Summer 2020
Salmon Eaters to Sagebrushers: Washington’s Lost Literary Legacy
Review of Salmon Eaters to Sagebrushers: Washington’s Lost Literary Legacy » More ...
Brian Charles Clark
Summer 2020
Sniffing out patterns
The way we interact with dogs across cultures and time periods varies widely. » More ...
Spring 2020
A rare solution
Rare earth elements, such as lithium and cobalt, are essential to our smart devices and clean energy solutions. At Washington State University, the Joint Center for Deployment and Research in Earth-Abundant Materials (JCDREAM) searches for more sustainable options. » More ...
Spring 2020
BAM! The Black Arts Movement in Chicago
The Black Arts Movement in Chicago was a spiritual and inspirational time and place for multiple generations, as explored in a new documentary by two Washington State University Vancouver professors. » More ...
Spring 2020
I, scientist
Cultural constraints and biases keep women and people of color from entering and remaining in science, technology, engineering, and math. Washington State University and other national universities are working to increase the participation of these underrepresented minorities. » More ...
Spring 2020
Mao’s Kisses: A novel of June 4, 1989
Alex Kuo
Redbat Books, 2019
Deng Xiaoping learned to play bridge in the early 1950s. Little did he realize that appropriating state transportation to take him and his team to tournaments would result in the Cultural Revolution of the 1960s and his being transported far from Beijing for reeducation through manual labor.
But Deng wasn’t just a Goren Prize-winning bridge player. He was, after his rehabilitation, China’s paramount leader during a time of civil crisis. The spring of 1989 brought … » More …
Spring 2020
Solar energy really gets rolling
Flexible polymers explored by WSU physicists lead to advances like flexible solar panels. » More ...
Winter 2019
Stripland
Review of Stripland, a novel by former Washington State University professor of English Joan Burbick. » More ...
Winter 2019
Good medicine
Washington State University staff and medical researchers open the doors of Western-style medical practice to the medicine of the Native Americans for better healthcare for all. It also can hopefully draw in more Native American health-care practitioners. » More ...
Winter 2019
Power of language
Relationships come to life by revitalizing rather than preserving Native American languages. That's what Washington State University Professor Kim Christen strives for with several projects. » More ...