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Florence Shotridge, a Tlingit woman from Alaska, did something unheard of for Native American peoples in the early 20th century: She conducted anthropological fieldwork among Northwest Coast communities and played an “Indian princess” as she educated schoolchildren who visited Philadelphia’s University Museum where she worked. And she did it by using her Indian boarding school […]

In collaboration with the WSU African American Student Center (AASC), Owen Science and Engineering Library will hold an Oct. 24 dedication and reception of a permanent display honoring Gladys Cooper Jennings, food science pioneer, activist, and the first African American woman to earn a master’s degree from Washington State College in 1948. The events start […]

Dave Crowder is a professor in the WSU Department of Entomology, the director of the WSU Decision Aid System Service Center, and the assistant director of the WSU Molecular Plant Sciences Graduate Program. Research in his laboratory deals with the population dynamics and ecology of insects, as well as their interactions with plants. Most of […]

WSU Libraries celebrate Holland Library’s diamond anniversary with a panel and an exhibit around the theme “Lights, Tubes, Space: Holland Library Turns 75.” The panel from 2-3 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 1, in the Holland original circulation area features Trevor Bond, WSU Libraries dean; Phil Gruen, professor, WSU School of Design and Construction; and Mark O’English, […]

Following weeks of fruitless 1970s job-hunting, honor student and new college graduate Mike Nolan was broke and miserable, sleeping on his sister’s couch. As a last resort, he signed on as a shipyard laborer and discovered that the most worthwhile education often happens outside of a classroom. Indeed, when he toppled from the crow’s nest […]

Be sure not to miss WSU Libraries’ unveiling of a new mural featuring British author Virginia Woolf and her sister and artist, Vanessa Bell, at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 24, in the Terrell Library Atrium, on the ground floor next to Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC). Jiemei “Mei” Lin, an assistant professor in the […]

The Apple Cup rivalry goes way back. WSU Libraries University Archivist Mark O’English’s favorite story comes from 1932, the year of the riot over a stuffed cougar mascot University of Washington had stolen 13 years before the fateful game. On Nov. 1, 1919, Washington State College rolled out their two new mascots—literally, as the stuffed […]

Going into the 250th anniversary of the United States in 2026, this year’s Constitution Day seems special. To celebrate Constitution and Citizenship Day on Wednesday, Sept. 17, WSU Libraries will sponsor a round-robin public reading of the Constitution (with amendments) starting at noon in the Terrell Library Atrium on the Pullman campus. The reading takes about […]

Will Gregg is WSU’s manuscripts librarian and works in the Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections department. When I saw the name in the voicemail inbox of my office phone, I wasn’t sure I was reading it right. “Is that really John Roskelley calling me?” I wondered. I recognized Roskelley’s name right away as a writer […]

As with every year the Ig Nobel Prizes are announced, Emily Cukier has her favorite research winners. Last year, for example, the Physics Prize went to a Harvard University scientist who studied how water currents affect the swimming behavior of a fish. A dead fish. “Even when the fish can’t move itself, it still ‘swims’ […]