Free turkeys will brighten the holiday for students staying in Pullman – WSU Insider

Each student selected will receive one frozen turkey, potatoes, stuffing, rolls, butter, green beans, and a gallon of milk – enough food to feed four to six people. A $20 donation provides an entire meal and goes to Second Harvest, a nonprofit that supplies a network of partner food banks in Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho, which […]

Budtenders, healthcare providers seek more training as cannabis use rises sharply in …

SPOKANE, Wash. Education for healthcare providers and for budtenders hasn’t kept pace. “We need to use all approaches and all people in the patient’s life to help them,” she said. The study interviewed 10 healthcare professionals, primarily nurses, and 10 budtenders in Washington state about their opinions and perceptions on perinatal cannabis use. Healthcare providers, […]

Through the camas plant, archaeologist bridges the past, present, and future – WSU Insider

In her current research, the environmental archaeologist and postdoctoral researcher in the WSU Department of Anthropology reconstructs the cultural history and plant food uses by Northwest Native communities. “Native people managed and harvested camas bulbs for more than 4,000 years,” said Carney, who earned her PhD in archaeology this spring. But, once the work is complete, they […]

Murrow Symposium helps grad get job with NBC Nightly News – WSU Insider

A quick glance at Cameron Limes’s Twitter account shows the recent Edward R. In July, Limes posted a photo after Holt gave him a personal tour of NBC studios in New York City. Limes, from Tacoma, Washington, was a junior majoring in broadcast news when he heard Murrow College would be honoring Holt with a lifetime […]

Boeing gift strengthens first‑gen student programs – WSU Insider

WSU communities will begin to see the impact of Boeing’s gift today with its sponsorship of two key components of the university’s National First-Generation Day celebration: the “First in the Field Panel – Navigating STEM as a First Gen-Student” and the keynote address by Teresa Blanco Olympio, senior director of One Boeing Production System supporting […]

New adaptive exercise equipment strengthens inclusivity – WSU Insider

The new adaptive equipment, available in both the Student Recreation Center and Chinook Student Center, includes a ski erg which allows the user to mimic the motions of Nordic skiing by providing a modified platform for wheelchairs and extensions that lower the handles. Adaptive equipment can make a big difference in building strength and agility […]

Critically queer: L Heidenreich explores transgender Mestiz@ history – WSU Insider

“I loved my history classes growing up, but my family wasn’t in them,” said Heidenreich, an associate professor of history at Washington State University. The work started with an investigation into the life of Gwen Amber Rose Araujo, an American teenager who was murdered in Newark, California in 2002 by four men after they discovered that […]