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WSU SURCA undergraduate researchers earn 65 awards
Seventy-three students at the Showcase for Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities (SURCA) 2026 were the recipients of 65 awards totaling $14,000.
WSU announces three new Goldwater Scholars
Three WSU undergraduate students, Nicole Diefenbach, Taylor Page, and Katy Touretsky, have been named recipients of the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship.
WSU students take part in Global Model WHO conference in Geneva
Three undergraduate Washington State University students traveled to Geneva, Switzerland, last month to take part in the Global Model WHO 2025 conference.
Vilma Navarro-Daniels appointed director of the School of Languages, Cultures, and Race
Professor Vilma Navarro-Daniels has been appointed as director of the School of Languages, Cultures, and Race within the College of Arts and Sciences, effective Oct. 1.
Publicly Engaged Fellow Ashley Wells pilots Grace and Grounding
Publicly Engaged Fellow, Ashley Wells, has piloted “Grace and Grounding: A Dialogue Series on Black Women, Mental Health, and the Church.”
A life in translation
When Weiguo Cao, a career-track associate professor of Chinese at Washington State University, first encountered The Grand Scribe’s Records as a teenager in 1980s China, he had no idea the ancient text would play a major, re-occurring role throughout the course of his life.