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By Will Ferguson, College of Arts & Sciences PULLMAN, Wash. – If the origin of life is common on other worlds, the universe should be a cosmic zoo full of complex multicellular organisms.

Photos by Heather Willoughby/Tri-Cities Herald RICHLAND, Wash. – Fostering a new industry with jobs focused on developing alternative jet fuels and helping to meet the emerging environmental needs of the nation’s aerospace industry are primary goals for a new Federal Aviation Administration Center of Excellence for Alternative Jet Fuels and the Environment led by Washington […]

The School of Economic Sciences presents distinguished speaker Jerry A. Hausman, the John and Jennie S. MacDonald Professor of Economics at MIT, as part of the Bertha C. and Roy E. Leigh Distinguished Lecture in Economics series.   The lecture, Is Wal-Mart good or bad for supermarket shoppers? will be on Friday, April 10 at […]

Noam Chomsky, MIT professor of linguistics and philosophy, will give the 2005 Potter Memorial Lecture at Washington State University at 3:30 p.m. Friday, April 22, in the Beasley Performing Arts Coliseum. Chomsky’s speech will be entitled “Imminent Crises: Responsibilities and Opportunities” and will be open to the public free of charge. “For almost 50 years […]

Mathematician Gilbert Strang, of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will deliver the 23rd annual Theodore G. Ostrom Lecture, “Fun with Congress, Fun with Pascal,” 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 14, in the Center for Undergraduate Education, Room 202. A reception will follow in the Hacker Lounge, Neill 216. Strang served as the 1999-2000 president of the […]