By Seth Truscott, College of Agricultural, Human & Natural Resource Sciences LIND, Wash. – The Washington State University Dryland Research Station will celebrate its 100th anniversary at the annual Lind Field Day on Thursday, June 11.
From WSU Tri-Cities RICHLAND, Wash. – Washington State University Tri-Cities will begin professionally curating and archiving artifacts from the Hanford site’s Manhattan Project and Cold War collection, funded through a subcontract with the U.S Department of Energy (DOE).
By Nella Letizia, WSU Libraries PULLMAN, Wash. – A Washington State University student who delved into the local history of the Civilian Conservation Corps during the 1930s has earned a national award, one of 16 in the country.
PULLMAN, Wash. – During the 1930s, proponents of the Grand Coulee Dam were quick to emphasize the progress the dam would bring to the country. Indeed, Grand Coulee provided thousands of jobs during the Great Depression, aided the American World War II effort and irrigated vast areas of central and western Washington. The dam remains […]
PULLMAN, Wash. – The experiences of those who lived near and worked on Washington’s Grand Coulee Dam, built in the 1930s-40s, are explored in images, documents and objects in an exhibit at Washington State University April 21-Sept. 2.
PULLMAN, Wash. – The last time University of Wisconsin men’s basketball made it to the NCAA championship game was in 1941 – when it beat favored Washington State College (now University), coached by Jack Friel, 39-34.
By Adrian Aumen, WSU College of Arts & Sciences PULLMAN, Wash. – Robert K. Sutton, chief historian of the National Park Service (NPS), will discuss little-known facts about Native American participation in the U.S. Civil War during a free, public lecture at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 1, in the CUB junior ballroom at Washington State […]
PULLMAN, Wash. – In popular culture, connections between the American West and Italy rarely extend beyond the Italian “spaghetti Westerns” of the 1960s. But the idea of the American frontier has influenced Italy since the late 19th century.
By Linda Weiford, WSU News PULLMAN, WASH. – It’s not often that a humanities researcher is awarded a grant for nearly a million dollars – especially when the money is distributed from the government of another nation.
By Nella Letizia, WSU Libraries PULLMAN, Wash. – Washington State University honors student Claire Thornton grew up hearing stories of her grandfather, Dell, a combat medic during World War II. This year, Thornton studied the impact GIs had on Washington State College as they left the war behind and entered the halls of higher education.