College of Arts and Sciences

James Curry, University of Utah, will discuss whether polarization caused gridlock, or can the majority govern? What role does the minority party play in passing, or halting legislation?

Gagarine / Gagarin

Directed by Fanny Liatard and Jérémy Trouilh Drama/Fantasy; 98 min. (2020)

Yuri, 16, has lived all his life in Gagarin Towers, a vast red-brick housing project on the outskirts of Paris. He dreams of becoming an astronaut.…

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Join the WSU Symphonic Band and Symphonic Wind Ensemble as they perform their first concert of the 2022-2023 school year. Works by Yo Goto, Julie Giroux, Dwayne Milburn, and John Philip Sousa will be featured.

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Recipient of the 2016 Sir James Galway Rising Star Award and 1st Prize winner of the 2018 IMKA Music Competition and the 2018 Alexander & Buono International Flute Competition, Stephen Clark made his New York recital debut at Carnegie Hall in 2018. Born in Glasgow, Scotland, he studied…

The optical properties of lanthanide ions can be used to determine temperature. We have used two different approaches: (1) Eu3+’s ability to probe its local environment and (2) 2-color fluorescence (Dy3+ and Sm3+) to determine temperature under extreme conditions. I will describe three research projects that have used these approaches to measure temperature in detonation environments and in composites under dynamic compression.

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The second annual WSU Flute Day will feature guest artist Dr. Daniel Velasco, Associate Professor of Flute at the University of Kansas. Velasco is an award-winning flutist whose “standout” and “vibrant” performances (Miami Herald) have taken him around the world. He is the first prize winner of the…

The DeYonker laboratory uses quantum chemistry to study two very different types of problems. First, we are developing software to automate, simplify, standardize, and validate the construction of atomic-level enzyme models. Enzyme simulations are notoriously challenging as their large size prevents modeling the whole enzyme with highly accurate but computationally expensive quantum mechanical (QM) methods. Determining which biological sub-units necessarily should be included in the QM-model remains ambiguous, and current practices for model construction typically suffer from human bias and unclear methodology.

The recent decision by the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade signaled a conservative turn on social issues. What are the likely effects, and how are courts likely to address LGBTQ+ rights going forward?

Lucien de Rubempré, a young, lower-class poet, is madly in love with the baroness Louise de Bargeton (Cécile de France). The risk of scandal forces them to flee to Paris where they hope to live and love freely. Lucien soon finds rejection and loses the baroness’s support. He finds himself alone, penniless, hungry, and humiliated until the day he seeks revenge. Inside the Paris he so coveted, he finds a cynical world where everything – and everyone – can be bought and sold.

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Oktubafest Part 1

Thursday, October 13 at 7:30 PM in Bryan Hall Theatre

The fall 2023 Oktubafest begins with a tuba recital featuring Dr. Chris Dickey (tuba), Dr. Fabio Menchetti (piano), and Dr. Jacqueline Wilson (bassoon). Featured works on this program include world premiere performances of Dance-Sonata for…

Surface degradation and high overpotentials are two common obstacles in electrocatalysis. In recent years, topological quantum materials have taken an onset in oxygen evolution and hydrogen evolution reactions to overcome these problems.

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Synesthesia: sounds and scents of Brazil

In a collaboration between two apparently unlikely departments from Washington State University, César Haas, professor of guitar and jazz studies at the School of Music, and Carolyn Ross, sensory scientist from the School of Food Science, have come up…

Exploring the Design Space in Highly Tunable Metal-Organic Frameworks Materials Platforms

The Foley Institute’s fall events continue next week with:

Taking on powerful corporations

Washington State’s Attorney General Bob Ferguson will talk about his office’s work around

campaign transparency laws, the opioid epidemic, and other current issues

Tuesday October 18 | 12 noon…

Lingui, Les liens sacrés / Lingui, The Sacred Bonds

Directed by Mahamat Saleh Haroun Drama / 87 min.

On the outskirts of the capital of Chad, determined single mother Amina works tirelessly to provide for herself and her 15-year-old…

The Program in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (WGSS) and the LGBTQ+ Center are co-sponsors of the 2022 InQueery Symposium. The theme is “Connecting Trans and Reproductive Justice”.

