Engineering Graduate Students Win NSF Graduate Research Fellowships by Ruth Williams PULLMAN, Wash.—Washington State University engineering graduate students Kevin Estelle and Tyler Fouty have been awarded 2018 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Program Fellowships (NSF GRFP). The NSF GRFP supports outstanding graduate students in STEM disciplines who are attending accredited institutions. The program received more […]
Seeking Solutions to Antibiotic-resistant Bacterial Infections Recent doctoral graduate Sylvia Omulo is working with a team of WSU scientists to stop the spread of untreatable infections. By Cheryl Reed Recent news reports have focused public attention on the alarming threat of antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections in U.S. hospitals. But the threat is truly global. Antimicrobial resistance […]
By Brian Charles Clark For Valerie Cheathon, it all adds up. She plans to earn a master’s degree in applied math so she can make movies. Sitting in the Compton Union Building on the Pullman campus of Washington State University one morning, she clearly sees the world as a weave of numbers—and stories. “I like […]
Washington State University has been awarded a $1.2 million U.S. Department of Education grant for the McNair Achievement Program for five years, according to Raymond Herrera, director of the program. Read More
Back in the 1980s, Antonie Bodley was a youngster with a new friend. Teddy Ruxpin was a robotic, storytelling teddy bear that never grew cranky or impatient. Its eyes blinked. Its mouth moved. And the bestselling toy of 1985 engaged kids with stories, songs, and comforting pronouncements about friendship and camaraderie. Bodley, now 34 and […]
2017 Ph.D. graduate Mason Burley finds ways to improve mental health treatment By Amir Gilmore Imagine the endless research possibilities and complex problems you could solve in a flexible graduate program tailored to your individual interests. Spokane native and 2017 Ph.D. graduate Mason Burley realized the possibilities in WSU’s individual interdisciplinary doctoral degree program (IIDP), […]
The Graduate School 2016 Annual Report is now available. To read enrollment, degrees awarded, graduate school diversity, scholarships and assistantships as well as Graduate School initiatives and student success, download the PDF HERE.
The Graduate School hosted the third annual Evening of Excellence on April 13, 2017 at Banyans on the Ridge to honor 53 graduate student scholarship recipients. In addition to the student scholarships, the Graduate School also awarded the second Graduate School Mentor Academy Award for Excellence. Read More.
By Cheryl Reed The WSU Association for Faculty Women has awarded four graduate students for their ongoing leadership, research and exceptional academic performance. During its annual ceremony on April 6, the association presented its AFW Founders Award, Harriett B. Rigas Award and Karen P. DePauw Leadership Award. The recipients were nominated by WSU faculty, staff and peers. […]
By Eric Sorensen, WSU science writer Five Washington State University students have been chosen for National Science Foundation graduate research fellowships. The prestigious awards have trained generations of American scientists and engineers, including Nobel laureates. Read More