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LGBTQ+ Center’s Josie Cohen-Rodriguez Named 2025 Library Excellence Award Recipient

For co-founding and co-leading the WSU Queer Archives with WSU’s Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Josie Cohen-Rodriguez (she/they/ella) has been named the 2025 Library Excellence Award recipient. The award recognizes a non-library WSU faculty or staff member who has shown consistent support for the WSU Libraries. Recipients are chosen based on encouraging students to use […]
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When Religious Freedom and the Pledge of Allegiance Collided

Bruce A. Ramsey is the author of the WSU Press book Seattle in the Great Depression: A History of Business, Labor, and Politics Drawn from Local Chronicles. He holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Washington and studied graduate-level journalism at the University of California, Berkeley. Ramsey began his journalism career […]
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Anderson, Hvizdak Receive Fellowships from David G. Pollart Center for Arts and Humanities

WSU librarians Talea Anderson and Erin Hvizdak have received WSU David G. Pollart Center for Arts and Humanities Fellowships for Anderson’s book project on the history of vegetarianism and Hvizdak’s examination of the intersections of race, gender, and art in New Orleans from 1830 to 1940. According to the center’s faculty opportunities website, the fellowships […]
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WSU Graduating Seniors Take Memories of Libraries With Them

Three WSU Libraries’ student workers graduated May 3 and are ready to take what they learned—in class and in their jobs—into the next chapter of their lives. Research Services’ student reference assistant Janai Johnson earned a bachelor’s degree in animal sciences, pre-veterinary. From Federal Way, Washington, she plans to spend the summer working, spending time […]
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WSU Press Books Explore Great-Depression Seattle, Biologist’s Wildlife Secrets

A journalistic history of Seattle during the Great Depression and a wildlife biologist’s 40 years of research on Pacific Northwest wildlife are April releases from WSU Press. Seattle in the Great Depression: A History of Business, Labor, and Politics Drawn from Local Chronicles by longtime journalist Bruce A. Ramsey captures stories from Seattle newspapers and […]
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Statue Model of Nisqually Activist Billy Frank Jr. on Display at Terrell through May 3

A half-scale model—or maquette—of a statue of Nisqually activist Billy Frank Jr. is on display at Terrell Library through May 3, one stop of a statewide tour sponsored by ArtsWA and the Nisqually Indian Tribe. Washington State University’s Department of History, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, and WSU Libraries arranged for the maquette’s appearance in […]
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‘Network of Agricultural Rebels’: Uncovering Records of a Food Revolution

Jeffrey C. Sanders is a professor in WSU’s Department of History in Pullman. He is author of Razing Kids: Youth, Environment, and the Postwar American West (Cambridge University Press, 2020), Seattle and the Roots of Urban Sustainability: Inventing Ecotopia (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2012), and McClellan Park: The Life and Death of an Urban Green […]
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Ann Dyer Earns Certification through Medical Library Association

WSU Health Sciences Library Director Ann Dyer has earned the Systematic Review Services Specialization (SRSS) certificate (Level I) through the Medical Library Association (MLA). SRSS certification provides information retrieval and management skills to support users and researchers in conducting high-quality and reproducible systematic reviews. Dyer said she pursued the SRSS certificate from MLA to support […]
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Digital Audio Collective’s First Concert Planned April 3 in Terrell Library

Members of WSU’s Digital Audio Collective will perform their first large-scale concert from 5-9 p.m. Thursday, April 3, in Terrell Library atrium. The artists will present their own original music spanning electronic dance music, hip-hop, trap, folk, and more. The concert and refreshments are free and open to the public. Some of the music contains […]
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Saulnier Lange, Hvizdak Present Research on Librarian Anxiety in Global Chat April 15

As online and distance learning became more prevalent, many university libraries expanded virtual reference to reach students when and where they need help. With cooperative chats, librarians from different English-speaking libraries around the world use online instant-messaging platforms to offer students their knowledge and instruction 24/7. Yet some librarians hesitate to staff a global chat. […]
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