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Oktubafest Part 2

Wednesday, October 19 at 7:30 PM in Bryan Hall Theatre

Continuing with Oktubafest, this year’s guest artist is Genevieve Clarkson (Associate Professor of Tuba and Euphonium at Oklahoma City University). She will play a recital of original music and transcriptions for tuba. Dr. Yoon-Wha Roh…

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The WSU Jazz Concert on October 20th will feature both of the university’s nationally renowned large jazz ensembles as well as the jazz faculty. Washington State University’s Big Band and Lab-Band will be performing a rich variety of styles within the colorful big band idiom, both old and…

Speaker: Natalie Yaw, chemistry graduate student
Moreau Group
Talk title: Pu interactions with Fe colloids: implications for environmental transport
Abstract: The release of actinides into the environment, both accidentally and negligently, is a continuing legacy of US weapons/energy programs which threatens the health of humans and the ecosystem.

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Music Education Major Josh Mattison’s senior recital, Wrench in The Strings, will feature A selection of Jazz repertoire including works of Jazz guitar greats such as Wes Montgomery, Jim Hall, and Barney Kessel.

Talk title: The structural and electronic attributes of doped Ce (IV) and U (IV) nanomaterials

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The versatility of the horn, along with its centuries-long history as an instrument in classical music, has allowed it to be heard in many different contexts. This recital features two pieces of chamber music for horn and strings, one from the Classical era and one from the Romantic.…

Family and friends will join together at the Lewis Alumni Center on Saturday, Oct. 22, from 4–6 p.m. to celebrate her life and accomplishments. All are welcome!

Marianna Merritt Matteson peacefully passed away in Pullman,…

Dr. Hanjo Hellman, School of Biological Sciences, WSU Pullman.

Title: Controlled protein stability to regulate abiotic stress tolerance and development in plants

Coffee and Cookies at 2:45 pm in 312 Abelson

Speaker: Parvaneh Ahmadvand
Group: Douglas Call
Title: Structural characterization of class A b-lactamase CTX-M-15 and class C b-lactamase CMY-2 and their complexes with b-lactam compounds
Abstract: Cefotaximase-Munich (CTX-M) extended-spectrum beta-lactamases (ESBLs) are Ambler class A cephalosporinases that are commonly associated with Gram-negative, hospital-acquired infections worldwide.

Join Reed College’s Paul Gronke, who will talk about issues such as voter access, political boundaries, and election reform.

Eve (Catherine Frot) used to be one of the most famous rose creators in the world. Today, her company is on the verge of bankruptcy. On top of that, her secretary Vera has hired three outcasts with absolutely no gardening skills. Though they have nothing in common, they come up with the craziest plan that could change their lives forever…
Closing reception at 6:15

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The WSU Percussion Ensemble returns for its annual fall concert! The group will present an eclectic mix of music for keyboards, drums, and everything in between. The concert will feature WSU professor of tuba Dr. Chris Dickey performing a concerto with the ensemble. Join us live or via…

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Oktubafest Part 3

Wednesday, October 26 at 7:30 PM in Kimbrough Concert Hall

To close this fall semester’s Oktubafest, members of the tuba-euphonium studio will perform a variety of solos, duets, and other chamber music. The concert will close with the WSU Tuba Choir performing Alla Rivea del…

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Continuing a century of mutual inspirations between two expansive and overlapping musical worlds, Reverso traces the intersection of jazz and classical music back to Maurice Ravel, Claude Debussy and their contemporaries. Featuring French collaborators Frank West (piano) and Vincent Courtois (cello), Reverso blends “pulsating motifs, long painterly lines,…

Protein Interactions in the Monolignol Pathway in Sorghum Bicolor

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WSU’s annual Vocal Extravaganza will take place on Friday, October 28, 2022, at 7:30 pm in Bryan Hall Theatre. The event features the campus’s four vocal ensembles. Selected scenes from Jacques Offenbach’s operetta Orpheus in the Underworld will be performed by the students in Opera Workshop, under the…

Illuminating Energy Materials with X-ray Scattering