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John Corigliano
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The spring 2007 CLA Season begins
Saturday, February 10 Pulitzer Prize
winning composer John
Corigliano will be the featured
composer of the 2007 Festival of
Contemporary Art Music. Corigliano's
compositions will be performed in a
public concert by WSU faculty and
students , at 8:00 p.m. in Bryan Hall
Theater. [more...]
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Eugene A. Rosa
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Eugene A. Rosa,
professor of sociology at Washington
State University, has been invited to
serve on a Federal Advisory Committee
convened by the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA). [more...]
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Meredith Schulte
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Two Ph.D. students at Washington State
University have been accepted into a
prestigious National Science Foundation
(NSF) fellowship program that aims to
bridge the gap between anthropology and
biology and produce professionals versed
in evolutionary approaches integrating
the study of biology and culture.
[more...]
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Francisco Manzo-Robledo
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Francisco Manzo-Robledo,
a Washington State University alumnus who
is also a WSU professor in two colleges,
was a salesman at the age of four. He
sold gum, candy, and eggs on the streets
of Guadalajara, Mexico, to supplement his
father's janitorial salary. [more...]
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Professor
Leonard Orr
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During the summer of 2006,
Leonard Orr, professor
of English and director of liberal arts
at Washington State University (WSU)
Tri-Cities, traveled to Israel. He made
the trip at the invitation of the
International School for Holocaust
Studies at Yad Vashem, Israel's Holocaust
memorial, museum, and research center. [
more...]
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Dean Erich Lear
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Welcome to the inaugural issue of The
Chronicle, the online newsletter from the
College of Liberal Arts. If you are
exploring fields of study, the College of
Liberal Arts is Washington State
University's largest college and offers
diverse choices ranging from anthropology
to theater. [more...]
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Faith Ringgold
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Faith Ringgold, whom
many call the best known African American
woman artist in the world, will deliver
the 2007 Jo Hockenhull Distinguished
Lecture Feb. 21. Ringgold will talk about
40 years of art, activism and life. The
lecture will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the
Todd Auditorium on WSU's Pullman campus.
[more...]
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With a research project coming in to focus and
the support of a University seed grant,
Stephen Chalmers, Assistant
Professor of photography and digital media,
pointed his RV in the direction of Southern
California and Arizona. His target? Snowbirds. [
more...]
Each academic year the College of Liberal Arts
highlights faculty achievement through the
Authors' Recognition Reception. The 2006 event
was held November 15 and featured the following
professors and research. [ more...]
While Professor Peter Chilson is
not brave like some guy who single-handedly takes
on a deranged killer and disarms him, when it
comes to decisions about life, he may be one of
the most fearless people you will ever meet. [
more...]
"The Golden Age," a play by world renowned writer
Louis Nowra has been selected as
the University's 2007 Diversity Play. [ more...]
To protect the health and safety of Americans in
the years ahead, the United States must focus its
attention on large-scale attacks from its
enemies. The biggest threat today originates from
biological-not nuclear-weapons, particularly
biological weapons obtained by terrorists.
[more...]
The artwork of Ake Lianga
reflects his upbringing in the Solomon Islands
but also his experiences living for the last 10
years in British Columbia. It explores, in bold
colors and rhythmic lines, both the challenges
and the joys of living in and between cultures.
[more...]
If you Google the word "English," one of the top
three results -- ahead of giants like the BBC
Learning English homepage -- will be a humble but
entertaining website called Common Errors in
English. It's run by a professor at Washington
State University named Paul
Brians, a professor specializing in the
history of ideas. [more...]
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