March 2021
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.
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.
Stephen Skowronek is the Pelatiah Perit Professor of Political and Social Science at Yale University.
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”.
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.
Does our current federal income tax system hold back economic growth and make it easy for some to cheat the system?
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.
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.
Historically, the Bardeen–Cooper–Schrieffer (BCS) theory of superconductivity, was established by the attractive interaction between the electrons when mediated by phonons;
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.
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”
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.
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.
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.
This event has been postponed until Fall 2021.
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.
X-ray spectroscopy is a widely used technique at synchrotron radiation sources for analyses of the electronic and structural parameters of materials.
Trumpet and artist and Director of the Stanford University Jazz Band, Mike Galisatus, is presenting a special, virtual clinic “Jazz Trumpet: Lead, Section and Solo Playing,” for our students but all interested instrumental and vocal students would benefit from attending. The session will be offered on ZOOM (contact Greg…
Proteins can be covalently conjugated with small-molecule labels to achieve a variety of functions. For example, proteins can be labelled with drug molecules to target specific cells for disease therapies, or a radioactive or fluorescent label can be used to detect proteins in a Western blot.
C.S. Giscombe is the author of many books, including the forthcoming Similarly, four poetry volumes, and a selection of new poems. His most recent books are Ohio Railroads (2014, a long poem in the form of an essay, including maps), Border Towns (2016, essays having to do with poetry), and Overlapping Apexes (2017, a long poem).
Our first Spring Concert featuring the WSU chamber orchestra, symphonic band, and members of the Symphonic Wind Ensemble! A mixture of in-person and virtual rehearsals this semester has resulted in tonight’s presentation of full and chamber works for strings and winds. We hope you’ll join us on our…
The Digital Technology and Culture Department is proud to present the Expert Series: a broad array of industry professionals and researchers in graphic design, web design, UX design, social media, communications, game design, animation, systems design, and more.
In the last thirty years, over 3000 planets have been discovered orbiting nearby stars. This flood of new worlds includes planets unlike any found in our own Solar System, from Jupiter-mass planets with years as short as our day to exotic rocky worlds twice as massive as the Earth.
The Department of Fine Arts presents an artist talk with San Diego-based artist Victoria Fu, supported by the Forst Endowed Visiting Artist Program.
Works by:
Guiseppe Torelli, Eugene Bozza, Alexander Arutunian, Babatunde Lea and Max Harrington
Special Guests:
Jared Kostenko, Sean Francis, Alex Minier, and James Carter
The School of Languages, Cultures, and Race (SLCR) developed this lecture series seeking to connect faculty in SLCR with faculty in other academic units at WSU who are doing research on similar topics but from their respective disciplines in order to highlight scholarly connections and research convergences.
Molecular iodine [I2] is one volatile species of iodine that is released in the event of a nuclear accident. The release of radioiodine poses a concern to public health due to potential bioaccumulation of iodine from food and other sources.
The Feller-Peterson-Dixon (FPD) method is a flexible composite approach that can be adapted to determine energetic properties such as ionization potentials (IPs) and electron affinities (EAs), among others.
The Senior Tuba Recital for Ryan Williamson will be in Bryan Hall Theatre on Friday, March 26th at 5:10 P.M. There will be limited seating available as well as a live stream through the WSU School of Music Youtube page.
Featuring works for solo bassoon and bassoon and marimba by John Steinmetz, Adam Silverman, Nathan Daughtrey, and Justin Rubin.
Greg Brabeck received his PhD from WSU’s Department of Chemistry (AER division) in 2016. He currently works at Excellims in Boston, MA where he designs and supports hyphenated Ion Mobility and Mass Spectrometric devices.
The Digital Technology and Culture Department is proud to present the Expert Series: a broad array of industry professionals and researchers in graphic design, web design, UX design, social media, data visualization, communications, game design, animation, systems design, and more.
Pharmacologic agents for cancer immunotherapy have traditionally been dominated by macromolecules.
The WSU percussion ensemble, under the direction of Dr. Christopher Wilson, will present a virtual concert via YouTube on March 30th at 7:30pm. The concert will feature an exciting array of music from movie scores, premieres of new music, to Brazilian samba! Every piece has been recorded ahead…
Join Washington State’s Attorney General Bob Ferguson, who will be discussing his office’s current lawsuit against Google, and other issues.
The Digital Technology and Culture Department is proud to present the Expert Series: a broad array of industry professionals and researchers in graphic design, web design, UX design, social media, data visualization, communications, game design, animation, systems design, and more.
A special, online Jazz Forum presented by Washington State University on Wednesday, March 31, at 7:30pm. Our guest presenter is Mike Galisatus, Director of the Stanford Jazz Band, Leader of the Mike Galisatus Big Band and top San Francisco Bay Area trumpet and flugelhorn artist. He also has significant experience…