Affairs, for an info session on the benefits available to you as a veteran and Global Campus student. Learn how to use your benefits and have your questions answered live.

A guided tour of December night skies and “The Sun: Our Living Star.”
Friday, Dec. 3, 7:00 pm & Sunday, Dec. 5, 5:00 pm

Data communication plays a significant role in overall performance for hardware accelerators of Deep Neural Networks (DNNs). For example, crossbar-based in-memory computing significantly increases on-chip communication volume since the weights and activations are on-chip. State-of-the-art interconnect methodologies for in-memory computing deploy a bus-based network or mesh-based NoC.

Join new Science Librarian Emily Cukier on a romp through some of history’s colossal failures in record keeping and learn how to protect yourself against making the same mistakes. This talk can benefit students and faculty alike, and is open to all disciplines.

Quadrupole mass filters and guides are integral components in many mass spectrometers. These mass filters are typically operated with sinusoidal waveforms applied to the electrodes with opposing electrodes electrically connected and each pair receiving rf potentials that are 180° out of phase from each other.

The lithium-sulfur battery is considered a promising substitute for the current Lithium-ion battery due to its high theoretical energy density and relatively low cost. However, the discharge progress of lithium-sulfur batteries is still not fully understood because of the complexity of intermediate polysulfides products.

It’s the most wonderful art event of the year ❄️ ⠀
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The last arts hour of the semester is here, and it’s holiday themed ?⠀

There will be gingerbread houses, dreidel decorating, Adam Sandler’s Eight Crazy Nights playing in the background, prizes, and SO MUCH MORE!

You’re invited to a fun, holiday-themed, evening of painting. Take a pause from your hectic schedule and create your own artistic interpretation of the image shown on the registration page, featuring a snowman on a black backdrop.

WSU Global Campus is hosting a virtual commencement ceremony for Global Campus Cougs on December 4 at 10 am (Pacific Time).

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Music lovers across the Palouse can usher in the holiday season with WSU School of Music’s inaugural Holiday Celebration: Let It Glow on December 4, 2021, at 2:00 pm in in a fully decorated and glowing Bryan Hall Theatre on the WSU-Pullman Campus. This event is free and…

America’s aging infrastructure calls for holistic approaches to infrastructure management, and this symposium will feature speakers and student posters that addresses these issues. The TriDurLE 2021 symposium on “Transportation Infrastructure Innovations for Durability and Resilience” is the first symposium of this national UTC center. PDH hours are available.

Symposium topics…

School of Biological Sciences seminar: Joseph Crawford, Title TBA, SBS PhD exit seminar

RNA undergoes extensive modification through enzymatic post-transcriptional editing events. Adenosine-to-inosine (A-to-I) editing is one of the most widespread and impactful of these modifications and is catalyzed by adenosine deaminases acting on RNA (ADARs).

The power system has undergone significant changes and improvements. One of the most important ongoing revolutions is the emergence of wide bandgap (WBG) semiconductors.

Are you an undergraduate Global Campus Business student interested in study abroad? Come learn about all the different opportunities available in this webinar.

The WSU Press 30th Annual Holiday Book Fair highlights books published throughout the year and is open to everyone. Festivities include steep discounts of 20-50% on all titles, drawings for free books, and complimentary refreshments. Sale prices will be valid for phone and online orders throughout the Holiday Book Fair week, December 6 – 12, 2021.

Join us at Palouse Ridge Golf Club before the 7 p.m. Weber State Basketball game to find HUGE SAVINGS on apparel and gear – plus complimentary appetizers, raffle drawings, and Round Top Public House Happy Hour! Kick-off your holidays with us!

Opening Reception Thursday, December 9, 4:00PM. Exhibition on display December 9 – January 14.

Come enjoy refreshments and mingle with the students of an interdisciplinary design studio class exploring the connections between WSU and downtown Pullman. Learn about the project, speak with students about their master plan concepts, and individual projects that support the overarching goals of connecting downtown Pullman and the WSU flagship campus!

Fourth year students from Landscape Architecture, Architecture, and Interior Design will present how their work meets the overall goal of connecting the WSU Campus to the Pullman downtown.

Have you ever found yourself wanting to eat healthy but just don’t have the time? Cooking and clean up can seem grueling after coming home from a long day at work.

A guided tour of December night skies and “The Phantom of the Universe,” a fulldome movie about dark matter.

The Brelsford WSU Visitor center will be open with special hours for Fall Commencement to celebrate the graduating classes of 2020 and 2021. The commencement celebration will include refreshments and swag.

Fuel crops such as Sorghum bicolor and Panicum virgatum have been identified by The United States as Strategic Plants for rational bioengineering of the next generation of fuel crops. Under the Energy Independence Security Act of 2007, the U.S. established a national goal of replacing 30% of petroleum-based fuels with lignocellulosic fuels by the year 2030.

The LAST Up All Night of the semester is HERE!
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Come relax with massages, free food, and yoga. Rewind with classic holiday movies. And take a needed break from finals stress with a rage room and fun crafts.

This is a totally free event for students, so bring your friends!

Congratulations! Wishing you all the best of luck on your future plans!

The Brelsford WSU Visitor center will be open with special hours for Fall Commencement to celebrate the graduating classes of 2020 and 2021.

Join the summer and fall graduates of 2021 for a celebration honoring their academic accomplishments.

Previous graduates from 2020 and spring 2021 make a return to campus to get the live experience of Commencement that was cancelled by the pandemic.

UREC members are invited to attend fitness classes for free during finals week! Work through stress with a CrossFit or aerobics class, find your inner balance with yoga, or take a break from studying with an online class. There are dozens of fitness classes to choose from throughout the week. Registration is recommended to reserve your spot, but not required.

Non-members can attend free classes with a $10 day pass, or $6 day pass if accompanying a UREC member.

Calling all Palouse-area Cougs! The WSU Alumni Association needs your help to support local families in our community this holiday season. Please join us in making a donation of non-perishable food to the Community Food Bank in Pullman. When you donate you can enter to win a men’s basketball ticket courtesy of BECU to the WSU versus Stanford game on January 12!

President Kirk Schulz and First Lady Noel Schulz welcome the WSU Community to visit their home for some Holiday Cheer! Please join them for light refreshments and the joy of the season.

The Pullman Farmers Market’s Winter Market is returning to the Brelsford WSU Visitor Center for the 2021-2022 season!

Today’s market is the second in a series of winter markets scheduled for the third Saturday of the month from November-April. Residents and visitors alike can shop for locally harvested and handcrafted goods, making for unique holiday shopping or treats and treasures for the home to be enjoyed all year long.