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Fall 2024

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Fall 2024

A public institution’s public art

Besides Washington State University’s many permanent collections in its museums, the university also has an extensive collection of outdoor artwork.

On the Pullman campus, pieces range from a life-size bronze book-figure Bookin’ by Terry Allen to Palouse Columns by Robert Maki to The Technicolor Heart, a fourteen-foot painted bronze work by Jim Dine.

A large part of WSU’s public art collection is made possible by the percent-for-art Art in Public Places program of the Washington State Arts Commission.

Take a virtual tour of the outdoor* sculptures and other installations by using this ArcGIS map which shows the locations, … » More …

Fall 2024

Derring-do and an aviation first

 

WSU’s Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections houses correspondence, business and financial records, photographs, printed material and other records belonging to Clyde Pangborn, donated by his brother Percy Pangborn in 1962. The collection is extensive and most of it must be viewed at the holdings but some of it can be examined at WSU Libraries Digital Collections.

 

Here is a video of former WSU archivist Mary Avery discussing the Pangborn Papers⁠—originally from KWSU-TV’s Mosaic series in 1967⁠—now available on WSU Libraries’ Films YouTube channel:

 

 

Here is a slideshow of some of … » More …

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Summer 2024

A century of WSU sociology

Gang dynamics, effective surveys, rural communities, families, environmental issues—Washington State University’s sociology department explored these societal topics and many others over the last 100 years. The department always kept an eye on the university’s mission to connect research with people and communities across the state.

Fred Yoder was appointed as the first sociologist at Washington State College in 1920 and became the chair of the Sociology Department in 1928. Since then, the department has been a national and international leader in sociological research and undergraduate and graduate education. Many students have gone on to successful careers as academic sociologists, … » More …